Attack at Midnight!!

[BeakerBob]

It's odd how two corals can live side-by-side for years and never bother each other, then, all of a sudden, turn on each other.

Last night I caught one of my corals attacking a small bunch of yellow polyps that had never bothered it in the past. It threw out it's stomach, engulfed the polyps, digested and ate them away!

Here is the scene of the attack. You can see the larger coral to the right and the yellow polyps to the left:


A closer shot shows that the "innards" came from only one attacking polyp of the larger coral:


The digestion attack is under way and the entrails are visible as they cast their net over the polyps:

[tazzy695]

very cool pics bob

only thing that would be cooler would be video

[whitetiger61]

did you save the polyps or did they get ate

Rick

[cephalotus]

Echinatas are sweet, but nasty.

[whitetiger61]

oh nevermind just seen they got ate..sorry for your loss Bob

Rick

[MizTanks]

As long as it continued to put out colors like that~I'd feed it a T-Bone~woot woot!

[brandeewyne]

extraordinary captures!

[jimsflies]

What's amazing about that (besides the photos) is the more expensive polyp was the winner...it almost never happens that way.

[weasel]

Sorry for the loss, but glad for the super pics. Always wondered what it looked like. Now I know! Thanks for the lesson.

[creefer]

Awesome pics!