Ahhh!!! Holy Spontaneous Generation - Found An Unknown Fish in My Tank!!!

Newreeflady · #1 10/29/2002, 02:13 AM

Ahh! I found this weird fish in my tank! It's about 4" long, and about 1cm wide at the head, getting progressively smaller to the tail, where it is pointed. The fish is clear, with brown sheen/line/ and organs showing. I have no fish that could have created this in my tank! I have a Purple tang, a leopard wrasse, 2 clownfish (no, this is NOT a clownfish!), a six-line ( just added).

I have no clue what this is. Anyone have any guesses??

Angela.

edited your subject line Angela - Anemone

Project Reef · #2 10/29/2002, 02:34 AM

Ah yes the infamous magical fish. I see this same fish whenever I overdose on my Zyprexa medication as well.

Cakepro · #3 10/29/2002, 03:06 AM

Do you have a sea cucumber? If so, you may have a pearl fish that lives inside the sea cucumber. It makes its home in the cucumber's body. It enters and exits through the cuke's anus.

Gross, eh?

~ Sherri

Newreeflady · #4 10/29/2002, 03:33 AM

Whoa! That is mad! Yes, I have two sea cukes in the tank. I just looked it up, and it IS a Pearl Fish! !

Thanks, Sherri, you solved the mystery

What an, um, odd, relationship!

Angela.

Cakepro · #5 10/29/2002, 03:45 AM

Odd indeed, but really freaking cool that you got a cuke with a fish up its ***.

Talk about an unexpected hitchhiker.

LOL

~ Sherri

GrouperGuy · #6 10/29/2002, 03:51 AM

Very cool....

I wish I had fish appear.... mine just seem to DISAPPEAR!!!!

SaltwaterSensei · #7 10/29/2002, 04:07 AM

wow how exciting! I want a cucumber butt fish....

Of you know we're going to need pics

BadFishToo · #8 10/29/2002, 04:41 AM

I was going to guess a cling fish. They live in symbiosis with echinoderms.
BTW...Im a BadFishToo

Hemmie · #9 10/29/2002, 06:08 AM

That's kind of disgusting, kind of fascinating. I'm torn.

What are you going to do;...keep the thing? FOUR inches????

I don't even dare ask what he eats.

Nope...not gonna go there.

Legion · #10 10/29/2002, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SaltwaterSensei
wow how exciting! I want a cucumber butt fish....

Of you know we're going to need pics

Hemmie · #11 10/29/2002, 06:20 AM

I found this but no pic.

Does anyone have a pic?

Holothurians host a variety of symbiotic organisms: crabs, shrimps, worms and even a very unusual fish. The pearlfish (Encheliophis homei and mourlani / Onuxodon margaritiferae) has a long slender, transparent body and lives in the gut cavity of the sea cucumber (Boshida argus, Thelanota ananas, Stichopus chloronotus). They also inhabit some starfish as well as pearl oyster shells. The fish leaves and enters (tail first) through the holothurian's anus. They probably feed on the gonads and other tissues of its host. It is said to leave at night to feed on small fishes and shrimps.
Sea cucumbers are used in Asia as a base for soups.

I do NOT want Butt Fish soup!!!!!
But....if you're wondering what to have for dinner some night, Angela...well....there's always the Cuke.

Hemmie · #12 10/29/2002, 06:24 AM

http://www.starfish.ch/reef/echinoderms.html

There's the link. I should have posted it before.

I re-read the paragraph.

This thing feeds on the Gonads of the host.

THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!!!!!!!

You could raise them...sell them...

Angelas new and rare gonad eating fish, ON SALE NOW!!!

Angela, you need to add Gonad Eating Butt Fish to the list of your tank inhabitants.

Maybe...The Pearl Fanny Fish?

Ok, I'll stop.

PS Your sig say's you have a mixed tank. Now THAT'S an uderstatement!

Malcolm_C · #13 10/29/2002, 09:40 AM

external picks only please.

Mescalito · #14 10/29/2002, 09:46 AM

Does no one feel for the poor cucumber. And how did that fish acquire it's name? I've seen many more descriptive names in this thread already. Talk about a good hiding place.
NewReefLady, we need sequence shots of it entering and leaving. You can then start your own cuke-fish fetish porn site!

seasquirt · #15 10/29/2002, 10:01 AM

This is the funniest thing I've ever seen on this message board. And my housemates thought my emperor angel was weird because it grunts! At least it doesn't live up anything's butt!

Siddroww · #16 10/29/2002, 10:13 AM

ahhh , the rectal upbutticus ,, very interesting .

hiddendragonet · #17 10/29/2002, 10:29 AM

I'm sure Angela would really appreciate everyone using the phrase "Angela's gonad eating butt fish" as much as possible.

PS- How's school?

WFPetrie · #18 10/29/2002, 10:38 AM

I searched for a picture, but didn't find anything appropriate for a public site. Maybe I shouldn't have searched on "Angela's gonad eating butt fish".

Anyway, I found this tidbit of information which further enhances the special qualities of this fish: "there is a tendency towards sexual pairing inside the host.":fun1:

Chad

Periclimenes Lover · #19 10/29/2002, 10:47 AM

That is weiiiiiiiird. I found a pic of the butt fish.

http://www.reefimages.com/cgi-reefim...ename=9965.jpg

WFPetrie · #20 10/29/2002, 10:49 AM

You have to wonder what made the first butt fish think the rectum of a cucumber was an ideal spot to hide. You also have to wonder how the first cucumber to be the recipient of a butt fish felt about the situation.

Brad Gardner · #21 10/29/2002, 10:53 AM

OMG...I am laughing out loud at work...my co-workers are asking what's so funny...how do I explain the Angela's gonad eating butt fish to them

WFPetrie · #22 10/29/2002, 10:55 AM

how do I explain the Angela's gonad eating butt fish to them

With pictures?

Mescalito · #23 10/29/2002, 11:49 AM

Angela, I feel for you. It looks as if you are forever branded. I can just see it now, walking into my LFS and hearing, "Do you have any Angela's Butt Fish?"
It may be time to change your RC handle 8 )~

Aquaman · #24 10/29/2002, 12:41 PM

OMG! ROTFLMAO!

Too funny! Now how many reefers are gonna go home and stare at there cukes butt looking for a fish to pop out!..

[SO] Honey whatcha looking at?
[Reefer] a Cuke!
[SO] ewww its pooping!
[Reefer] Yea Im hoping a fish will pop out!

Reefraff · #25 10/29/2002, 12:45 PM

Now here's a thought to make everyone sleep a little better---what if this fish, as with mud skippers or octopuses or eels, gets out of the tank and starts crawling around looking for a new home?

I think that sound you heard was the simultaneous clamping of hobbyist b--- cheeks.

Another thought, after the fish finishes with the cuke, is he a eunuch? Wow, talk about new forms of birth control! Those without kids and who may want some in the future may not want to own a cuke that could unleash a gonad eating fish.

Oh I gotta stop