Peppermint shrimp attacked my new stylophora...???

[cjworkman]

Sorry to post this in 2 places (also posted in coral forum)... but it's killing me to know why that just happened.
I just put a new ORA Stylophora coral in my tank after acclimating for about 2 hours. And immediately one of my peppermint shrimp jumped on it. I didn't pay much attention because they do that to all new stuff. but I noticed dust like material flying up into the water...
so I looked and saw that he made a big white section on the coral...
what the heck is going on? is he eating the parts that had some die off in shipping?

 

[spanko]

Found something there he liked, probably not the coral itself. Is he done with it now?

 

[cjworkman]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2945302
Found something there he liked, probably not the coral itself. Is he done with it now?
Yeah I shooed him off with a pipe cleaner.
He tried to come back for more but funny enough the damsels chased him off and have him pinned back in his area.
but he cleaned off about a 10-20% section of the coral that is now pure white.
Will it survive that attack on the same day as being put in new conditions?
that coral was almost 50$.

 

[cjworkman]

The little crap head ate about 80% of the surface of the coral.. in about 5 hours.
it's about 80% pure white except for the very end caps on the top of the fingers now.
I'll give it a chance... but I think it's a lost cause.