Corals getting ate

radge69

Member
Over the past week my small clam, green and pink star polyps have gotten ate. The only things added recently are a brittle star and a red serpent star. My button polyps, xenia, mushrooms, kenya tree, zoos, toadstool, and colt haven't been touched. Any ideas?
 

razoreqx

Active Member

Originally posted by radge69
Over the past week my small clam, green and pink star polyps have gotten ate. The only things added recently are a brittle star and a red serpent star. My button polyps, xenia, mushrooms, kenya tree, zoos, toadstool, and colt haven't been touched. Any ideas?

What fish and cleanup crew do you have in the tank?
 

radge69

Member
Yellow tang, potters wrasse, and a pink spotted shrimp goby. 3 peppermint shrimp, blue and red leg hermits, astrea snails, a red serpant star, and a brittle star. 30 gallon fuge, and a 30 gallon sump. Water params all normal. Peppermints and the stars were the last things added. I had one big blue leg hermit that I threw in the fuge thinking he could be the culprit.
 

razoreqx

Active Member

Originally posted by radge69
Yellow tang, potters wrasse, and a pink spotted shrimp goby. 3 peppermint shrimp, blue and red leg hermits, astrea snails, a red serpant star, and a brittle star. 30 gallon fuge, and a 30 gallon sump. Water params all normal. Peppermints and the stars were the last things added. I had one big blue leg hermit that I threw in the fuge thinking he could be the culprit.

Hmm I wouldnt think any of those would eat coral.. Dont know much about the eating habits of a wrasse though.. I have seen my crabs pick at coral but never actually break off pieces .. Maybe someone else will see something im missing here.
 

sabby

Member
Peppermint shrimp have been known to pick at coral on occasion... those would be who I would suspect.
 
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