something attacked my feather duster :(

[aixenv]

i believe either my unknown crab or a red coris wrasse ate/attacked my feather duster...sparing the lecture.. which one is more likely? the duster was on top of my live rock.. i obviously know the crab can climb...the wrasse i rarely see it lives under the sand but ive been doing some research and it appears they can eat more than bristle worms, so perhaps it attacked my feather duster?
im trying to figure out what to get rid of.
any thoughts is appreciated

 

[t316]

What else is in there besides them two?

 

[aixenv]

coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp, 2 damsels (yellowtail and 4strip), occelaris clownfish, purple dottyback and a purple lobster who lives under the rocks and i never see (great 30 bucks that was)..

 

[aixenv]

heres my crab.. im told he isnt reef safe ( i didnt know what he was when i got him and neither did the lfs, he just hada lot of personality and looked cool)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCiGJ_0ydSo
im figured it was him, imt hinking about isolating him to another tank, getting another feather duster and see if it happens again. img onna take the wrasse back regardless i was told it'll get too big for my tank (65G) and it lives under the sand, and again is rarely if ever seen, i got my tank to look at stuff. not wonder where it is

 

[stonehammer75]

Originally Posted by aixenv
http:///forum/post/2691662
coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp, 2 damsels (yellowtail and 4strip), occelaris clownfish, purple dottyback and a purple lobster who lives under the rocks and i never see (great 30 bucks that was)..

I bought a purple lobster about 8 months ago. I have seen him maybe 5 times total. I paid $44 for mine. So yah. I feel your pain.

I have 3 feather dusters in my tank and they lose their heads every so often. The first time it happened I thought the same thing (who ate my feather duster?) then about about a month later it popped back up in a new spot. Full head and everything.

 

[t316]

Originally Posted by aixenv
http:///forum/post/2691662
coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp, 2 damsels (yellowtail and 4strip), occelaris clownfish, purple dottyback and a purple lobster who lives under the rocks and i never see (great 30 bucks that was)..
My guess is that it's one of those shrimp. I was looking for you to list a pepermint, as I have watched one of those just rip a feather duster right out of his tube and eat him, but I wouldn't put it past the coral banded or the fire.

 

[perfectdark]

Nothing really eats them. If the get stressed they can drop their crowns, or leave their tube altogether. The cause is typically water instability or a change in environment rather than being attacked though.

 

[aixenv]

Originally Posted by PerfectDark
http:///forum/post/2691695
Nothing really eats them. If the get stressed they can drop their crowns, or leave their tube altogether. The cause is typically water instability or a change in environment rather than being attacked though.
negative...
1) there's a slit all the way down his tube and pieces of his saliva'd home ripped to shreds here and there
something ate it.. my bet is the crab

 

[xtreeme]

I read somewhere there are crabs that will attack tubeworms. The person said for somereason they find joy pinching the tube.

 

[aixenv]

Originally Posted by xtreeme
http:///forum/post/2691903
I read somewhere there are crabs that will attack tubeworms. The person said for somereason they find joy pinching the tube.
thats my thoughts too...im going to isolate the crab, and get another feather duster ,and see how it goes. and then in a few weeks put the crab back and if it gets eaten.. then ya ill know heh
the crab has so much personality i hate to just get rid of him, im getting rid of the coris wrasse, no need to have a fish i never see.. he's going back today, i had to remove all my rockwork and sift through the sand to catch that lil bugger lol..but i caught him haha
then i had to redo my rockwork cause it's so much lik ea puzzle and i dindt remember how it went together.. although i kinda like how it looks better now. . more purple showing...
oh and that lobster.. i got my longest look at him and to see yup he's a live...moving his home.. he was out and about scurrying around heh

 

[raymond_62002]

i have lost 2 for sure and bought 2 more last weekend and they have dropped the feather already. i feel my water is ok at last check. i 2 clowns, 4 damsels 2 emeral crabs i sand sifting star, sails and hermits with live rock. what should my parmeters be for my water?