tecattel
New Member
Hello Everyone,
I have had a saltwater tank since about the 1st of the year, and believe I have done everything I could to give the fish that inhabit it the best place possible. My first problem came a week ago when one of my yellow-tail damsels disappeared. Of course I was immediately concerned (thinking that it had jumped out, got caught in the filters or powerheads, etc) I looked everywhere, taking every piece of liverock out, inspecting it, etc. Finally I gave up and continued to monitor levels, like always. Levels stayed consistent, which was also interesting b/c if I had a dead fish then I would think I would see some type of spike. Then came the big disappointment. A few days later one of my treasured clown fish disappeared in the same fashion. This time though I would not be defeated. I decided to look in greater detail throughout the tank. Hooray I found something......very interesting. What I would like to know is what the heck it is....inhabits on of my live rocks, looks frog-like, 'amoebaish', and then has "legs" kind of like a star fish. It is clear in color, like I can almost see its bone structure. It is rather large about twice to 3 times the size of any fish I have. It has to be what is eating my fish. Any ideas on identification??? Just to give everyone an idea on my setup and habitants here it is:
60 gallon
Started with 3 yellow-tail damsels (now two)
2 Clowns (now one)
Damsels and clowns are same size. They do not fight, and in fact don't even bother eath other.
That is it.
Please help.
I have had a saltwater tank since about the 1st of the year, and believe I have done everything I could to give the fish that inhabit it the best place possible. My first problem came a week ago when one of my yellow-tail damsels disappeared. Of course I was immediately concerned (thinking that it had jumped out, got caught in the filters or powerheads, etc) I looked everywhere, taking every piece of liverock out, inspecting it, etc. Finally I gave up and continued to monitor levels, like always. Levels stayed consistent, which was also interesting b/c if I had a dead fish then I would think I would see some type of spike. Then came the big disappointment. A few days later one of my treasured clown fish disappeared in the same fashion. This time though I would not be defeated. I decided to look in greater detail throughout the tank. Hooray I found something......very interesting. What I would like to know is what the heck it is....inhabits on of my live rocks, looks frog-like, 'amoebaish', and then has "legs" kind of like a star fish. It is clear in color, like I can almost see its bone structure. It is rather large about twice to 3 times the size of any fish I have. It has to be what is eating my fish. Any ideas on identification??? Just to give everyone an idea on my setup and habitants here it is:
60 gallon
Started with 3 yellow-tail damsels (now two)
2 Clowns (now one)
Damsels and clowns are same size. They do not fight, and in fact don't even bother eath other.
That is it.
Please help.