Fish murder!

Naiad · Jan 1, 2016

The Gulf Coast

Wiz · Jan 1, 2016

Self collected or vendor

Naiad · Jan 1, 2016

Vendor. Kp

Greenstreet.1 · Jan 1, 2016

Wiz said:
Self collected or vendor

Check LA=liveaquria they have a nice one

Wiz · Jan 1, 2016

I love plant covered rock with hikers. Kp looks nice

Naiad · Jan 1, 2016

Wiz said:
I love plant covered rock with hikers. Kp looks nice

It was great. Got plenty of good guys too. Just be sure you can qt for some time if you get uncured. It has been over 6 months and I found a crab the size of a pencil eraser. That means he came in almost microscopic! I will continue my search and may pull fish to treat any illness if this continues.

scardall · Jan 1, 2016

With that size chuck I would say moray eel or maybe a very hungry pistol or mantis shrimp. From all that you have said so far I'm baffled.
If all else fails IMO start pulling rock??????????????

Naiad · Jan 1, 2016

scardall said:
With that size chuck I would say moray eel or maybe a very hungry pistol or mantis shrimp. From all that you have said so far I'm baffled.
If all else fails IMO start pulling rock??????????????

I did begin pulling rock the other night. I got a 2 in mantis in the chunk I pulled plus a large bristle worm. I am going to keep at it! Though if more fish go missing I think I will pull the fish to qt to be safe. I'll try to get a pic of the mantis this evening. He is in a 20 gal now.

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

That's not from a mantis. I don't have a suggestion, but it's not that. Following.....

Wiz · Jan 1, 2016

Right! That is one clean bite. Big too. I wanna know

Naiad · Jan 1, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
That's not from a mantis. I don't have a suggestion, but it's not that. Following.....

Could a crab(s) be responsible? I am at a loss because whatever did this had about 1 hour at most. The fish went to sleep in the sand the night before and would have only been out swimming that long before discovery.

Lionfish Lair · Jan 1, 2016

I've actually never seen what a crab does to it's food.

Jlentz · Jan 1, 2016

Did you ask the vendor?

Tbs has a big list of hitchkers people have found on their rock.

Lenny_S · Jan 1, 2016

There are some pretty frightening creatures that can come in with live rock. My LFS got a Bobbit worm in with some they brought into the store. I was there when they pulled it out, freaky. It did similar damage to a couple of the fish they put in with the cured rock.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/if-you-thought-big-bristleworms-were-scary

Wiz · Jan 1, 2016

I would love a bobbit. Or any cool hiker. Just as cool as coral or fish

Jlobes · Jan 1, 2016

Naiad said:
I did begin pulling rock the other night. I got a 2 in mantis in the chunk I pulled plus a large bristle worm. I am going to keep at it! Though if more fish go missing I think I will pull the fish to qt to be safe. I'll try to get a pic of the mantis this evening. He is in a 20 gal now.

pics of the mantis!! you gonna keep it?

Wiz · Jan 1, 2016

If it turns out to be a bobbit I will pay to have you ship it to me.

Jlobes · Jan 1, 2016

Wiz said:
I would love a bobbit. Or any cool hiker. Just as cool as coral or fish

If it turns out to be a bobbit I will pay to have you ship it to me.

are you serious?! youd love a bobbit!? until it started killing your inhabitants and corals. you might wanna think about that a bit more. sure they are cool, but not in a mixed reef tank. I spend way too much on my fish/corals to lose them to a random, ugly worm

Lenny_S · Jan 1, 2016

Wiz said:
I would love a bobbit. Or any cool hiker. Just as cool as coral or fish

The one they pulled from my LFS was only a foot long and it did a lot of damage... Would hate to see what the meter long plus ones would do... I'll pass, but I'll admit it was a stunning looking creature.