Something ate

[PeterEde]

I had a strong little 9 polyp colony of fireworks growing.
Got home yesterday to find 5 gone. What ate them?
crab, shrimp, snail or fish. At least the 5 remaining are largish and will multiply again unless someone eats them today.

 

[blaxsun]

You'd need to provide a list of suspects.

 

[PeterEde]

You'd need to provide a list of suspects.

Foxface
Clowns dont move far from their little area
Flame Hawk
Chocolate Goby or 6 line wrasse
Chromis stay near surface
Peppermint shrimp
Astraea snail
What ever it was left no trace or remnant.

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Firework polyps are the very coral that started my Foxface down the path of coral annihilation. It must be like cotton candy to them.;Sorry

 

[PeterEde]

Firework polyps are the very coral that started my Foxface down the path of coral annihilation. It must be like cotton candy to them.;Sorry

If it was him it's the first time. But as I am not home feeding as often it's easy picking for a hungry Mr Ed

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Well if it is, this is what you may be in for!;Facepalm

 

[PeterEde]

None eaten today. I moved them. May have been a crab

 

[PeterEde]

Epiphany
I realised last night my long spine urchin was on the rock with the fireworks coral before I went to work.

 

[Shirak]

Doubt it was the long spine urchin

 

[JachPot]

50/50 either the Peppermint Shrimp or the Foxface I think. Both have lots of reported cases of eating soft corals. Just try to keep an eye out and be suspicious when either of them are close. I think peppermints usually go after zoas when people figure out they're eating corals.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Peppermint is my chief suspect. Known to attack zoa

 

[PeterEde]

50/50 either the Peppermint Shrimp or the Foxface I think. Both have lots of reported cases of eating soft corals. Just try to keep an eye out and be suspicious when either of them are close. I think peppermints usually go after zoas when people figure out they're eating corals.

Only thing affecting my zoas are the mushroom that encroached on my rasta. Otherwise all are fine. Only issue so far is the fireworks. Very annoying as it was doing so well.

 

[PeterEde]

Peppermint is my chief suspect. Known to attack zoa

My shrimp usually hide during the day. Pretty sure this happened while I was at work but I could be wrong

 

[vetteguy53081]

My shrimp usually hide during the day. Pretty sure this happened while I was at work but I could be wrong

Very possible. A good way to find out is to set your phone on video mode in the evening and feed as normal. Record for about 2 hrs and walk away.
Come back later and review video and you will then likely realize whats going on and who the culprit is

 

[PeterEde]

Very possible. A good way to find out is to set your phone on video mode in the evening and feed as normal. Record for about 2 hrs and walk away.
Come back later and review video and you will then likely realize whats going on and who the culprit is

Good idea. I got an old phone I can use

 

[PeterEde]

Just discovered what ate my fireworks.
I was down to 2 polyps so moved it to a frag holder.
Today I came home to find the longspine Urchin on top of the frag. When gone I had no fireworks polyps left.