Something chewed on my montipora

[kenandmoose2]

I have a piece of monti that has been nawed on and I'm wondering if this could have been one of my long spine erchins. Has anyone had a problem with them doing this? I have had one in the tank for about 2 years now and never had a problem with it. I just recently added a second one to the display. Found this this morning when i got up.

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

An urchin would not have done this, its possible that something fell on/ hit the monti which caused some breakage. Perhaps a hermit crab jumped on it.. You don't have a parrotfish, correct?

 

[cloak]

Have you checked it for Nudibranchs yet? Sometimes these can be introduced without us knowing.

http://blog.captive-aquatics.com/captive_aquatics/2010/09/a-montipora-eating-nudibranch-primer.html

 

[kenandmoose2]

Nothing to fall on it and no parrot fish. I have not check for the nudis but ill look for them. What would be a predator of those little guys? How big could these buggers be?

 

[kenandmoose2]

Hmmm the article doesn't give me a warm fuzzy....guess ill watch it closely. Thanks

 

[kenandmoose2]

looks like another victim of the midnight coral chewer. This time it hit a piece of chalice. Not sure if this could be those dam nudis that were mentioned earlier but hope i figure this out before i actually lose something to this coral bandit

 

[Robink]

the nudis wouldn't eat a chalice.

 

[Robink]

Do you have crabs??

 

[kenandmoose2]

I just put some red legged hermits in there about a week ago

 

[Robink]

I've had hermits pick the food out of corals before and damage them, which is why I only have snails now. You may have to stay up with a red flashlight and watch to see what's happening.

 

[kenandmoose2]

Yea this weekend ill have to. I need to get the 240g cycling so i can tear this 40b down and decide if i wanna use it for a quarantine or something. I could catch all the hermits and put them in the fuge.

 

[thatsaltydogchris]

I've seen clown gobies munch coral do you have one of them

 

[kenandmoose2]

I put a 4 wheel drive goby in there a while ago but im pretty sure my corral banded shrimp got him . I 1 clown, 1 damsel, 1 six line, 2 long spine erchins, 1 corral banded shrimp, and the cuc in there. I have added some new corral recently from tidal gardens. The perites rock couldn't be dipped so i wonder if i brought something in on that....

 

[kenandmoose2]

Another victim but i caught the culprit in the act....dang red leg hermit

 

[kenandmoose2]

 

[Neil Fox]

MEN will indeed eat a Chalice.

 

[Vincent100]

Might be a ALK swing ??????For the monti

 

[ajm83]

MEN will indeed eat a Chalice.

Monti eating nudis will eat a chalice? Are you sure? Do they eat anything else?

 

[Neil Fox]

Monti eating nudis will eat a chalice? Are you sure? Do they eat anything else?

I had an infestation and they were munching on my chalice, they also eat scrolls. Not sure if it was a one off but they were eating it.