LivinTheSwreefLife
Well-Known Member
Okay, so let me start with a disclaimer: I have a clown triggerfish. So I know it's entirely possible that he is the culprit. HOWEVER, I don't think that he is. Let me explain.
I have very few soft corals in my tank, and a few zoas. Over the past month or so, I started noticing that the zoas will turn up on the sandbed (i.e., ripped off of the mother colony and scattered throughout the tank), but they never appear to have been chewed or nibbled or damaged in any way-- just torn off. Also, I've started noticing that the small rock I have with acans on it will be totally turned upside-down on the sandbed, or generally messed-with... something even managed to detach it from the larger rock to which it was superglued.
Like I said, I, like you, would normally assume the destructive clown trigger, but the thing is that these disturbances ALWAYS happen at night after lights out, and I've never once seen my trigger come out of his hiding spot at night (and I've been on patrol with a flashlight quite a bit as these occurrences happen more and more often). Also, I watch my tank often, and I have never once seen the trigger show even the slightest interest in any sort of coral... snails, yes, but corals, no.
SO my question is... can you guys think of any critter that might come out exclusively at night, be large/powerful enough to tear up corals and overturn rocks, but not actually eat them?
Thanks all
I have very few soft corals in my tank, and a few zoas. Over the past month or so, I started noticing that the zoas will turn up on the sandbed (i.e., ripped off of the mother colony and scattered throughout the tank), but they never appear to have been chewed or nibbled or damaged in any way-- just torn off. Also, I've started noticing that the small rock I have with acans on it will be totally turned upside-down on the sandbed, or generally messed-with... something even managed to detach it from the larger rock to which it was superglued.
Like I said, I, like you, would normally assume the destructive clown trigger, but the thing is that these disturbances ALWAYS happen at night after lights out, and I've never once seen my trigger come out of his hiding spot at night (and I've been on patrol with a flashlight quite a bit as these occurrences happen more and more often). Also, I watch my tank often, and I have never once seen the trigger show even the slightest interest in any sort of coral... snails, yes, but corals, no.
SO my question is... can you guys think of any critter that might come out exclusively at night, be large/powerful enough to tear up corals and overturn rocks, but not actually eat them?
Thanks all
