What the heck??

[cheek_biz]

What's up reefer's.. I'm completely stunned and don't know what happened.. I had a plug with 3 full size Zoa's and a baby one as well.. I woke up this morning and the plug was on the sand and NO zoa's on the plug..! What the heck happened, can any one answer this?? Has it happened to anyone?? I have a clown, a 6line wrasse, cleaner shrimp, tiger pistol and watchmen pair, hermits, emerald crab.. PLEASE HELP.. Lol

 

[maroun.c]

Was it recently glued? Maybe it just got detached?
As the plug is on the sand then I presume a fish took a nip on it.

 

[chimmike]

Anything could've happened. If it wasn't glued down to the rock, an emerald crab could've bumped it, powerheads could've blown it off the rock, fish could've nudged it, etc.

 

[twilliard]

On that darn pistol !
Are you keeping him fed?

 

[KJ]

A+ on Pistol Shrimp

 

[saltyphish]

I bought a frag of scrambled eggs at a swap once and they came unglued on me over night. Woke up with a nice white frag plug but no sign of the zoas. A month later I moved some rock work and found them under it. Coloring was really bad but they survived and once re-glued to a piece of rubble they are coloring back up nicely in my frag tank.

 

[McGee]

I bought a frag of scrambled eggs at a swap once and they came unglued on me over night. Woke up with a nice white frag plug but no sign of the zoas. A month later I moved some rock work and found them under it. Coloring was really bad but they survived and once re-glued to a piece of rubble they are coloring back up nicely in my frag tank.

+1

 

[cheek_biz]

On that darn pistol !
Are you keeping him fed?

Actually no I'm not, idk how to get him to eat.. Every time I go close to the tank to feed him and the goby they take flight bak under the rock.. Plus the zoa 's that are missing were on the opposite side of his hole, he had closer choice of zoa's near him..

 

[twilliard]

What I do is put a piece of silverside where the two are at.
He will come out to drag it into the burrow

 

[cheek_biz]

I bought a frag of scrambled eggs at a swap once and they came unglued on me over night. Woke up with a nice white frag plug but no sign of the zoas. A month later I moved some rock work and found them under it. Coloring was really bad but they survived and once re-glued to a piece of rubble they are coloring back up nicely in my frag tank.

Idk, I hope so.. I looked around and I can't see it yet..

 

[cheek_biz]

What I do is put a piece of silverside where the two are at.
He will come out to drag it into the burrow

What size should I do?? I don't want to have food jus sitting in the tank either?? Will the goby eat that as well?? Can I use frozen shrimp from the store?

 

[KJ]

Can I use frozen shrimp from the store

Yes.

 

[twilliard]

I do about a 1/4 inch of a silverside
He will drag it in and they both will eat it.
If left unfed then my pistol will take branches of my gorgonia

 

[cheek_biz]

I do about a 1/4 inch of a silverside
He will drag it in and they both will eat it.
If left unfed then my pistol will take branches of my gorgonia

But he would really go past a frag to go to a diff one of zoas??

 

[KJ]

But he would really go past a frag to go to a diff one of zoas

Yes my did.

 

[cheek_biz]

Yes my did.

Wow what an *******.. Lol And Ofcourse he took the more expensive/better looking one!! Lol Ohh well that's the name of the game!! Lol ohh and by the way, I jus fed him a piece of shrimp.. Held it by the lil hole and he grabbed it and took off.. All in secs!!

 

[NanaReefer]

Actually no I'm not, idk how to get him to eat.. Every time I go close to the tank to feed him and the goby they take flight bak under the rock.. Plus the zoa 's that are missing were on the opposite side of his hole, he had closer choice of zoa's near him..

Don't worry, the Goby is feeding the pistol. So he's not the culprit. I'd be more suspicious of the Hermits and Emerald Crabs. Emeralds are known to develop a taste for Zoas.

 

[cheek_biz]

Don't worry, the Goby is feeding the pistol. So he's not the culprit. I'd be more suspicious of the Hermits and Emerald Crabs. Emeralds are known to develop a taste for Zoas.

Well I'm gonna try and catch the culprit in action, and best believe I'll be having crab for dinner if it's him.. Lol

 

[agfish12]

My emerald was well fed but he decided to pinch at my zoas and chalice coral any way so he had to come out of the DT