Zoa eating culprit

[kemble9]

Ok so I need some help.. I have a few zoa frags in my tank that have been eaten. At first, I thought it was the lemon peel angel, so I removed and placed in another tank. Not sure what else could be munching away.. maybe hermit crabs?

I have 2 engineer gobys, kole tang, exquisite wrasse, a pair of storm clowns, watchman goby, misc. snails and hermit crabs. Tankmates are fed daily..

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Did you use live rock to start the tank?

 

[ZoWhat]

Are you certain they were eaten and didn't melt away overnight?

 

[kemble9]

Did you use live rock to start the tank?

Used white rock. Tank is about a year and half old now

 

[Captain coral]

Ok so I need some help.. I have a few zoa frags in my tank that have been eaten. At first, I thought it was the lemon peel angel, so I removed and placed in another tank. Not sure what else could be munching away.. maybe hermit crabs?

I have 2 engineer gobys, kole tang, exquisite wrasse, a pair of storm clowns, watchman goby, misc. snails and hermit crabs. Tankmates are fed daily..

Are all the hermits "reef safe". Engineer Gobys sometimes try to move stuff durring their "projects". That can include shells, and frag discs or frag plugs.

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Ok so you probably dont have any hitchhikers going after them. Then I would check the zoas for pests and if there arent any i would say you might have non reef safe hermit crab.

 

[kemble9]

Ok so you probably dont have any hitchhikers going after them. Then I would check the zoas for pests and if there arent any i would say you might have non reef safe hermit crab.

I'm thinking this is the case.. I didn't think there were non reef safe hermits..