Acan help

[Canadia_eh]

So my acan has been looking weird the last two days. Looks much smaller and it's mouth is looking really weird. Any idea if this looks normal or what's going on?

 

[art13]

looks like something may have picked at the head, possibly to get food out and pissed it off a bit, looks healthy otherwise. all the other heads look fine as well. Nice colors.

 

[Canadia_eh]

looks like something may have picked at the head, possibly to get food out and pissed it off a bit, looks healthy otherwise. all the other heads look fine as well. Nice colors.

Thank you, I keep them blocked off till all the food is gone but I did see a snail next to it yesterday. Hopefully it bounces back.

 

[Trio91]

Yea they look fine to me, something like @art13 mentioned may have stepped on them or bothered them

 

[Canadia_eh]

Seeing the mouth white and empty scared me. The colored portion is also much smaller.


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[art13]

if it's white and a skeleton, something is eating it, i had that issue with one of my fish, as soon as i removed it, the coral recovered.

 

[Canadia_eh]

if it's white and a skeleton, something is eating it, i had that issue with one of my fish, as soon as i removed it, the coral recovered.

The fish don't touch it. I have two clowns and all the do is play with the hammers and sleep in them. The shrimp/crabs/snails is my worry now. I feel like making a cage for the acans so they can live in peace.

 

[art13]

what kind of shrimp and crabs do you have?

 

[Canadia_eh]

what kind of shrimp and crabs do you have?

Peppermint and emerald

 

[art13]

i'd put money on the peppermint shrimp. I got rid of mine, they like to dig into the mouths of lps and rip out any food, along with their insides as well at times. They will also tear apart feather dusters.

 

[art13]

As a side note i have emeralds in my tank with lps. They have not picked on my corals, the only time i've ever seen one pick on coral was an sps and the tank was not getting fed much, but never saw one on my lps.

 

[Canadia_eh]

i'd put money on the peppermint shrimp. I got rid of mine, they like to dig into the mouths of lps and rip out any food, along with their insides as well at times. They will also tear apart feather dusters.

They have been pretty good citizens but if it's them then I would get rid of them rather than having my acans hurt. Any tips on how I can tell? Or if I should just get rid of them.

I had bad aptasia but it's all gone now. That's why I got them.

 

[Trio91]

i too had a peppermint shrimp that attacked my acan a while back....

 

[Canadia_eh]

i too had a peppermint shrimp that attacked my acan a while back....

:/ looks like I'll be giving away 3 soon

 

[Canadia_eh]

Does the picture actually look like it's damaged or just closed/stressed ? I don't know enough about their anatomy.


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[Trio91]

just a lil un happy about something...if the head recedes into the base, then there's a problem....here's a picture from the internet...from doing a google search

 

[Canadia_eh]

Oh wow. It doesn't look like that, looks normal but middle is white. Other heads are looking perfectly normal still.


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[Canadia_eh]

Update

Looks like the head closed on itself and you can't see the white middle at all.

Still it's the only head that's hurt, I'm guessing it will die or repair?

Still not sure if I should wait on getting the shrimp a new home or not.

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[Trio91]

I would only pull the shrimp once you r sure it's them doing it. It could be something else bothering em. Do you have a sump?

 

[Canadia_eh]

I would only pull the shrimp once you r sure it's them doing it. It could be something else bothering em. Do you have a sump?

I have a 20 gallon sump