Corals lost then found.

[David]

At least 3, maybe 4 months ago, a frag of zoas got knocked over and buried by my pistol shrimp. A few days ago, the shrimp was doing a remodeling if his aquascape. And he pushed the frag out of the dugout. To my amazement, it still has flesh on it. I can't wait until they open up. I forgot what they look like. Pretty resilient stuff.

 

[MadReefer]

Nice. I have a small zoa frag that had aptsia on it so dipped in hot water, about 2 months ago. All the heads closed and I assumed it was a goner. The other night under the blues I could see small orange dots. It's making a come back, resilient I do agree.

 

[joe b]

I don't like pistol shrimp... mine kicked sand everywhere, ate all my small fish and snails and like to use frags for his cave. The last straw was having 2 nice Jawbreaker shrooms dissappear

 

[David]

My pistol shrimp is a good guy. I have never seen it kill anything. I have seen mine push away live snails that came close to its cave. Never tried to attack anything. I have to keep all my coral out of the pistol shrimps habitat. Mine is a tiger pistol. Maybe some other verieties are more aggressive.

 

[Mark_C]

The last straw was having 2 nice Jawbreaker shrooms dissappear

If a $500 mushroom pad doesn't impress the ladies, nothing will.

 

[joe b]

In my tank Im the one who needs to be impressed and I was not... I was amazed at the size of rock that a mature shrimp could move.

 

[David]

I agree, and if I kept high priced live stock in my tank, I wouldn't want one either. I have lost 2 or three frags that I didn't glue down well enough. The only regret is I can't keep coral on the bottom. They certainly are not for everyone.