Is my Favia being eaten by my peppermint shrimp? Complete loss of tissue, one polyp at a time and this shrimp is suddenly interested in it. Everything else in the tank looks great.
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Peppermint shrimp eating Favia?
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Great! I don’t have to rehome a shrimp. Oh No! Something unknown is killing my Favia
He is naturally hard to get a good picture of, I’ll try for a better one tomorrow morning, usually out a bit more then.
Aptasia killin day
Life is finally calming a bit and I may actually have an afternoon off. Hi all. :) Time to dive into the neglected tank, which, out of the blue, has been growing aptasia, which are now huge. Going to use Aptasia-X, though some are large enough I may need a baseball bat, followed by an 8g (of...
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Yea, I think he has been hunting polyps off the birdsnest too, probably has to go, I’m in it for the corals, not the shrimp….anyone want him? Lol
That is wild! It’s all good though, maybe I’ll do a saltwater planted tank and move him there!
I wouldn’t blame the shrimp. The shrimp is actually doing its job as part of the cleaner crew. The best way to see what’s going on in your tank is to keep looking at the other corals. If you have a lot of different Coral dying then something is wrong with your tank. I would test everything and then take you water to a LFS and have them test it.
blaming the shrimp is the equivalent of blaming worms for killing a dead deer on the road. The worm is just doing its job the deer was already dead.
blaming the shrimp is the equivalent of blaming worms for killing a dead deer on the road. The worm is just doing its job the deer was already dead.