Help! I'm losing all my Favia?

[camellia]

Everything in the tank is very happy except my Favia, 5 of them in different locations are dying.

Any ideas?
Thanks

 

[1mbrews8]

strange... did you change bulbs recently?

 

[camellia]

No nothing has changed.
Prams are all good!

 

[lagunareef]

5 of them going out at the same time is a real concern. If everything else in your tank is ok and only your favia's are affected, I would look for a suspect/pest. It could be a shrimp, nudi, pest etc. but something with an appetite for favia's. IME, favia's are pretty much resilient and hardy - my very first one was purchased from a guy that wasn't even a Sponsor before, and that was awhile ago (hint: Spike :up.

 

[camellia]

WOW, Rick I think its my peppermint shrimp!

I had 5 Favia with about 10+ heads each all together on a large rock. They were spaced in somewhat different flow/light but were all doing great for a year + until I got the peppermint shrimp!
There are two large healthy Favia on there on rocks still doing great. I've lost 2 Favia completely and they others Ive moved to the bottom of the tank. Last night I got up and looked several times through out the night with a flash light and the peppermint shrimp were picking at them!
I had one aptisia and got 4 peppermint shrimp.....