I put a few small frags of Xenia pulsing Xenia in my tank yesterday.( Thanks Well, today they are gone? I only have clownfish, a Hippo Tang, a peppermint shrimp, and a cleaner shrimp. So who is the likely culprit?
Ok, who ate my Xenia?
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My bet, if I had to choose, is the peppermint shrimp. They won’t usually go after polyps; but are nonetheless voracious little critters that typically go after anemones (potentially aiptasia, rock/flower nems, anything weak or injured).
They are also close relatives to camel shrimp, which bear strikingly similar appearance, and are known predators of a wide variety of soft corals.
They are also close relatives to camel shrimp, which bear strikingly similar appearance, and are known predators of a wide variety of soft corals.
If it was freshly fragged or glued to the plug it could easily have detached too could pop up somewhere
Agreed! Middle of the night, home from a flight, and my brain isn’t working. It probably just detached. If it was attacked by the shrimp, you would see a slimy blob-like mess of what’s left.
I had my pistol shrimp shove a sliver of a frag into his entrance(camouflage maybe/lol)
Thanks. I am thinking the peppermint shrimp is the culprit. I could see one or even two frags coming unglued, but not all three of them. Plus one of the frag disks was laying on the bottom when I had placed it up near the top. I guess I will have to keep an eye out for this little fellow. Hope he doesn't try eating my other corals!
