Somebody ate my Duncan!!!

[mikesmith34]

Got a baby Duncan head as a freebie from a ARC member. I was stoked because I like them. Came home today and it is pretty much gone. My money is on the coral beauty or mr. Foxface. This is the first time something like this has happened and it was really growing fast dang it ! Rip
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[indecloudzua]

That sucks my dwarf angel hasn't gone near my duncan

 

[jennm]

Could it have been stung by something near it? Please post a picture showing more of what is around it.

Jenn

 

[mikesmith34]

I will its lights out right now will post today when lights come on

 

[porpoiseaquatics]

I've got duncans and acans in my tank....my coral beauty never pays them any attention at all. My money is on the foxface or something nearby stinging it.

 

[mikesmith34]

porpoiseaquatics;912448 wrote: I've got duncans and acans in my tank....my coral beauty never pays them any attention at all. My money is on the foxface or something nearby stinging it.

Yea it does seem as though they may be getting a bad wrap. The literature says they will nip corals however with that said I don't think I've ever seen somebody say" my coral beauty ate......"

Sarah my foxface may very well be the colprit I've just not seen her.

 

[indecloudzua]

There's a good thread on a forum where a guy has cataloged all the dwarfs and most angels that people have had.they informed him how long they had them, what they did or didn't pick on and if they actually did damage and put it on an excel spreadsheet that's been collecting data for a few years.good info.ill try and find a link

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[joseayes]

I had a Duncan colonie that was growing fast, one day I added some emerald crabs and one of them hosted the colonie, ery time I fed the colonie the crab went to steal the food from the Duncan mouth causing some tissue damage but after all didn't noticed loosing a head after that, hmmm still wondering who or what could be the culcrip in yours???

 

[mikesmith34]

Here is what's left of the 2 baby heads. The 2 white spots on the rock. Their isn't anything close by that can sting them. On the bigger head the only thing left is a tiny cup looking structure where the animal once was. The smaller of the 2 heads still has a little tissue left. Maybe I can salvage it. For what ever reason I really like the way Duncan colonies look when they are mature.
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[jennm]

What's the piece to the right of where the Duncans are? Is that a chalice of some kind?

If so, it can absolutely sting the bejeepers out of Duncans.

Usually Centropyge sp. angels will nip at fleshy corals like Wellsophyllia, Trachyphyllia, Cataphyllia and stuff like that which resembles clam mantles. OR they eat Zoanthids (or both). I had a Coral Beauty that ate Xenia once... maybe that wasn't a bad thing... but it's more likely that the coral next to the Duncans stung them.

Even that mushroom is a bit close, but usually the LPS wins over the mushroom - but not always.

Jenn

 

[mikesmith34]

I have a large clam and he better keep his bugger pickets off my calm the piece next to it is a superman encrusting monti. Jenn I didn't realize a shroom can be a problem. I'm in the slow process of napalming a few mushrooms every time I'm getting ready to do a water change. I was under the impression that they were harmless?? If it was something that stung it wouldn't it slowly die? This was an overnight one minute it was there the next only the skeleton cup structure is left.

 

[jennm]

It depends. All corals and similar (technically mushrooms aren't corals...) can put out toxins and/or nematocysts to defend their piece of real estate. If it was a chalice, I'd say it stung with its sweepers. I've never personally seen a Monti put out sweepers, but it's a possibility. Sweeper tentacles sting, and the result can look like what has happened to your Duncans.

Mushrooms and other softies, tend to put out a toxin that can cause a neighbour to shrivel up and retract - so that's possible too.

I'm not saying that a fish didn't pick at the Duncans, but there are other possible causes too.

I'd suggest moving what's left of the Duncans to some good flow without any other corals close, and see if they bounce back.

There is a strong potential for the Coral Beauty to pick at the clam. No Centropyge is trustworthy where a clam is concerned, in my experience.

Jenn

 

[indecloudzua]

Jenn, have you ever had any negative experience with a woodheadi angel??

 

[darren24]

My Foxface "picked" at my acans to the point where they stayed closed up all of the time...

 

[davidinga]

My foxface could care less about my duncans; and it better stay that way...

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