Scarlet shrimp eating at Trach brain. Help needed

fitnessitalia · 12/29/2014, 05:18 PM

Saw cleaner last night eating at mouth of Trach
Figured he was just eating waste from coral
Today when I got home I see the one mouth is gapping open missing tissue
Other mouth closed and partially inflated
Significantly less then normal

Question is is this normal and will it recover
Was an expensive brain!
I feed fish heavy twice a day so there should be plenty of food

BeanMachine · 12/29/2014, 05:20 PM

Do you dose your aquarium? Or check your alk cal and mag? Its possible the brain was already decaying / dieing and the shrimp noticed and began the scavenging. That's a possibility anyways.

fitnessitalia · 12/29/2014, 05:29 PM

I do dose
And yea levels are in check
It was inflated and nice and full actually coloring up from when I had gotten it all dull

fitnessitalia · 12/29/2014, 05:30 PM

Trachs usually pretty hardy I thought

fitnessitalia · 12/29/2014, 05:54 PM

FeTher duster and coco worm choked down too
Not sure if coicendental

Stevenliu9 · 12/29/2014, 08:18 PM

I also don't think your shrimp is the killer, cleaner shrimp only go after something when they are on their way out- corals or clams.

wrott · 12/29/2014, 09:10 PM

You can try covering the brain w/ an egg-crate cage or something else to see if it recovers.
How long have you had the brain? Is it geoffroyi or radiata sp?

fitnessitalia · 12/29/2014, 09:46 PM

Geoff
About a month
Saw shrimp inside Acans tonight
It's mouth flesh is gone so it's a gaping hole now on one side
Was a little inflated today but loaded with sand I had to tip over to get out
Not sure mouth will regrow without getting bacteria first?
Norm trachs will recede in flesh putter rim when dying I thought

wrott · 12/29/2014, 09:51 PM

I've had less success w/ Geoff than radiatas, Geoffs seem to thrive or die w/in the first week, so can you transfer the shrimp to the sump?

fitnessitalia · 12/30/2014, 06:15 AM

Be hard to catch
I have a colony of 5 of them

fitnessitalia · 12/30/2014, 06:15 AM

Welso hardier? As well as Scoly?

fitnessitalia · 12/30/2014, 06:16 AM

I have this Trach a welso two Lobos and symphilla in sand bed with Scoly on way which makes me worried with this incident

DaveRaz · 12/30/2014, 07:59 AM

I have witnessed peppermint shrimp eating perfectly healthy corals. Plate coral and frogspawn. They can go rouge and have been banished to my sons tank. Don't want to risk it.

fitnessitalia · 01/09/2015, 10:34 AM

Trach is welso and bouncing back :-)

12/29/2014, 05:18 PM	#1
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	Scarlet shrimp eating at Trach brain. Help needed Saw cleaner last night eating at mouth of Trach Figured he was just eating waste from coral Today when I got home I see the one mouth is gapping open missing tissue Other mouth closed and partially inflated Significantly less then normal Question is is this normal and will it recover Was an expensive brain! I feed fish heavy twice a day so there should be plenty of food

12/29/2014, 05:20 PM	#2
BeanMachine Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 11,200	Do you dose your aquarium? Or check your alk cal and mag? Its possible the brain was already decaying / dieing and the shrimp noticed and began the scavenging. That's a possibility anyways. __________________ 300 Gallon 72x36x27 AGE- 4x Ecotech XR30G5 Blue- AA PVC Hybrid Sump- Dual Synergy Shadow Boxes w Bean Animal- RO 220INT Elite- AquaMaxx cTech T3 CaRx- RD3 230- Apex- Tunze 6155, 6255 & 6150- MP40

12/29/2014, 08:18 PM	#6
Stevenliu9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Madison WI Posts: 795	I also don't think your shrimp is the killer, cleaner shrimp only go after something when they are on their way out- corals or clams. __________________ Steven Liu See More at: bluemarineart.com Current Tank Info: 180 Mix Reef + 28G Seahorse Species Tank

12/29/2014, 09:10 PM	#7
wrott Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,912	You can try covering the brain w/ an egg-crate cage or something else to see if it recovers. How long have you had the brain? Is it geoffroyi or radiata sp? __________________ OK, but where does the meat go! ------------------------------------------------ 120g SPS, 125g mix, 56g FOWLR, 20g qt

12/29/2014, 09:51 PM	#9
wrott Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,912	I've had less success w/ Geoff than radiatas, Geoffs seem to thrive or die w/in the first week, so can you transfer the shrimp to the sump? __________________ OK, but where does the meat go! ------------------------------------------------ 120g SPS, 125g mix, 56g FOWLR, 20g qt

12/29/2014, 05:29 PM	#3
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	I do dose And yea levels are in check It was inflated and nice and full actually coloring up from when I had gotten it all dull

12/29/2014, 05:30 PM	#4
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	Trachs usually pretty hardy I thought

12/29/2014, 05:54 PM	#5
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	FeTher duster and coco worm choked down too Not sure if coicendental

12/29/2014, 09:46 PM	#8
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	Geoff About a month Saw shrimp inside Acans tonight It's mouth flesh is gone so it's a gaping hole now on one side Was a little inflated today but loaded with sand I had to tip over to get out Not sure mouth will regrow without getting bacteria first? Norm trachs will recede in flesh putter rim when dying I thought

12/30/2014, 06:15 AM	#10
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	Be hard to catch I have a colony of 5 of them

12/30/2014, 06:16 AM	#12
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	I have this Trach a welso two Lobos and symphilla in sand bed with Scoly on way which makes me worried with this incident

12/30/2014, 07:59 AM	#13
DaveRaz Reef Rookie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Memphis Posts: 625	I have witnessed peppermint shrimp eating perfectly healthy corals. Plate coral and frogspawn. They can go rouge and have been banished to my sons tank. Don't want to risk it.

01/09/2015, 10:34 AM	#14
fitnessitalia Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 163	Trach is welso and bouncing back :-)