something ate my frag?

fishkid6692 · 03/13/2008, 05:30 AM

something ate my frag! i woke up and eaten down to the base. what could have done it?

kzickovich · 03/13/2008, 06:23 AM

Most likly a emerald crab.

fishkid6692 · 03/13/2008, 06:46 AM

i don't have an emerald crab. i have a coral banded shrimp, a cleaner shrimp, 2 clowns, and the cleanup crew.

Bygkid · 03/13/2008, 08:02 AM

I have lost whole colonies of zoas and palys and could not figure out why. Turned out to be a HH from my LR, Mud Crab from south pacific. I caught him in a tall glass leaned up against my LR overnight with a meaty treat at the bottom of the glass. Problem you will have is your shrimp will probably get the treat before the crab will. I have also made a trap using a 2-3 liter bottle. Cut the top off and about 2/3rds way up bottle and invert the top into the bottom. Poke a few holes through the 2 pieces where they meet. Thread fishing line through the holes and tie them off. This way you can do the trick above with the glass, bit it will be harder for the shrip to get your bait. Turn your moon lights off as well. The darker, the better.
good luck,
Scott

taillonjohn · 03/13/2008, 08:51 AM

what kinda coral frag was it?

fishkid6692 · 03/13/2008, 09:20 AM

a finger leather

taillonjohn · 03/13/2008, 09:25 AM

I've never had a coral banded shrimp, so I cant be certain, but from what I do know about them, he is probably the culprit.

gws76 · 03/13/2008, 09:41 AM

Had the same thing happen. Fed my plate coral Wed. night. Peppermint shrimp kept trying to steal the food out of the plate corals mouth(after it had eaten it, it has done this on several occasions), so I covered the plate with a glass overnight. I thought this would give the plate time to digest the food. I was wrong. Came home from work yesterday afternoon and my plate was a bare skeleton. The plate was only about the size of a quarter at this point, before being consumed. I moved the peppermint to the sump for the time being, cause I'm not sure if he was the culprit. Just assuming this since he was the only problem child during the plates life. Anyone else ever have this problem with peppermint shrimp?

papagimp · 03/13/2008, 11:20 AM

Nowhere near enough information given for an educated guess. Going to get lot's of shots in the dark here.

What kind of livestock is in the tank, what's your water parameters sitting at. Need to know things like that.

SNAKEMANVET · 03/13/2008, 12:23 PM

I got a crab of some kind that took my frag plug with acans, into a hole it was living in.It eat all of the acans.

03/13/2008, 05:30 AM	#1
fishkid6692 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: danbury, CT Posts: 3,193	something ate my frag? something ate my frag! i woke up and eaten down to the base. what could have done it?

03/13/2008, 06:23 AM	#2
kzickovich Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Zion Il Posts: 959	Most likly a emerald crab. __________________ Ken Current Tank Info: 90 Gal mixed reef 55 Gallon basement pump up Sump 25 Gal fuge 2 Mp40 DIY led light fixture Bubble King Mini 200 Gen2 skimmer BRS Duel reactor

03/13/2008, 06:46 AM	#3
fishkid6692 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: danbury, CT Posts: 3,193	i don't have an emerald crab. i have a coral banded shrimp, a cleaner shrimp, 2 clowns, and the cleanup crew. __________________ ~matt~ Current Tank Info: 180g - 4' by 3' by 2'. bubbleking mini 180, apex controller, (2) vortech mp40's, phosban reactor, geissmen moonlight fixture

03/13/2008, 08:02 AM	#4
Bygkid Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Grand Prairie, Texas Posts: 187	I have lost whole colonies of zoas and palys and could not figure out why. Turned out to be a HH from my LR, Mud Crab from south pacific. I caught him in a tall glass leaned up against my LR overnight with a meaty treat at the bottom of the glass. Problem you will have is your shrimp will probably get the treat before the crab will. I have also made a trap using a 2-3 liter bottle. Cut the top off and about 2/3rds way up bottle and invert the top into the bottom. Poke a few holes through the 2 pieces where they meet. Thread fishing line through the holes and tie them off. This way you can do the trick above with the glass, bit it will be harder for the shrip to get your bait. Turn your moon lights off as well. The darker, the better. good luck, Scott __________________ One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda. - Douglas MacArthur Current Tank Info: Custom 140g mixed reef. 2 Mag 12 returns, 60" Current Sunpod HQI with 3 Phoenix 14000K 150W DE MH,55g sump/fug, Tunze 9015 skimmer, 4 Tunze 6055's w/ Multi Controller: 29g FW community tank, 450G FW Comet ponds

03/13/2008, 08:51 AM	#5
taillonjohn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 753	what kinda coral frag was it? __________________ John

03/13/2008, 09:20 AM	#6
fishkid6692 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: danbury, CT Posts: 3,193	a finger leather __________________ ~matt~ Current Tank Info: 180g - 4' by 3' by 2'. bubbleking mini 180, apex controller, (2) vortech mp40's, phosban reactor, geissmen moonlight fixture

03/13/2008, 09:25 AM	#7
taillonjohn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 753	I've never had a coral banded shrimp, so I cant be certain, but from what I do know about them, he is probably the culprit. __________________ John

03/13/2008, 09:41 AM	#8
gws76 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: El Reno, OK Posts: 1,691 Blog Entries: 2	Had the same thing happen. Fed my plate coral Wed. night. Peppermint shrimp kept trying to steal the food out of the plate corals mouth(after it had eaten it, it has done this on several occasions), so I covered the plate with a glass overnight. I thought this would give the plate time to digest the food. I was wrong. Came home from work yesterday afternoon and my plate was a bare skeleton. The plate was only about the size of a quarter at this point, before being consumed. I moved the peppermint to the sump for the time being, cause I'm not sure if he was the culprit. Just assuming this since he was the only problem child during the plates life. Anyone else ever have this problem with peppermint shrimp? __________________ "Let there be Rock!" ~ Bon Scott 2010-2011 COMAS POTM Chairman Current Tank Info: 150 gal. Starphire Mixed Reef

03/13/2008, 11:20 AM	#9
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	Nowhere near enough information given for an educated guess. Going to get lot's of shots in the dark here. What kind of livestock is in the tank, what's your water parameters sitting at. Need to know things like that. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

03/13/2008, 12:23 PM	#10
SNAKEMANVET PREMIUM MEMBER Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: TRENTON Tn Posts: 4,486	I got a crab of some kind that took my frag plug with acans, into a hole it was living in.It eat all of the acans.