My snails disappear at an alarming rate in my 40 breeder despite there being plenty of microfauna for them to eat. I believe the Molly Miller Blenny developed a taste for them.
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Your husband sounds just like mine! He says his next fish choice is a lion fish. Then he thinks I’ll quit coming home with more fish.This is Natasha. She is my husband's clown. My husband refers to her as наташа, его маленькая убийца.... his little killer. I refer to her as the Russian assassin clown....
She is pictured here with her partner in crime, Boris.
Together they will attack and kill anything that dares to enter their tank. My hands.... tools.... the turkey baster I try to feed them with.... other fish within an hour, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, they kill everything. They even killed a decent sized tang after they had been separated in an acclimation box for what I thought was long enough.
My husband is quite pleased with his attack clown. He says she saved him lots of money because as long as we have her I won't buy any more fish.
.........I thwarted his plans by buying a second tank just for them.
Actually… That’s not a Halichoeres hortulanus. This is instead a MUCH worse species with aggression, it’s known as a “Pudding Wife Wrasse”, the actual species of this is Halichoeres radiatus. It appears yours is also a transitional male, males of this species are certainly some of the worst with aggression.Neon dottyback for me.
Once it hit 4", homie decided CUC were food. It didn't just eat them. It played with them.
Also, in case anyone is thinking about a Checkerboard Wrasse, check here first.
If you’ve got a Tiger Cowry in there they can have a voracious appetite for Zoa’s….I have something in my tank that enjoys Zoas... I had paid a large amount of money for a zoa garden rock. 5 polyps per frag plug and around 12 plugs all glued to a single rock. I paid $200. After the first week, day by day, the polyps disappeared. I have no idea if my CBB ate them day by day, or if I have dorman zoa eating nudis, or if super hidden pistol shrimp went after them in the night. I've caught no one in the act of eating them. I soaked one group in coral RX to see if there's anything that fell off as the polyps were dying. The only thing that fell off was a small brittle starfish. Maybe the micro brittle / serpent starfish had an appetite for zoas? I don't know. Are there zoa eating amphipods or copepods? I find it hard to believe when I can grow acropora successfully and some LPS that the water wouldn't be right for Zoas?
An idea of all your stock including inverts may help us to give you ideas on what may be taking out your Zoas.I have something in my tank that enjoys Zoas... I had paid a large amount of money for a zoa garden rock. 5 polyps per frag plug and around 12 plugs all glued to a single rock. I paid $200. After the first week, day by day, the polyps disappeared. I have no idea if my CBB ate them day by day, or if I have dorman zoa eating nudis, or if super hidden pistol shrimp went after them in the night. I've caught no one in the act of eating them. I soaked one group in coral RX to see if there's anything that fell off as the polyps were dying. The only thing that fell off was a small brittle starfish. Maybe the micro brittle / serpent starfish had an appetite for zoas? I don't know. Are there zoa eating amphipods or copepods? I find it hard to believe when I can grow acropora successfully and some LPS that the water wouldn't be right for Zoas?
Yes! This is why I hang up around with people smarter than I. Pudding wife is correct and it's in one of the many male transitional phases.Actually… That’s not a Halichoeres hortulanus. This is instead a MUCH worse species with aggression, it’s known as a “Pudding Wife Wrasse”, the actual species of this is Halichoeres radiatus. It appears yours is also a transitional male, males of this species are certainly some of the worst with aggression.
I don't trust any crab!Emerald crab
Many many years ago, my father caught a sargassum fish and foolishly decided to put it in our FOWLR (this was the late '70s when "corals" meant bleached coral skeletons--no one kept reef tanks). It ate everything in the tank, and bit my father in a final burst of spite as he released it.Sargassum fish. Incredibly boring except for the cumulative 45 seconds that it consumed all its tank mates. Never again
Emerald crab took out my $300 trachy and one head off my torch before I realized what the issue wasEmerald crab
If it's got claws, it breaks laws!I don't trust any crab!
I smell a t-shirt with this slogan.If it's got claws, it breaks laws!
It seems like you can't win for loosingEmerald crab took out my $300 trachy and one head off my torch before I realized what the issue was
What type of sharks?Unfortunately, my sharks didn't understand the cleaner wrasses were just trying to help them.