Hello everyone. I bought a fighting conch and a brittle star yesterday, both which are supposed to be reef safe. I looked today and my mushrooms, which were starting to grow and looking nice,are now gone. Any idea which can be the culprit? Might just get rid of both before I loose more coral. Thanks
Fighting conch or brittle star
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saltyhog
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I don't think either would be a suspect. My brittle star is almost a foot across and has never bothered anything. I have multiple fighting conchs and they occasionally move corals on the sand bed during their wandering but never have damaged anything.
Mike N
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What else is in the tank?
I have a green bird wrasse who has been in there foe a while. He has been acting weird for 3 weeks and only coming out for a few minutes at a time. He hasn't been eating when I try to feed him for about 2 weeks so maybe he got hungry and ate it. Everything else died about 2 weeks ago from ick. Besides that, it's all coral.
I also just put two things together. My xenia was really full and thriving and now that I look, it is a lot less of it and smaller than what I had. Now that you pointed it out I'm starting to believe that it is the wrasse.
azbigjohn
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Definitely second on neither the Brittle Star or Fighting Conch being the culprit. I had a 10" brittle start that came out at feeding time, but never touched or disturbed a coral. It is possible he might have knocked it loose, and it blew somewhere else in the tank, but certainly not eat it.
Likewise, my Fighting Conch always sifted sand, hardly ever getting on top of the sand fully
Likewise, my Fighting Conch always sifted sand, hardly ever getting on top of the sand fully
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