Livestock that eats meaty corals

[Royal_pudding]

Hi all.
My tank is 8 months old now and getting more stable. Ive got hammers and frogspawn doing well, some softies obviously too. But acans, trumpet coral and ricordea mushrooms have died or are almost fully receeded showing skeleton.

I suspect something in the tank is eating them. Anybody care to give me a feedback?
I suspect the urchins, though i have no proof

Inhabitants:
Regal tang
Purple tang
One spot foxface
Flagtail goby
Adorned wrasse
Flasher wrasse
2 x long spine urchins
1 x rock urchin
4 x blue legged hermits
5 x astrea snails

I really want to be able to keep scolymia, acans, blastos and such colorful fleshy corals. Willing to get rid of anything that eats corals.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Hi all.
My tank is 8 months old now and getting more stable. Ive got hammers and frogspawn doing well, some softies obviously too. But acans, trumpet coral and ricordea mushrooms have died or are almost fully receeded showing skeleton.

I suspect something in the tank is eating them. Anybody care to give me a feedback?
I suspect the urchins, though i have no proof

Inhabitants:
Regal tang
Purple tang
One spot foxface
Flagtail goby
Adorned wrasse
Flasher wrasse
2 x long spine urchins
1 x rock urchin
4 x blue legged hermits
5 x astrea snails

I really want to be able to keep scolymia, acans, blastos and such colorful fleshy corals. Willing to get rid of anything that eats corals.

At a guess, if you assume urchin's.

They are starving.
Maybe try algae pellet's as a supplement but I doubt they will survive.
You kinda got to find a fine balance between all inhabitants of your aquarium. 'It's either or other'
Just my opinion

 

[JayM]

I’ve heard that a Foxface will eat corals if it’s hungry enough.

 

[ReefingDreams]

Foxface are known coral eaters. Not all, but some. Tangs, surprisingly enough, can also be coral eaters. I've had trouble with more than one sailfin tang.

 

[OctaviusBrine]

My long spine ate pieces of my button scoly and Favia. He got relocated when I caught him in the act.

 

[sheel be right]

one up for the foxface, feed him well and make sure there is an abundance of either algae or nori. (although i barley feed nori).

 

[i cant think]

Hi all.
My tank is 8 months old now and getting more stable. Ive got hammers and frogspawn doing well, some softies obviously too. But acans, trumpet coral and ricordea mushrooms have died or are almost fully receeded showing skeleton.

I suspect something in the tank is eating them. Anybody care to give me a feedback?
I suspect the urchins, though i have no proof

Inhabitants:
Regal tang
Purple tang
One spot foxface
Flagtail goby
Adorned wrasse
Flasher wrasse
2 x long spine urchins
1 x rock urchin
4 x blue legged hermits
5 x astrea snails

I really want to be able to keep scolymia, acans, blastos and such colorful fleshy corals. Willing to get rid of anything that eats corals.

I disagree with the Foxface, I’ve had several with LPS like acans. My vote goes to the Regal Tang, these guys are well known for ‘playing’ with the corals. The Purple Tang could also be a culprit as Zebrasoma can also be risky.

Another culprit is the Rock Urchin, those guys are known for decimating coral systems. Especially LPS.

 

[GlassMunky]

Hi all.
My tank is 8 months old now and getting more stable. Ive got hammers and frogspawn doing well, some softies obviously too. But acans, trumpet coral and ricordea mushrooms have died or are almost fully receeded showing skeleton.

I suspect something in the tank is eating them. Anybody care to give me a feedback?
I suspect the urchins, though i have no proof

Inhabitants:
Regal tang
Purple tang
One spot foxface
Flagtail goby
Adorned wrasse
Flasher wrasse
2 x long spine urchins
1 x rock urchin
4 x blue legged hermits
5 x astrea snails

I really want to be able to keep scolymia, acans, blastos and such colorful fleshy corals. Willing to get rid of anything that eats corals.

Keep a close eye on that fox face, they eat corals if they are hungry or just like them as a snack. It’s not EVERY fox face but some do.