Missing coral

[KQuillan]

So I got a new coral yesterday, put it on the rock and this morning when I got up, it was gone. The plug is still there but the coral is gone. I noticed it was lose yesterday but didn't think it would go missing. I looked around the whole tank. Just think maybe my shrimp grabbed it and took it in his house? If it shows up later, I hope it survives. Really stinks when it is a new addition.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Got any urchins?
Pistol is a pretty good possibility.
What kind of coral was it?

 

[KQuillan]

Got any urchins?
Pistol is a pretty good possibility.
What kind of coral was it?

Oh, you know what, I do have a small urchin I found in the tank a couple weeks ago. It was a goni coral.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Could have been the urchin. Generally pistols can get it if it’s glued down, even weakly (they just take the whole plug). Urchin is a lot better at prying things off.

 

[KQuillan]

I found it!! Woohoo. I am so happy. Lights went out so I took a flashlight. It almost made its way all the way down a hole under the rock that the shrimp dug. I very carefully took the tweezers to grab it and I got it! I glued that sucker back to a rock right where it belongs.