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Somebody is eating my corals. Just today we lost a head of a gold octospawn, ome head of a dragon soul torch and two heads off my hammer colony. I am at a loss right now. It has happened before over the last couple months but now more frequently.
Came home today and all three heads gone with some remnants dangling.
These are all my fish in my tank. Any help would be great.

Lieutenant Tang x1
Chocolate Tang x1
Purple Tang x1
Yellow Eye Kole Tang x1
Anthias Lyretail 3 females 1 male
Black wrasse
Leopard wrasse
Melanurus wrasse
Six line wrasse
Marble wrasse
Black and white clown x2
Dusky wrasse
Starry Blenny
Diamond gobi
Yellow twist wrasse.
 

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Somebody is eating my corals. Just today we lost a head of a gold octospawn, ome head of a dragon soul torch and two heads off my hammer colony. I am at a loss right now. It has happened before over the last couple months but now more frequently.
Came home today and all three heads gone with some remnants dangling.
These are all my fish in my tank. Any help would be great.

Lieutenant Tang x1
Chocolate Tang x1
Purple Tang x1
Yellow Eye Kole Tang x1
Anthias Lyretail 3 females 1 male
Black wrasse
Leopard wrasse
Melanurus wrasse
Six line wrasse
Marble wrasse
Black and white clown x2
Dusky wrasse
Starry Blenny
Diamond gobi
Yellow twist wrasse.
Suspect- Starry blenny. Reason: Its a myth that they are algae eaters and while they need algae in their diet, they have a high need for calcium and will spend a portion of their day pounding on rock and coral with their fang like teeth for their needs. Using your cell phone, set your cell phone on video mode for about 60 mins and walk away - YOU MUST walk away as they know youre there. Review the video and see if you notice this behavior
Please post pics of coral you are losing under white light intensity
 

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pics of skeleton ? sounds like polyp bail out ? have any evidence of heads in a dead spot in tank ?
 
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Suspect- Starry blenny. Reason: Its a myth that they are algae eaters and while they need algae in their diet, they have a high need for calcium and will spend a portion of their day pounding on rock and coral with their fang like teeth for their needs. Using your cell phone, set your cell phone on video mode for about 60 mins and walk away - YOU MUST walk away as they know youre there. Review the video and see if you notice this behavior
As it might be and I will do that with the cell phone but we just added him last week and this has been happening long before he came into the picture.
Not ruling him out at all and I appreciate the possible suspect.
The last couple months we have lost multiple heads off hammer colonies, gold hammer heads and some torches.
 

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Suspect- Starry blenny. Reason: Its a myth that they are algae eaters and while they need algae in their diet, they have a high need for calcium and will spend a portion of their day pounding on rock and coral with their fang like teeth for their needs. Using your cell phone, set your cell phone on video mode for about 60 mins and walk away - YOU MUST walk away as they know youre there. Review the video and see if you notice this behavior
Please post pics of coral you are losing under white light intensity
I had no idea! Ive got one of these guys in my 70
 

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Two cleaner shrimp. One fire shrimp. One peppermint shrimp
Peppermint shrimp I had yrs ago acquired a taste for any hammers, frog spawn, and torches after a few months. Not to be trusted as many have discovered…
 

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