Coral getting eaten

[Frootstick]

Hi guys
So last night I picked up a small Ric on a drag plug. Today I got home and eats been eaten.
Pretty much fully gone.
All I have in my tank is a yellow tang, flame hawk, 2 clowns and a coral branded shrimp.
Think k may have 2 crab hitchhikers also.
Just wondering what would of eaten the coral during the day?
Didn't even last 24 hours

Thanks

 

[falconut]

Many crabs will eat corals, so if you think you have some, that's probably what's eating them.

 

[Frootstick]

I didn't think they would cruise out during the day when the lights are on though. Never come out that I've seen, but I know where they are.

 

[tmz]

I'd take out the crabs on general principles. How do you know it was eaten vs. detaching or succumbing to changes in the water chemistry or a pathogen?

 

[TangingOut]

Maybe it melted away.

 

[ericarenee]

I'd take out the crabs on general principles. How do you know it was eaten vs. detaching or succumbing to changes in the water chemistry or a pathogen?

1+ This.. Frags often do not make it . many larger corals will Melt or shrink when moved from tank to tank depending on coral and water chemistry difference .

 

[Frootstick]

Serious? Never heard of this before, but never had one of these either. Weird. So what would the main cause of this be?

 

[vhuang168]

Esp Ricordias. If they don't like where you put them, they can detach and walk. But if flow is too high, they can float with the current n end up behind the rock work or under a ledge or inside a cavern were the flow is much lower.