fsn77
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I cut a frag of pulsing red Xenia a couple of days ago and it was recovering just fine. It was reaching out and pulsing yesterday -- even looked like it was starting its initial attachment to the piece of rubble I rubber banded it to. I look at it this morning and someone ate more than 75% of it! Almost all of the tentacles / polyps have been eaten off of it, and the remaining few have been torn to shreds.
We only have a lawnmower blenny and a twin spot goby as far as fish go -- never seen either of them bother our corals before. We also have 3 scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp, a variety of "reef" hermits (some look like dwarf blue leg hermits, others like dwarf red tip hermits), and 3 scarlet reef hermits (red with yellow face). There's a small assortment of snails, too -- 1 turbo, 6 bumblebee, 6 margarita, and 6 astrea (our hermit and snail population is admittedly low at the moment). Any guesses as to who's the culprit?
We only have a lawnmower blenny and a twin spot goby as far as fish go -- never seen either of them bother our corals before. We also have 3 scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp, a variety of "reef" hermits (some look like dwarf blue leg hermits, others like dwarf red tip hermits), and 3 scarlet reef hermits (red with yellow face). There's a small assortment of snails, too -- 1 turbo, 6 bumblebee, 6 margarita, and 6 astrea (our hermit and snail population is admittedly low at the moment). Any guesses as to who's the culprit?