cmart28
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I added a RBTA to my tank on Sunday; he was around 5 - 6 inches. I drip acclimated it and put a small piece of rock in the bucket that he quickly attached to. After I added it to the tank it moved a little, to an area of less light and less flow, it stayed there for over an hour. I then left my house and came back fours hours later. My house smelled awful and I noticed my tank was cloudy. I look in the tank and can’t find the RBTA. I am thinking it crawled out of the tank, but I couldn’t find it. My night lights were on in my tank and with the cloudiness you could not really see anything, so I turn all my lights on and notice small pieces of the RBTA on my long tentacle plate coral and throughout the tank, my plate coral was also covered in slime. There was no sign on the RBTA, only a few small pieces, the entire RBTA was gone. I am guessing it moved again and was stung by the plate coral, but I have no idea where the rest of the RBTA is. I can’t imagine the plate coral eating the entire RBTA in that short amount of time and it was too big for the snails and the hermits to consume. There is not any place in my tank that you can’t see, the entire RBTA was gone. I tested the ammonia and it was zero, I did a 15% water change yesterday and tested all my levels and everything is perfect. Nothing else was harmed and my plate is still alive. Anyone ever experience or hear of anything like this before. I am still in shock. I would eventually like to get another RBTA, but I am going to try and sell the plate coral first.
