Sps coral being eaten?

[Ben1985]

Any one an idea what this is?
Got my tank for almost 5 months. Got this sps for 2 months now and started to do great until i recently noticed white spots like it is being eaten of. Who is doing this? Got a Valentini puffer. Also got two hermites who are hanging around my sps all the time as you can see in the pics. Should i get rid of my puffer?

Thanks

 

[trueblackpercula]

First welcome to reefcentral and enjoy the ride,

I would try Removing the hermit crabs ASAP and puffers are not really reef safe in such small aquaria.
Helps this helps

 

[dan_k]

Do you notice any red/orange dots very small so look hard down at the bottom of the frag
I have a full stocked SPS tank with 20 or more hermit crabs and the hang on my SPS all the time with no problems I don't think that's your problem
Maybe the puffer maybe

 

[Ben1985]

Hi. I dont see any orange or red dots...
I nev saw the puffer picking or even hanging around the coral...
Do hermits really eat the polyps of sps?

Thanks

 

[Ben1985]

By the way. I also have a coral banded shrimp. Could he be the cause?

 

[dan_k]

I have never heard of hermits eating coral

 

[trueblackpercula]

I have never heard of hermits eating coral

The hermit crabs he has are Halloween hermit crabs..

 

[Ben1985]

I got a blue and orange hermit. Are Halloween hermits able to eat polyps?
Yesterday i got rid of my puffer. We wil see if this makes a difference

 

[sittnon18s]

check to see if u have really small starfish im not sure the correct name of them astriena or something like that but I heard they eat that type of sps

 

[Constrictor6090]

Sps coral being eaten?

It looks like either the stars or AEFW in my opinion. Does anyone know if AEFW eat stylopora at all??

 

[ClownNut]

It looks like either the stars or AEFW in my opinion. Does anyone know if AEFW eat stylopora at all??

no. that's why they call AEFW not SEFW.

 

[Constrictor6090]

Sps coral being eaten?

Oh thats true duh haha. I should've thought of that

 

[Ben1985]

i dont find any of the Asterina...
any other opinions so far? thx

 

[Mark SF]

I've observed my halloween hermit crab MAYBE eating my Acan Lords, he was sort of picking around the circumference of the heads and then they looked terrible for a few days...I never experienced anything like this why mine. However, after my most recent experience I wasn't going to toss the big guy but I won't be purchasing one in the future, either.

You should wait for the lights to go out and grab a flashlight to see if you can spot any predators.

-Mark

 

[ecoman001]

I would not keep a puffer in my reef!