what eats chalice?
- Thread starter digidana
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Heres some reading material for you... 
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1400291
Long and short of it is, that some suspect that there is an invertebrate (most likely a type of pod) that munches on LPS... Most think it is Australian in origin as many who have made Aussie LPS additions have noticed this decline... There is also the opinion out there that isopods and amphipods will munch on zoas/palys... I'll take a look for that thread as well...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1400291
Long and short of it is, that some suspect that there is an invertebrate (most likely a type of pod) that munches on LPS... Most think it is Australian in origin as many who have made Aussie LPS additions have noticed this decline... There is also the opinion out there that isopods and amphipods will munch on zoas/palys... I'll take a look for that thread as well...
digidana
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i read through three pages of it, but i don't think its the same thing. i'll read some more, to be sure, but the couple acans i have are doing awesome. just one nite about a week ago, in the morning the plug that you gave me with the mohawk on it was completely wiped clean, i mean, even the glue was gone...CLEAN. now this afternoon, most of a chalice is just gone, and i think something is eating it because, #1, it was on the same rack as the mohawk, #2, the chalice frag was flipped upside down on the rack tonite. something was messing with it. IS there anything that would eat it? i do have a couple peppermint shrimp in there, but i've never seen them mess with the corals...
digidana
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no, i was up and down last nite watching for a shrimp or something and never saw anything. i finished reading that thread that randy posted, and i HOPE that's not it, but i'm not sure. whatever it is, it completed ate the chalice frag in 2 days. i took it out of the tank and stuck it in a zip lock to see if there are any critters in there that i can see. i've not seen anything.
have any of ya'll tried the interceptor method? i really don't wanna kill off all my inverts if i can help it, especially since i'm not even sure if i have bugs. tho, i did read that some crabs and shrimp survived when somebody tried it.
have any of ya'll tried the interceptor method? i really don't wanna kill off all my inverts if i can help it, especially since i'm not even sure if i have bugs. tho, i did read that some crabs and shrimp survived when somebody tried it.
I've done interceptor treatments for Red Bugs... Whether or not it affects your shrimp and crabs has everything to do with the lenghth of time you dose... If you only dose for 6 hrs, and then do your water change, I'd say you have a 75% chance of survival for larger shrimp and crabs... I'd try and catch any hermit crabs you have before dosing, as their survival rate with interceptor isn't that great...
Heres a few zoanthid threads...
General reasons they don't open...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1154238
Pod specific
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1110038
Thread Recently Started in LPS forum on Emeralds and Peppermint shrimp
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1567709
Heres a few zoanthid threads...
General reasons they don't open...
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1154238
Pod specific
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1110038
Thread Recently Started in LPS forum on Emeralds and Peppermint shrimp
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1567709
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digidana
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you're a walking encyclopedia randy! haha...
actually, i think i may have figured it out. we were messing with the tank on saturday and apparently i had accidentally unplugged the heater controller. i noticed on sunday morning that it was down to 65. it freaked me out, but everything looked ok. it took most of the day to heat back up, but i think that may have been the problem. i'm keeping a close eye on it just in case...
actually, i think i may have figured it out. we were messing with the tank on saturday and apparently i had accidentally unplugged the heater controller. i noticed on sunday morning that it was down to 65. it freaked me out, but everything looked ok. it took most of the day to heat back up, but i think that may have been the problem. i'm keeping a close eye on it just in case...
digidana
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thanks randy, i appreciate all the help. and yeah, i'm glad i don't have bugs! its weird tho, that with everything in there, that's the only thing that was affected.
and i was reading the link about why polyps (zoas) won't open, and i do have one little 4ish polyp frag that i got at the nashville swap that still hasn't opened yet. they're nice and fat like they they're healthy and sleeping, just haven't opened yet. i don't even remember what they are. it'll be like christmas if they decide to ever open!
and i was reading the link about why polyps (zoas) won't open, and i do have one little 4ish polyp frag that i got at the nashville swap that still hasn't opened yet. they're nice and fat like they they're healthy and sleeping, just haven't opened yet. i don't even remember what they are. it'll be like christmas if they decide to ever open!
