grassi Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 My rainbow acan has a polyp with a hole in the center that goes all the way through the skeleton!!! This wasn't there last night when I fed, and strangely even that polyp was still mostly inflated. What can put a hole all the way through in a single night???? :eek: Also pink acan that wasn't looking happy and when I looked at it with my magnifying glass I saw that it's skeleton was all exposed in the center... This one had some major recession about a month ago and I was able to save it with a Melafix and then Lugol's dip.. Everything else in the tank is fine so far What should I do? I'm trying not to freak out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 have any peppermint shrimp? ive had them eat acan and favia polyps before once they had finished off the aiptasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 we do have one but would it be able to eat all the way through the skeleton? The hole goes completely through the other side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I bet its the peppermint shrimp. Mine has been picking at one of my acans, and the damage looks similar to yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 well he was unusually aggressive during feeding last night and especially by the acans... Did you see him doing the damage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 What can put a hole all the way through in a single night???? a drill. Was that a trick question?(scratch) Just messing with you. Very sorry to hear about this Grassi. I hope you figure this out without too much damage. I also have had peppermints eat corals before aptasia's so that may be a thought. I would catch him and toss into sump see what happens from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I have acans galore and 2 peps with no problems. I had an acan eat a zoa polyp that had come loose, and the next morning the acan polyp was gone. But i can't say about the skeleton. Perhaps that hole was already in the rock and the skeleton was growing around it? I would move that pink one to low flow low light. Maybe a dip in Furan2 and Revive as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 I would like to move the Pink one, but I'm afraid that if the problem is a pest I don't want to put it in another tank. The sad thing was, it was regrowing so well and had tentacles out so much that it was practically inside out (lost the original polyps to the heat wave) After checking this morning, everything looks the same as yesterday. Tonight I'm going to dip both and try to catch the shrimp.. It's the skeleton thing that bothers me the most! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Also, I should mention that the pink one does have quite a few barnacles on it... or at least from my research that's what I've determined they are - little holes/tubes with two tiny tentacles coming out. I've read that they're nothing more than an irritant, but is it possible they are the cause?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Is there any frogspawn or hammer coral in your tank? I would run carbon and clean up your water if you have an anemone or hammer coral. I have also had a chalice fall on mine and chalice will always win the battle. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Also' date=' I should mention that the pink one does have quite a few barnacles on it... or at least from my research that's what I've determined they are - little holes/tubes with two tiny tentacles coming out. I've read that they're nothing more than an irritant, but is it possible they are the cause??[/quote'] Sounds like tube worms or feather dusters. They are fine. I have not heard of any LPS parasites or pests FWIW. I think you would be fine moving them if you wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 No frogspawn or hammer. I'm running a bag of Chemi Pure Elite since I started this tank in february. I just replaced the bag one month ago.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayTheSavageFraser Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Oh, you know what also happened with me is...I have an acrylic tank and on the top builds up with salt and when I scraped it off some of the salt fell on my acan colony and totally burned it! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I had a Eunice worm eat all the flesh out of a hammer coral. I just finished feeding the coral before the lights went out. About an hour later, I looked in the tank and there was this huge worm eating the center of the coral trying to get the food out of its stomach. I don't know if eunice worms can drill through rock. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Did this heal up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Yes, completely. We moved it into another tank and in a few days was better then before. I guess that it was the shrimp... Problem is now to get the shrimp out of the tank lol Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Good to hear!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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