hungry fungia coral

[lr85ninety]

bought a couple of cleaner shrimp off james on sunday had a phone call this morning off the girlfriend to say one of my fungia's was eating one of the cleaners :eek:im gutted to say the least!:(

[dollydip]

was it a cleaner or had the shrimp molted ????? and the coral was eating its old skin ??????? or had the cleaner died and been blown into the coral????

[cl0wn]

yes, as andy says, cleaners often shed soon after being introduced to the tank as iodine levels are usually higher.

[lr85ninety]

didnt see it personaly so wouldnt like to say but it is a fat fungia lol most things end up in its mouth i think half of all food that goes in the tank is eaten by it so wouldnt be supprised if it'd got hold of the unsuspecting shrimp although i just assumed it'd be to big for it to eat

[dollydip]

shrimps are usually quiet agile i would have thought that if the fungia did devour it that there might have been something wrong with shrimp if it has shed you might not see it for a day or two till it has recovered from its molt ( if thats what it was doing ) hopefully it was just its skin it got not the shrimp !! as i love to watch these guys especially when theres food about lol :D:D:D

[lr85ninety]

yeah good call andy one of my fave thing in my tank proper little nutters lol

[dollydip]

yeh i think its mad when they turn upside down and seem to walk in the water lol :D:D:D

[lr85ninety]

mine make a grab for my fingers everytime i go in to clean lol

[dollydip]

yeh isnt it just the weirdest feeling when they start cleaning around your nails i couldnt imagine a tank without cleaners mine often seem to have eggs too but i havent been lucky enough to ever see any young that would be great

[lr85ninety]

yeah i know what you mean mine have eggs every week, does anyone captive breed them? only every heard of people trying never with any success

[JAYJT29]

yeh isnt it just the weirdest feeling when they start cleaning around your nails i couldnt imagine a tank without cleaners mine often seem to have eggs too but i havent been lucky enough to ever see any young that would be great

lol indeed, i always get friends to put there finger in (those who are willing) They dont know weather to laugh or cry when my old cleaner used to clean there nails!
Jay:D

[moorish]

normally shrimps don,t normally get devoured by corals or anemones as they are very shrewed in deed,most probally be a molted skin on the coral unless it has died & stuck to the coral.derek

[JAYJT29]

Did you find out if it was a molt or not?
Cheers
Jay:D