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07/16/2006, 02:07 PM | #1 |
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What's eating my pulsing xenia?
I used to have several nice clumps of pulsing xenia around my tank. I know some folks consider xenia almost a nuisance, as it spreads so quickly, but I've always enjoyed the pulsing "hands". Anyways, I've noticed over a period of several weeks, that the xenia has been getting "pruned" by something in my tank. It has now been totally eradicated, from what I can tell Here's a list of livestock that I have in my tank:
large creole damsel (has been known to nip GSP in past) 3 stripe damsel yellow tailed blue damsel pair of percula clowns royal gramma skunk cleaner shrimp peppermint shrimp 5 scarlet hermits nassarius snails astrea snails nerite snails queen conch stomatella snails I think it may be the creole damsel, but have never caught him, so I'm really not sure. I also have a chocolate chip starfish, but he lives in the sump, so it can't be him. Who do you think is guilty?!
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07/16/2006, 02:47 PM | #2 |
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Could it be an unseen worm?
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07/16/2006, 05:27 PM | #3 |
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Damsels will nip at corals. I had a black damsel that used to eat xenia.
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07/18/2006, 02:41 PM | #4 |
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Have you actually seen pieces missing or bites taken, or did areas just melt away/disappear?
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07/18/2006, 04:37 PM | #5 | |
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Bingo!!! Atticus you hit the nail on the head I have a damsel that no one knew exactly what it was, until yesterday when I found out it is an adult Neoglyphidodon melas or Black Damsel (he's actually purple) and guess what? Soft corals are on the menu
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08/03/2006, 07:02 PM | #6 |
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I just found out my velvet damsel eats zoo's like their candy. All I had left was the glue that was used to mount them.
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08/03/2006, 07:14 PM | #7 |
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Ha! I can just see them thowing 'em back into their mouths with their little fins while your back is turned
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08/03/2006, 07:28 PM | #8 |
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It's amazing that we are always careful about zoo toxicity and yet a creature so small eats them with no problem. I think damsels are like carp, they can live through almost anything and have a strong stomach.
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10/19/2016, 08:08 AM | #9 |
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My yellow damsel nips my pulsing Xenia that much I had to take them back to the LFS. Some threads you read say they don't touch corals but I've sat and watched them do it.
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