Something eating my LPS? Help!

[aznmajik]

I have a problem. I believe something in my tank is eating my LPS, and I can't figure out what it is. It's none of my fishes, and it's a picky target eater. I've lose two fungias and an acan to this monster already. Once, it has eated all of the mouths of one brain (3 mouths in 1 night), so I had to iso the brain but it has pulled through. The fungias and acan weren't so luck.

Now, I'm having an attack again! and I can't figure it out. here are 3 pictures of this gold lobo I have right after the lights turned on. Do you guys know what could be doing this, or would you attribute it to non-idea tank parameters?

Here's three pictures. One is the full gold lobo, 2nd is where the receeding has occured, third is the other side of the lobo, to show that it is targetted.

 

[The_Robert_Loo]

Out of curiousity what types of inverts do you have? You could try to dip it in some coralRx and see if it does any better.

 

[aznmajik]

Tons of hermits primarily scarlet and blues, but I haven't seen them do anything. I've waken up every hour of the night to check it out but haven't caught the culprit.

I also have a serpent star, tons of pods, turbo, nassarius, margarita snails, and a few unknowns

Also i have lots of worms, could they be it? Primarily bristle worms but I'm not sure if I have fire worms or not. I question because ive seen a few fatties over 9inches long probably.

I have one crab but it's an acropora crab I believe. It stays in my acro colony and has never left it without my knowledge

 

[aznmajik]

Alright Ill try dipping in coral rx. I don't think it will do much but I'm open to suggestions.

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[The_Robert_Loo]

The worms might be the ones, I had a 3 inch bristleworm bore a hole into a toadstool leather I have. I immediately dispached the worm and to no surprize no more holes. Other then that what are your parameters?

 

[aznmajik]

I haven't tested this week, but last week phosphates were probably at .1, calc at 480, dkh at 10. Temp is high at 85 but that's being worked on.

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[tentacles]

What kind of fish do you have?

 

[aznmajik]

Bicolor blenny, midas, blue tang, blue green chromis, yasha goby.

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[tentacles]

the blenny could be the perpetrator.

 

[aznmajik]

I will admit he nips, but he will not cause that much damage overnight.

 

[rookie07]

Do you have peppermimt shrimp?

 

[aznmajik]

Yes I do. As well as cleaners and bloods

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[charliethetuna88]

Dude ur temp is 85 that's crazy could be the problem

 

[aznmajik]

I doubt it. Then it would be wide spread, a global problem. A temporary spike in temperature would not be the problem, but a prolonged time would be.



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[aznmajik]

Here's an update.

It was much worse today, and I proceeded to do a dip. To my surprise, I may have found the culprit, but I'm not sure if it's just anecdotal evidence. Here's the picture in my tank with further recession, and one during the dip. You'll see the little b*****d in the mouth of the picture.

What do you guys think?

 

[The_Robert_Loo]

Woah, a mini brittle star?

 

[aznmajik]

Yea, but maybe it was just feeding on the dying coral. Not sure what's causing it in the first place.

 

[aznmajik]

Lps disease!

After a few more hours, it looks much much worse. Any reccomendations? I would hate to loose this gold lobo. Much appreciated!

Could it be some sort of disease? This is happening very fast!

 

[dpoll]

We lost a beautful pagoda coral simply because (and we saw this happen) our wrasse took a nip @ it. It deteriorated so quickly after that, and nothing we did could save it.
Also heard Asterina sea stars can be destructive little suckers...

 

[18oreefer]

i feel your pain aznmajik. i have lost pretty much all my lps and some sps to what looks to be the same thing and i still can not figure it out. iv dipped and dipped with no luck. my tank is now pretty much devoid of all lps. i hope you figure it out before it goes much further. good luck.