My blue Tux urchin ate my Acan lord

[dz6t]

$H!t happened.

My blue Tux urchin ate the two polys of Acan lord I just got.

It mowed over the area where the acan used to be and the frag is gone.

 

[nitrofish]

that stinks

 

[smcnally]

Ar eyou sure it didn't just pick it up and move it? They like to move things around a lot.

 

[synchiropi]

As long as it doesn't eat candy canes, leathers or ricordias, I can take it from you!!!

 

[clamm]

maybe it pushed it in the sand...dont give up yet!

 

[Ba19Ma88]

I agree with others I woudl bet it is moved or fell, Next time you vac I bet you will find it.

 

[dz6t]

I tore half of the tank apart, and sive through the sand bed and found nothing. a small peice of rubble that the acan came with is stuck on his belly. D@#%!!

 

[agent6473]

I too doubt that he ate it. They do like to attach things to themselves for protection and sometimes drop them other places. I have one and haven't had any problems with him, however I use aquamend epoxy fairly liberally That is the best way to go. If you attach everything done really solid, you'll avoid losing lots of corals. I've learned that the hard way with several polyps and things that just blew away when I turned on the pumps. DOH!

 

[agent6473]

The good news is that the acans grow very quickly and the prices are dropping. Pretty soon they'll be the new xenia (I hope)!

 

[dz6t]

The bad news is that those were the only two polyps of Acan lord, I have none now

 

[dz6t]

I want Suisi tonight, Urchin roll.

 

[Moe_K]

Are you sure the polyps weren't knocked into a crevice in the rocks?
It'd really surprise me if the urchin ate the coral.

 

[synchiropi]

I want Suisi tonight, Urchin roll.

I think that the urchin ate the coral and that revenge on a poor, little defenseless creature is a terrible thing.

So, I will gladly take the urchin from you and give it an Acan-free home

 

[dz6t]

Nah, the urchin is too beautifu to eat. I already lost the acan and I don't want to loose the urchin too. Well, I am Lord-less now.

 

[alycat]

urchin

I have owned two of them for 4 years and mine crawl over corals and sometimes take polyps with them but have never eaten a coral moved things around yes but not eaten thats a first.
steve

 

[reefnroll]

I highly doubt the urchnin at them. When stressed (knocked around by a bull-in-a-china-shop urchin lets say), Acanthatrea lordowensis polyps can detach from their skeletons and fly loose. They're tough to save/deal with when that happens... but its far more likely than the urchin eating them.

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[Rays]

I highly doubt the urchnin at them. When stressed (knocked around by a bull-in-a-china-shop urchin lets say), Acanthatrea lordowensis polyps can detach from their skeletons and fly loose. They're tough to save/deal with when that happens... but its far more likely than the urchin eating them.

I absolutely agree.