HELP... Reef Weirdness

[Juan Valdez]

I've recently had some weird things happening in my reef tank. My
bi-color angel--a normal sized dwarf angel--has dissappeared. I
noticed yesterday that my CB shrimp is missing an arm. My cleaner
shrimp (3) disappeared some time ago. And now, my yellow tang has a
little "wound", about the size of a tic-tac, in his side. I have
numerous small hermit crabs, small red crabs, and a small
(quarter-sized) emerald crab. Any ideas on what's going on here?

Thanks. Feel free to email...
Juan
johnny_phish at hotmail dot com

[John Krempasky]

"Juan Valdez" > wrote in message
...
> I've recently had some weird things happening in my reef tank. My
> bi-color angel--a normal sized dwarf angel--has dissappeared. I
> noticed yesterday that my CB shrimp is missing an arm. My cleaner
> shrimp (3) disappeared some time ago. And now, my yellow tang has a
> little "wound", about the size of a tic-tac, in his side. I have
> numerous small hermit crabs, small red crabs, and a small
> (quarter-sized) emerald crab. Any ideas on what's going on here?

You've somehow recently accidentally introduced a Mantis Shrimp?

[Juan Valdez]

>You've somehow recently accidentally introduced a Mantis Shrimp?

How would I know? How could that have happened? And if so, is there
any solution to the problem? Thanks.

[John Krempasky]

"Juan Valdez" > wrote in message
...
>
> >You've somehow recently accidentally introduced a Mantis Shrimp?
>
> How would I know? How could that have happened? And if so, is there
> any solution to the problem? Thanks.
>

Have you recently added any live rock or Corals attached to fairly
substantial pieces of live rock?

[Rich R]

its sound like a killer Mantis Shrimp. if it wasn't for the missing arm I
would say a star fish could do that also,,,I had on making a home then when
the fish swam in to the little cave it made,,, the star would close down on
the fish...

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"Juan Valdez" > wrote in message
...
> I've recently had some weird things happening in my reef tank. My
> bi-color angel--a normal sized dwarf angel--has dissappeared. I
> noticed yesterday that my CB shrimp is missing an arm. My cleaner
> shrimp (3) disappeared some time ago. And now, my yellow tang has a
> little "wound", about the size of a tic-tac, in his side. I have
> numerous small hermit crabs, small red crabs, and a small
> (quarter-sized) emerald crab. Any ideas on what's going on here?
>
> Thanks. Feel free to email...
> Juan
> johnny_phish at hotmail dot com
>

[Dave C]

Juan Valdez > wrote in
:

> I've recently had some weird things happening in my reef tank. My
> bi-color angel--a normal sized dwarf angel--has dissappeared. I
> noticed yesterday that my CB shrimp is missing an arm. My cleaner
> shrimp (3) disappeared some time ago. And now, my yellow tang has a
> little "wound", about the size of a tic-tac, in his side. I have
> numerous small hermit crabs, small red crabs, and a small
> (quarter-sized) emerald crab. Any ideas on what's going on here?
>
> Thanks. Feel free to email...
> Juan
> johnny_phish at hotmail dot com
>

Have you heard any suspect clicking noises coming from your tank?
This would also indicate the possibility of a mantis shrimp. They most
comonly get in tanks as hitch hikers on live rock.
dave