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What has savaged my brittle star?


Bendegeit

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We've had our 13 gallon nano reef tank for just over 1-1/2 years. Water is stable, coral are stable and growing, but in spite of our best efforts we seem to lose a critter every 1 - 2 months.

 

We bought this brittle star 6 to 7 months ago, each tentacle measuring 3-4 inches.

 

The other night I get home and the poor thing is in the corner of the tank like it's been chased there with each tentacle chopped down to between 1 and 1.5 inches.

 

Currently, besides corals and a handful of snails, the only other known creatures in this tank are a clown, a cleaner shrimp, and a smallish hermit crab. I immediately suspected the crab but I'm pretty sure its claws can't open half as wide as needed to do these clean cuts.

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