help me guess

[lumpy]

I have something that has shreaded some recordia mushrooms and a Frogspawn in my tank. I've been watching but I haven't been able to catch the culprit. I'd like to poll the collective expertise of the community to see which fish is most likely to be the issue. I have the following.

Two Clowns
Two FireFin Gobies
A blue Damsel
A green Damsel
A Lemon Yellow Tang
A Blood Red HawkFish
A Bengai Cardinal
A 6 line wrasse
A yellow Wrasse of some sort not sure the exact name.

Also a bunch of small hermit crabs and standard clean up crew stuff but I doubt they're the problem.

Who would you guys put money on in my shoes? :D

 

[chichimom79]

Shredded? Can you post a picture? I would not suspect any of the fish on your list normally.

 

[lumpy]

yeah me either. I generally do research before purchasing. I'll try and snap a picture of anything that's still left when I get home from work.

 

[Salty B]

When I had some corals get ripped up, the culprit was a gorilla crab that hitched a ride on a new piece of rock. Check after the lights have been out for a while, you might see it then.

 

[FishyReef]

Lemon yellow tang? Is this a zebrasoma tang or a mimic lemonpeel tang? If its the mimic lemonpeel then you might actually have a lemonpeel angel fish instead of a tang and that could be the culprit. But my money is on a hitchhiking invert.

 

[yote]

Don't over look the clowns.
A pair ( or even a single ) of clowns can cause considerable damage to corals when trying to use it as a host.Especially LPS corals which have delicate flesh over a sharp boney skeleton.

 

[salt_for_brains]

Lemon yellow tang? Is this a zebrasoma tang or a mimic lemonpeel tang? If its the mimic lemonpeel then you might actually have a lemonpeel angel fish instead of a tang and that could be the culprit. But my money is on a hitchhiking invert.

I don't know if this is the fish the OP has but there is a Lemon Tang Lemon Tang
As Yote said hosting clowns can do damage but if they were hosting those corals that would be noticeable. I am betting on a rogue invert as well.

 

[FishyReef]

I don't know if this is the fish the OP has but there is a Lemon Tang Lemon Tang
As Yote said hosting clowns can do damage but if they were hosting those corals that would be noticeable. I am betting on a rogue invert as well.

Interesting! I always assumed that was just a mimic tang that didn't have the blue highlights. But LA lists it as acanthurus sp. and doesn't specify it as a mimic even though tank size requirements are the same. Thanks for the info!

 

[Big K]

I had some Hammer coral get demolished by a red cleaner shrimp. They got to meet Hermes, my killer Hermit Crab in his tank.

 

[ThatFishGuy]

I'm thinking either the Clowns trying to host it or a Hitchhiker. My Best Friend has a Mater pair of Ocellaris that host his Torch Coral.

 

[Waddi]

IMO, Either Clowns being rough, or a hitchhiker crab, or Emerald, if you have one.