Fish are being ate

Two weeks ago I went on vacation and got a call from my neighbor my Copper Banded Butterfly died and was sucked to the filter...fish has been fine and ate like a pig for months on end. When I returned a large rock in the tank had fallen..figured it must have crushed the fish or something..as the fish was obviously put in the trash before I returned.

This morning I woke to a 6 line wrasse being eaten by my purple and orange lobster. Fish was one of the oldest living ones of 3 or 4 years old.

I had tons of snails and crabs, those have all been eaten up as well...think there is like a dozen left.

All the water quality is "perfect". I'm just wondering if I have a lobster issue or coral banded shrimp issue. I have two coral banded shrimp that are mated.

Other fish, cleaner wrasse, coral beauty, hippo tang, lawnmower blenny, clown fish..Green BTA, Haitain Condy Annemoe, Sand sifting starfish, blood red shrimp.

Can't figure out why the fish are "dying" and being eaten. Or being eaten, and killed for food...What would you do?

 

I would put my money on the lobster, that's what they do. Eat anything they can catch.

 

ouch - i have no idea, but OUCH

id have to imagine that if you didnt feed the lobster/shrimp they'd act out and start killing for food naturally?

 

Oh ya and sorry for your losses. Is sucks to loss that many fish.

 

I'd bet the farm on the lobsters

 

That's what I was betting on...ok, so in a rock filled, super dense coral covered tank..how do I get him out, without totally destroying everything? I mean moving a rock just a little bit, is almost impossible to put it back in the exact spot..corals are going to get torn, and on and on...I never even see that stupid lobster...hes in there, but he doesn't come out very far...

 

trap time?

 

ever watch the show deadliest catch? Trap may need to be a bit smaller, but at least you don't have to worry about sinking!

 

Great show! Yah I'd def. try a trap first and hope to snag him outa there.

Sorry for your loss...Good Luck

 

that is totally the lobster!