What killed my Royal Gramma?

Hello,

Sadly, last week, my Royal Gramma was found dead. She was floating at the top of my tank bent in a parenthesis position. It appeared as if she had been somewhat eaten, and more surprising to me (I know it sounds crazy) melted. Her head was indiscernible from her tail, and her body appeared more whitish than anything. You can see in my signature what is in my tank. She lived in a large piece of live rock along with my mini Coral Banded Shrimp. This guy is really small; therefore I would find it hard to believe that he got her. Maybe it was one of my anemones? The purple-tipped Condylactis maybe? I'm at a loss here because none of my other fish have been bothered. Can someone please help me?

Thanks in advance

 

I would imagine your Gramma died of natural or stress related causes. Not your fault just the way it goes sometime. The decay and bites are the result of what happens when a fish dies in a tank. The clean up crew and other fish are opportunistic and will take advantage.
Another possible cause could have been your Condylactic Anemone.

J

 

Thanks for the tip. I hope it wasn't because she was stressed out, I'd feel like a bad parent. One day she was there, didn't see her for a day (which was no suprise because they're shy creatures), then the next day she was floating and decayed...almost like she was spit from the Condylactic Anemone or something. I'll have to keep an eye on that anemone from now on.

Thanks again for responding to my post.