Can long tentacle plate corals kill?

[spoonman]

This morning I found my peppermint shrimp on top of my long tentacle plate coral dead. Can a plate sting? I checked to make sure it wasn't just a molt and it's not. He has been healthy and happy until this morning. Parameters are 0,0,10. I didn't know if the coral could kill or if the peppermint just died and that is where the flow deposited the body. I also have 2 percula clowns, a hector's goby, a lawnmower blenny and a cherub angel. Don't think it was any of them, though. Please let me know what you think.

 

[mfdrookie516]

FWIW, my peppermint just died randomly... found it one morning sitting on the sand in the corner of the tank. After looking in to it, apparently a lot of people have had the same luck. Interested to see if it was the coral or just par for the peppermint course.

 

[spoonman]

Ya, just putting the question out there. I haven't heard anything about them stinging. I guess sometimes things just die.

 

[mwilliams]

I would think they could kill if they have long tentacles. But I could be wrong.