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12/28/2010, 05:32 AM
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Corals being eaten alive
hey, a couple off weeks ago i bought a coral from my lfs. He said it was a green brain coral. It was going very well up until 3 days ago. Three days ago i upgraded my tank and had to move all the corals and noticed that half of the brain coral has been eaten away from the back. There was a snail on it which disapeared into a hole in the coral (!!!). Eversince i have been trying to catch the snail with no success. Is there any way i can remove it??? Like a freshwater dip?? Yesterday i also noticed my sunflower coral also being slightly "eaten" My parameters are fine, so are my other corals.
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12/28/2010, 08:44 AM
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a picture would help, however from what i remember the bottom (back) of the brain is all skeleton. i kinda forgot what it looks like.
do you see any slime around ur brain?
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12/28/2010, 09:33 AM
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Any shrimp in the system? I've seen pictures of a boring invert that causes some irritation on LPS, but doesn't actually harm the coral other than irritating it. A picture and list of your parameters would probably help quite a bit.
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12/28/2010, 10:11 AM
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colors and textures
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Maybe it's not being eaten so much as receding? Recession after acquisition is not uncommon.
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12/29/2010, 06:09 PM
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Or it could indeed be being eaten by a coralivore. When I broke down the 36 gallon reef last week, I was shocked to find two egg cowries in the Live Sand. That explains some of my losses. Not all, but some!
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