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Tissue has receded on that one lobe revealing the skeleton and algae is now growing on it.
No close corals, but I am wondering if that lobe got damaged by the goby as well.Tissue has receded on that one lobe revealing the skeleton and algae is now growing on it.
anything that could have irritated it like another coral close by, pests, etc.
It kept spitting sand on and covering the fungia, and I believe tried to bury that particular lobe as well.Goby? They typically don’t bother corals. Did he make his burrow under that lobe?
That would do it. I’d clean the lobe with a toothbrush to remove the algae. As the rest of it seems healthy, the flesh could spread back over that portion of the skeleton.It kept spitting sand on and covering the fungia, and I believe tried to bury that particular lobe as well.