toadstool_paradise
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I got a frag of beautiful clove polyps from my LFS a few months ago that we’re doing fantastic and multiplying rapidly, and a couple weeks ago they started closing up. Checked parameters and nothing off. Everything else in the tank doing great. This is in my 20g nano.
Today when adding new frags to my smaller 10g tank I decided to remove the clove from the 20g because they were covered in coralline algae which I figured meant they were dead. When I took them out it legit looked like they were sucked dry. When I went to toss them I saw a blob inside the polyps and it moved when I touched it. I peeled it off and it was slimey and squishy. Thought at first it was an asterina but it was not. Has a head like a Nudibranch and moved like one. No appendages on the head I could make out.
Wondering if anyone has seen a pest that eats clove polyps that looks like this? Sorry for crappy pics. Last two pics are attempting to show the underside of the creature. A bit worried since I have an all soft coral tank lol. No other corals showing signs of any problems! Growing like crazy.
Today when adding new frags to my smaller 10g tank I decided to remove the clove from the 20g because they were covered in coralline algae which I figured meant they were dead. When I took them out it legit looked like they were sucked dry. When I went to toss them I saw a blob inside the polyps and it moved when I touched it. I peeled it off and it was slimey and squishy. Thought at first it was an asterina but it was not. Has a head like a Nudibranch and moved like one. No appendages on the head I could make out.
Wondering if anyone has seen a pest that eats clove polyps that looks like this? Sorry for crappy pics. Last two pics are attempting to show the underside of the creature. A bit worried since I have an all soft coral tank lol. No other corals showing signs of any problems! Growing like crazy.
