Did something eat my coral?

[Jakepen]

Came home to find my favia with a couple pieces missing from him. Either one of my shrink or hermits was munching, or he is decaying?

 

[ebushrow]

If you can get a photo with more white light we could give you a good diagnosis....at this point I can't see the edges of the missing tissue which is a telling sign to me.

 

[Jakepen]

If you can get a photo with more white light we could give you a good diagnosis....at this point I can't see the edges of the missing tissue which is a telling sign to me.

Alright, when the lights are white today I'll snap a pic

 

[Jakepen]

Will this picture suffice?

 

[Jakepen]

If need be I can manually turn the lights to 100 white

 

[ebushrow]

I still can't tell but let's call #reefsquad and see if they can see something I am missing

 

[Jakepen]

Maybe a better picture

 

[melypr1985]

do you have any peppermint shrimp?

 

[Sabellafella]

Maybe a better picture

Looks like something stung it, do you have any corals sorta close to this?

 

[Jakepen]

No coral near it. I have a cleaner shrimp and a pistol. And two hermit crabs.

 

[melypr1985]

No coral near it. I have a cleaner shrimp and a pistol. And two hermit crabs.

got any fish that sift or dump sand? Could it be getting covered in sand regularly?

 

[Jakepen]

Yeah my pistol and goby move sand pretty regularly. This favia rarely ever gets any sand on him though. You're thinking sand got on him and did this?

 

[Tahoe61]

Chemistry is in line? No possibility that a piece of salt creep landed on the coral?

 

[melypr1985]

Yeah my pistol and goby move sand pretty regularly. This favia rarely ever gets any sand on him though. You're thinking sand got on him and did this?

I've seen it happen before. It was just a thought of course.

 

[Jakepen]

Chemistry is in line? No possibility that a piece of salt creep landed on the coral?

I suppose that is a possibility. I left for a couple hours, and came back to find that. I've had a peppermint shrimp tear into one of my favias before, thought maybe that was what happened.

 

[Jakepen]

I've seen it happen before. It was just a thought of course.

Understandable. He's pretty tough though, I don't think sand could have done it.

 

[Sabellafella]

I suppose that is a possibility. I left for a couple hours, and came back to find that. I've had a peppermint shrimp tear into one of my favias before, thought maybe that was what happened.

Could be, has the tissue loss stopped? Ive had all types of critters/worms eat a hole in a favia to call it home lol. Yours doesnt look bad either, looks like its going to heal fine if you ask me. If the recession continues, id try to give it a dip and move it

 

[Jakepen]

Could be, has the tissue loss stopped? Ive had all types of critters/worms eat a hole in a favia to call it home lol. Yours doesnt look bad either, looks like its going to heal fine if you ask me. If the recession continues, id try to give it a dip and move it

Alright, I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks everyone