Inverts eating coral skeleton

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Hey all,

I have an inverts that is eating one of my frogspawn's skeleton. Which ever it is, it's like a beaver chewing through a tree.

Here is a picture of the coral some time in the first month of getting it:
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It is the top frogspawn (the blue and green). Mostly a full skeleton except where it was dragged.

Here is a close up of it today:
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I dipped the frags before placing it in the tank. I've narrowed it down to a Halloween hermit or my pencil urchin. Those are the only non-snails I have. I've had thr urchin for a while (9+ months) so I'm more inclined to believe it the crab. However, saw the urchin on it last night, and this morning there are new chew marks.

I know it's not a fish, as only have two clowns, a midas blenny, and a tomini tang at the moment.

My question, regardless of which it is how can I get it to stop? I don't want to come home, or wake up to the polyps face down in the sand because something chewed through it.

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