All other coral are growing happy but my sole Hyper Watermelon chalice slowly went downhill over the last month plus since I got it in Sept. It had its mesenterial filaments out here and there then all the time. Then it proceeded to lose tissue. I fragged a small piece two weeks ago (less than the size of a pinkie nail) which seemed to be doing ok. The bigger piece kept losing tissue no matter what I did, dips etc.
I finally called it quits and took it out fearing it may spread. After being in some fresh water I cracked it and found this - is this a worm or the insides? I dip and remove plugs and have only bought from two popular vendors. I have a BB with no rock (big disks) and have never seen any pests or hitchhikers. Is it a bristle worm? Even when I had rock I never saw anything.
My working theory is this was living behind the tissue and skeleton causing it to die? Maybe it was trapped and ate it?
Super bumped since it was a pricey chalice
I finally called it quits and took it out fearing it may spread. After being in some fresh water I cracked it and found this - is this a worm or the insides? I dip and remove plugs and have only bought from two popular vendors. I have a BB with no rock (big disks) and have never seen any pests or hitchhikers. Is it a bristle worm? Even when I had rock I never saw anything.
My working theory is this was living behind the tissue and skeleton causing it to die? Maybe it was trapped and ate it?
Super bumped since it was a pricey chalice