Reply With QuoteI'd look towards the urchin as well, if there's physical damage to the skeleton. If it's just flesh being stripped off, it's back to the drawing board.
I have had a montipora for close to 9 months now. It is the shelving type and has been growing at a very rapid rate. Recently I have seen a small edge on the one side nibbled on, then this morning the whole one side had be nibbled on. I have some suspects ,but am not sure. I have a Copperband Butterfly, but i thought they only hit softies, I have a Red Coris...he has teeth so I thought he could be suspect because it looks chewed, then the last guy is my Long Spine Sea Urchin, he is huge..more than a foot from one side to the other and must be getting hungry, he also has been around it a lot lately. Insight?
LARRY!!!!
I'd look towards the urchin as well, if there's physical damage to the skeleton. If it's just flesh being stripped off, it's back to the drawing board.
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I picture of the coral and damage is worth a thousand words and a better possibility of finding the culprit.
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I'll try.....hard to photo.
LARRY!!!!
Hope this helps, I think it is the urchin also because its too precise and there is a touch of algae that grows under the Monti.
LARRY!!!!
I'm going with the urchin.
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I think the urchin too. Can you put him in your sump and see if it stops?
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