Actually, my ricordea comment was just to let him know that his corals are doing fine in my tank, that's all. It WASN'T a comment regarding his ability or inability to keep carnations.
Glad you found it funny.
Iluvhockey - good luck with finding out what's actually happening. If it is a predator, it may be a crab that's that culprit because chiton's are reef-safe algae scrapers (according to Wetwebmedia). Hopefully the others will do better because I know how much care you've tried to give to these hard-to-keep species. Like I stated, I've never chanced it because of all the negative reports, but if you can help figure out the right way to keep these corals alive in capitivity, more power to you.
Anthony