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Old 02-05-2011, 06:18 PM
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Question Coral Graveyard??

A few months ago we got several pieces of orange digi from a member of canreef (thanks Sam!). I had a nice baseball size piece of rock- some pieces I glued onto it, others I wedged into holes in the rock. Love the piece!!

Well, the glued pieces are doing nicely and growing over the rock- the others are doing just OK. They keep coming out and ending up in the back of the tank. I keep putting them back, but there are now dead spots on the coral where they didn't get light. I need to get more glue, obviously.

Here's the crazy thing- I thought it was the flow from our power heads, dislodging the coral. Yesterday, minutes after replacing all the pieces for the dozenth time, I was sitting on my couch on the laptop, when I noticed my blackcap pick up a piece in his mouth, pull it from the rock, and drop it in the back of the tank. He then did it to a second piece. WTH?! I tried to get it on camera, but I swear he knew- he just looked at me, sneaky thing.

This has been going on for weeks- it's always put in the same spot. Is he building a nest? Hungry?? I feed them twice a day- probably overkill, but he's a meanie- He always gets first dibbs, so I doubt that's it. It was so funny seeing him carry a piece of coral twice his size across the tank. I'm going to try to get it on film. Anyone else seen this before, with any fish?

I've been sticking to LPS, despite having MH's, etc...because I wasn't have any luck with SPS. Now I find out its my fish!!
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