I will never fully understand this hobby...

[Animal-Chin]

No matter how long I do this I'll never totally get it. I had this gorgeous colony of red blastos 2 days ago. Noticed a couple of days ago half of the polyps were not coming out, looked sick, not right. Yesterday got home from work, totally dead, NO tissue at all.

In 2 days it went from fully extended big puffy heads to a skeleton.

Tank parameters are totally in check, everything else in there is looking fantastic.


Why does this happen? Grrrrr!!!!!


Sorry just venting.

[Potatohead]

Did something eat it?

[Animal-Chin]

No idea. I hope not.

[albert_dao]

Got any Euphyllia?

Sometimes they shed tentacles and other corals catch them and eat them. Then they die.

[Animal-Chin]

Ya I do, it was close to chalice too, maybe the chalice stung it?

[corpusse]

Originally Posted by Animal-Chin

Ya I do, it was close to chalice too, maybe the chalice stung it?

I recently lost a blasto as well with another one just a few inches away. It was indeed a chalice that took it out, but could not reach the other one. While it extends feeder tentacles every night / morning. In the middle of the night they extend way further then any other time.