Favia vs Sun Coral

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

You need to take that favia out and dip it, try to cut off the dead part where the brown jelly is forming. If you don't, it will take out the whole colony.

There isn't much live part left of the favia, so I suspect I am too late already. It is epoxied down on the live rock, so if I tried to remove it, I would probably damage it further. So I think I will just leave it, and see if any part survives.

Meanwhile the sun coral is still extending its heads on that side, even though I moved it away a couple inches. Almost seems like it enjoyed its meal and trying to get more.

I should have clued in earlier. I have seen the favia a few times before in the morning, with fine thread tentacles waving out on that side. I guess it was trying to defend itself. But it was always healthy, and didn't show any any signs of being stung. If anything, I thought it was the aggressor, and would keep the sun coral heads away on that side. Obviously, I was wrong.