Scoly problem!!

[Wheelman76]

Originally Posted by MitchM

The rate of deterioration, mainly. Years ago I may have lost a large LPS in a similar manner. I don't remember exactly.

I only know of Wheelman's tank based on these pictures, but I see that he has a fairly coarse substrate.
Maybe the coral was rocking back and forth with water movement which irritated the flesh that wrapped under the skeleton. That flesh decayed, bristle worms started eating and wound up eating the coral from the inside out.
Maybe that's why we're seeing holes in the flesh even though it's in a protective cage.
Maybe it's a predatory worm, too.

That could be possible , I'm using caribsea seafloor special grade , this tank has been set up for two months and was transferred from my 90 which had sugar fine sand which was a much finer sand.

The scoly is not looking good , the holes are getting bigger and the skin is just falling off now.

[GoFish]

Your beautiful red and green scolymia! Must be the Grinch trying to steal your Christmas

Just seeing this now, that's terrible Jess! I realllllly hope this pulls through, it's very unfortunate that these are unable to be fragged
Must be some sort of worm or parasite that was eating the flesh and caused an infection boring its way through. I think of this as like a flesh eating disease, unless the dead flesh is taken out of the equation, it would seem probable that it will continue to spread.

Do you have a syringe capable of blasting tank water with some sort of dip at decent pressure to blast away any loose dead flesh and hopefully also chase the problem out of its burrow? I can bring you one if not