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Ok I don't know what to do! I removed the emerald crabs and the shrimp and today I come home to another coral eaten! Could it be the pincushion urchin or some of the hermit crabs or snails?
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Those don't look eaten, it looks like polyp bailout.
 

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I think I found the head of it... which makes it worse because it's not eating it just ripping it off!
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Polyp bailout, means the coral isn't happy with something - light, parameters, or flow.
 

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Looking at that picture, there's no flesh band. No flesh band means the coral is drawing itself into itself as much as possible. It is not happy, likely due to nutrients or something irritating it. Any signs of grey flatworms on the coral flesh?
 

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Looking at that picture, there's no flesh band. No flesh band means the coral is drawing itself into itself as much as possible. It is not happy, likely due to nutrients or something irritating it. Any signs of grey flatworms on the coral flesh?
Could too much flow also cause that? It hasn't opened fully since I put it in the tank. I have dipped all corals going into the tank in coral rx. Should I be doing something else? It's just the Hammers and torches that seem to be having issues.
 

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Could too much flow also cause that? It hasn't opened fully since I put it in the tank. I have dipped all corals going into the tank in coral rx. Should I be doing something else? It's just the Hammers and torches that seem to be having issues.
Are those the only euphyllia in the tank? If all euphyllia are doing bad, including after taking out suspects, then I suspect that it is euphyllia eating flatworms. Especially if all other corals are doing fine.
 
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Are those the only euphyllia in the tank? If all euphyllia are doing bad, including after taking out suspects, then I suspect that it is euphyllia eating flatworms. Especially if all other corals are doing fine.
Still learning what corals are what kind are what but here's a list of what Tim helped with when I was trying to ID them.
 

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Still learning what corals are what kind are what but here's a list of what Tim helped with when I was trying to ID them.
Euphyllia is any frgospawm, hammer, torch, or a cross like a frammer (frog+hammer). I will take a look back at your list of your recent orders to see if there are any other euphyllia.
 
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Euphyllia is any frgospawm, hammer, torch, or a cross like a frammer (frog+hammer). I will take a look back at your list of your recent orders to see if there are any other euphyllia.
1 Torch
2 Favia/Favites
3 Not happy? Trumpet maybe?
4 Zoas
5 Clove
6 Micromussa Lordhowensis
7 Zoa
8 Echinata?
9 Goni?
10 Pavona/Lepto
11 Favia
12 Hammer/Frammers/Octo/Frogspawn?
13 Blastos
14 Green Skimmer or Digitata - hard to tell
15 Need a better pic, GSP maybe?
16 Hammer

That's what Tim ID them as for me.
 
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1 Torch
2 Favia/Favites
3 Not happy? Trumpet maybe?
4 Zoas
5 Clove
6 Micromussa Lordhowensis
7 Zoa
8 Echinata?
9 Goni?
10 Pavona/Lepto
11 Favia
12 Hammer/Frammers/Octo/Frogspawn?
13 Blastos
14 Green Skimmer or Digitata - hard to tell
15 Need a better pic, GSP maybe?
16 Hammer

That's what Tim ID them as for me.
15 we decided is Galaxia
 
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These are the euphyllia you got in your most recent order. How are they doing?
They seem to be doing good so far the torch really seems to be doing good the others seem to be adjusting still. I am feeding my dogs right now when I get done I will run test. I keep thinking about anything I have changed recently and all I have done is I replaced one wave maker with a bigger one because I thought I didn't have enough flow, I started feeding phytoplankton and coral cane and another coral food I forget the name of, and I turned off my protein skimmer because someone said it was keeping my tank too clean.
 

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They seem to be doing good so far the torch really seems to be doing good the others seem to be adjusting still. I am feeding my dogs right now when I get done I will run test. I keep thinking about anything I have changed recently and all I have done is I replaced one wave maker with a bigger one because I thought I didn't have enough flow, I started feeding phytoplankton and coral cane and another coral food I forget the name of, and I turned off my protein skimmer because someone said it was keeping my tank too clean.
Unfortunately I agree with a polyp bail out. Could be the increase flow. I keep my torches in a little higher flow and frogspawn and hammers in less so they just look like they are giggling.
 
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Unfortunately I agree with a polyp bail out. Could be the increase flow. I keep my torches in a little higher flow and frogspawn and hammers in less so they just look like they are giggling.
These are my test results. Should I try switching back to the smaller wave maker?
 

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