Hole in leptoseris(?)

WalkerLovesTheOcean · May 29, 2024

Hey everyone.

I have what I believe is a leptoseris that has developed a hole right in the middle of the colony.

The frag came with tissue recession on 2 of the 4 corners, that to me look like they have made an almost complete recovery.

Like I said, the coral has developed a small hole in the center. When I gently blast water at it, surrounding tissue lifts off of the skeleton.

Please let me know what you think. Thank you in advance.

luis angel · May 29, 2024

Bump!

Uncle99 · May 29, 2024

Mine was the result of a Desjardin Tang tasting.

WalkerLovesTheOcean · May 29, 2024

Uncle99 said:
Mine was the result of a Desjardin Tang tasting.

And did it recover? The only fish I think that would do it is my TSB.

Dburr1014 · May 29, 2024

WalkerLovesTheOcean said:
Hey everyone.

I have what I believe is a leptoseris that has developed a hole right in the middle of the colony.

The frag came with tissue recession on 2 of the 4 corners, that to me look like they have made an almost complete recovery.

Like I said, the coral has developed a small hole in the center. When I gently blast water at it, surrounding tissue lifts off of the skeleton.

Please let me know what you think. Thank you in advance.

Don't gently blast water on it and it won't peel.

By any chance did detritus settle on it in that spot?

You should probably list all your parameters, flow, lights, the whole 9 yards.

WalkerLovesTheOcean · May 29, 2024

Dburr1014 said:
Don't gently blast water on it and it won't peel.

By any chance did detritus settle on it in that spot?

You should probably list all your parameters, flow, lights, the whole 9 yards.

Lol, yeah. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a piece of debris.

I am not too sure if a piece of detritus settled on that spot, but it would make sense.

I will list parameters tomorrow afternoon after I test, but all my other corals are doing great (besides my galaxia...) with tons of insane polyp extension and growth. Lighting is probably too high and flow is probably a bit high, but nothing the coral can't handle. Maybe I should try shading it a little and see how it does with that.