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Hi the edge of this chalice seems to be dying. Any ideas what’s wrong?
thanks
Mark
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The flesh is receding from the skeleton... How long has it been like this?Here’s another pic. On the right side, it looks like there might be a couple of little white worms?
While it was out of the tank, did you remove the "worms"?Here’s another pic. On the right side, it looks like there might be a couple of little white worms?
My best guess... It's starving.Here’s another pic. On the right side, it looks like there might be a couple of little white worms?
Looked at this again today.Here’s another pic. On the right side, it looks like there might be a couple of little white worms?
I'm not sure I agree; vermetid snails aren't usually white, and I don't see anything that looks to me like a vermetid shell.Looked at this again today.
Is this what your talking about?
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This looks like a vermetid worm bothering it. Best thing for you to do is to break the pieces off of with those worms. Or you could just dab some super glue on the opening. Either way it'll kill it. Your Coral should heal just fine.
I mean break it, bone cutters.I'm not sure I agree; vermetid snails aren't usually white, and I don't see anything that looks to me like a vermetid shell.
However, even if the circled area does have a vermetid snail attached, I would not recommend trying to break the chalice skeleton... Having tried my hand at fragging these corals I found the skeleton to splinter easily and you're likely to damage the healthy part of the coral if you try to do this.
(@Dburr1014 maybe I misunderstood your post... when you said "break the pieces off of with those [snails]", did you mean remove the white growths from the skeleton? That would make more sense...)