Funky coral happening

[masterswimmer]

Weird thing happened to a single polyp of my purple/pink/blue shroom. The entire polyp became encased in what looks like a cocoon. This polyp is not near any other coral, so I don't believe there is any warfare going on. The rest of the polyps as you can see in the pix are fine. Any ideas?

Since the pix were taken, I siphoned off the 'cocoon'. Not sure if the polyp will survive though. Anyway, here's the pix:

 

[Deanos]

How close is that A. lordhowensis on the left to the mushroom?

 

[masterswimmer]

How close is that A. lordhowensis on the left to the mushroom?

At least a couple of inches. I've never seen a sweeper and I've looked at this tank at every hour of the day. BTW it's a A. Echinata. Good pick up :wink:

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[marrone]

usually that a sign it's going.

 

[Deanos]

At least a couple of inches. I've never seen a sweeper and I've looked at this tank at every hour of the day. BTW it's a A. Echinata. Good pick up :wink:

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Echinata?!?! Even worse. Those guys can produce mesenteric filaments, which can digest :eat: another coral outside the acans' stomach cavity. They are worse than sweepers, which simply sting another coral.

Read here: Coral aggression

 

[masterswimmer]

Dean, exceptional article, thank you. Michael Paletta always has great info to spread. I think that article could be a sticky link here. I believe we all could learn a lot about 'over-stocking' our tanks from the info learned there.

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[jhale]

I thought aliens were trying to steal your shroom.

 

[masterswimmer]

I thought aliens were trying to steal your shroom.

See, now Jon and I are on the same page. :smash:

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