- Location
- Queens, NY
Just place 2 frags of brain/maze corals in with my butterflies, and one of them appears to be dead. Not sure if this is because the butterflies picked it to death or because the putty I used to mount it covered a little of its flesh. I kept the frags separated for a week to acclimate it to my tank before mounting, at which point it appeared to be healthy with tissue/polyps extended. Currently the tissue appears to be gone, and the skeleton is exposed.
Also placed some SPS in and as expected the polyps are not extending, The SPS appears to be healthy and intact, with no apparent damage, unlike the maze.
To have a butterfly pick a maze coral to death? That I was not expecting.
Anyway, a little background before everyone blames me for the obvious. I'm experimenting with what types of corals I can place successfully with butterflies. Some are doing well (chalice blastomusa welli) , some were eaten off (hammer and frogspawn).
Also placed some SPS in and as expected the polyps are not extending, The SPS appears to be healthy and intact, with no apparent damage, unlike the maze.
To have a butterfly pick a maze coral to death? That I was not expecting.
Anyway, a little background before everyone blames me for the obvious. I'm experimenting with what types of corals I can place successfully with butterflies. Some are doing well (chalice blastomusa welli) , some were eaten off (hammer and frogspawn).