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Deluxe247 
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Posted: November 04 2010 at 7:25pm |
With the help of some SPS experts, I identified my new frag as pocillopora. That was yesterday. Today I got home and the frag doesn't look like it's doing too well. Almost half the polyps appear to be missing, exposing the skeleton. It almost looks like somebody in the tank is snacking on them, but I don't have any fish that are known to do that. I haven't seen any crabs or anything else suspicious over by the frag. Any ideas? here's a pic. 
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Posted: November 04 2010 at 7:27pm |
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Pocillipora is a pretty hardy coral. Are you having trouble with any other SPS?
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Posted: November 04 2010 at 7:28pm |
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Might be acclimating to your light? I'm not sure where it came from, how your other sps are doing or anything like that, but that would be my guess if it was looking great the first day you had it and then like this now?
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Posted: November 04 2010 at 7:54pm |
Red bugs? maybe, flatworms?
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Posted: November 04 2010 at 8:40pm |
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What are your water parameters?
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 9:48am |
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Looks to me like it got damaged in handling(fingers can be murder to SPS), but to be sure I'd need to see more of the tank, have a list of tank inhabitants, water parameters, etc.
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 10:40am |
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I agree with Mark on this one. I have only had a poci once and one day it was great and the next, complete death. You could see exactly where I had grabbed it with my fingers.
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 3:44pm |
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I tried to be very careful handling it, only touching the base it's encrusted on. But it did get jostled around a little bit. That combined with new lights I guess could be an issue. I see no red bugs or flatworms, nothing I think would be eating it. Is it likely for the polyps to come back, or is it a good idea to get rid of dead branches? The only other SPS I have right now is a hydnophora that's doing great.
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 4:26pm |
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Make sure your hydno is no where near this coral. Hydnophora corals are extremely aggressive towards other corals. I had mine drop a small branch that bounced off another coral beneath it and it almost killed the coral. It was crazy.
My pocillipora has not encrusted back over it's dead branches. I would wait and see though, which is usually the smartest thing to do with new corals.
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 5:33pm |
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Yes, wait and see is my suggestion too.
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Posted: November 05 2010 at 5:41pm |
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Shouldn't you be practicing your aquascaping Mark!?
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