I will never fully understand this hobby...

Animal-Chin · #1 10-04-2017, 03:06 PM

No matter how long I do this I'll never totally get it. I had this gorgeous colony of red blastos 2 days ago. Noticed a couple of days ago half of the polyps were not coming out, looked sick, not right. Yesterday got home from work, totally dead, NO tissue at all.

In 2 days it went from fully extended big puffy heads to a skeleton.

Tank parameters are totally in check, everything else in there is looking fantastic.

Why does this happen? Grrrrr!!!!!

Sorry just venting.

Potatohead · #2 10-04-2017, 03:39 PM

Did something eat it?

Animal-Chin · #3 10-04-2017, 03:42 PM

No idea. I hope not.

albert_dao · #4 10-04-2017, 04:17 PM

Got any Euphyllia?

Sometimes they shed tentacles and other corals catch them and eat them. Then they die.

Animal-Chin · #5 10-04-2017, 05:04 PM

Ya I do, it was close to chalice too, maybe the chalice stung it?

corpusse · #6 10-04-2017, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Animal-Chin

Ya I do, it was close to chalice too, maybe the chalice stung it?

I recently lost a blasto as well with another one just a few inches away. It was indeed a chalice that took it out, but could not reach the other one. While it extends feeder tentacles every night / morning. In the middle of the night they extend way further then any other time.