SPS suck sometimes

[Aquattro]

Got home last night and found a third of my green cap has dissolved, just for fun. Probably have to frag it out if there's any left tonight. Stoopid corals.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Got home last night and found a third of my green cap has dissolved, just for fun. Probably have to frag it out if there's any left tonight. Stoopid corals.

any ideas what caused it? def sucks i liked the way yours was growing out

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reefwars

any ideas what caused it? def sucks i liked the way yours was growing out

No, nothing has changed. Just poof. Everything else is fine, including the other caps. Just happens sometimes, I guess

[reefermadness]

That zeo...so unpredictable. J/K.

That is strange though...montipora are usually the last to rtn. I find they are more likely to fade out if there is a problem vs. Rtn like a acro. Can't say I've ever had a montipora Rtn now that I think about it.

Did it get stung maybe...was it healthy and colorful otherwise?

[Aquattro]

I had my orange cap do the same thing a couple years back. This one was perfect, no damage, no silt lying on it. Just overnight, started rotting from the center out. On the remaining tissue, the polyps are out, and it's a colorful as ever. No change in flow or lighting, so no idea, just one of those things I guess.

[TimT]

The corals were probably having a party while you were sleeping and someone spilled their glass of vodka. ;-)

[kien]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

SPS suck sometimes

sometimes ???

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by TimT

The corals were probably having a party while you were sleeping and someone spilled their glass of vodka. ;-)

Not sure that's the cause, although that would explain the olives floating in the tank

[sphelps]

I find it happens often when caps cup upwards. As they grow along with other corals surrounding it lack of flow becomes a problem. One of my green caps just did the same thing.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by sphelps

I find it happens often when caps cup upwards. As they grow along with other corals surrounding it lack of flow becomes a problem. One of my green caps just did the same thing.

This one is really off on it's own, not impeded at all by other corals. I suppose something slight that I can't notice perhaps. It also hasn't really cupped much, more a flat outward growth. Oh well, I have a backup piece in the frag tank and hopefully will have a large leaf left by tonight.