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Old 12/18/2007, 09:51 AM
CinciCobra CinciCobra is offline
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Tongue coral help / and one other question

No. 1 - any thoughts on why my tongue coral is pulling away from it's skeleton? I am an experienced reef keeper and my water parameters are in check - my sps, other lps, and even the ol' water meter xenia is thriving, but I can't seem to figure out what is causing my tongue to do this!


No. 2 - What the hell are my calustrea doing here?!

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Old 12/19/2007, 09:14 AM
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no thoughts at all?
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Old 12/22/2007, 08:26 PM
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Is it possible the two polyps are munching on the same piece of food? Or one is releasing some sort of waste and the othe is trying to eat it ! Grotesque!

Sorry ,never had a tongue! Was it ever pressed up against a rock ? I heard they can move around on their own!
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Old 12/22/2007, 08:26 PM
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Is it possible the two polyps are munching on the same piece of food? Or one is releasing some sort of waste and the othe is trying to eat it ! Grotesque!

Sorry ,never had a tongue! Was it ever pressed up against a rock ? I heard they can move around on their own!
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tomato clown
Royal gramma
yellow tailed damsel
2 dusters
CB shrimp
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percular clown
watchman goby
firefish
pepp. shrimp
red banded goby
Assorted corals
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Old 12/23/2007, 11:47 PM
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The recession of the tissue has stopped on my tongue coral. Never touched glass, or rock, so I am still unsure of the cause. It occured quickly but didn't progress. My water quality isn't an issue, so maybe a crab or fish munched on the side of it.

And yeah, it does tend to move 1/2" on way or the other from time to time.


As far as the candy canes, I have NEVER seen anything like that before - it seemed as though it was an organ or physical part of one of the heads.

Thnx for the reply and help!
 


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