SPS Parasite ID

[ErikH]

Well, not sure if there was ever a barnacle in it.... I could not see that side of the coral itself. Jeremy and I cut the frag above and below, and that was a very contained spot. Nothing went into the middle, up, or down the only real affect being visual. The base is still green but there is 0 polyp extension, it looks dead, and there is nothing on it. The base appears to be fine, no warring with neighbors unless it's zoas, and all of my clams, sps, gorgo, zoas, fish, and my rbta all are flourishing.

That's the part I don't get!!!!! I am frustrated in the loss of this coral, not because of price. I really do not want to lose any others as the rest of my SPS is "name brand". The declination was very fast, and I never once saw it without polyps until it was dead. I didn't bother trying to save the tips because it was probably too late.

Again, if you look at the top picture closely, the dark part still has the same texture as the rest of the coral, it's just sunken in and discolored. That's why I am not thinking it was a barnacle. It was about the size of a pinky nail too, which seemed too large. It's wierd, and frustrating.

[Joshua]

That doesn't look like anything to worry about, certainly not any of the common SPS parasites that everybody knows about.