TSA Firework Clove Polyp Stump

[lpramos]

My TSA Firework Clove Polyp Coral has a stump. I added it to the tank 1 month ago. It's the second stump I find. You can see it sticking out to the left of the colony.

Same color as the polyp stems, but thinner and no polyp. Is this normal, or is something eating the polyps? I don't see a single bite mark anywhere else on the coral.

I have 2 Ocellaris clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 dragonette, 1 yellow watchman goby, snails and a red tuxedo urchin.

Salinity 1.0264, Alk 8.4, Calc 410, Potassium 410, Mag 1520, Nitrate 9.6, Phosphate 0.043, Iodine 0.018. All have been stable. pH right now is 8.16.

It's not the John Deere Psammocora next to it. I moved the Clove Polyp there after I noticed the two stumps.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

My TSA Firework Clove Polyp Coral has a stump. I added it to the tank 1 month ago. It's the second stump I find. You can see it sticking out to the left of the colony.

Same color as the polyp stems, but thinner and no polyp. Is this normal, or is something eating the polyps? I don't see a single bite mark anywhere else on the coral.

I have 2 Ocellaris clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 dragonette, 1 yellow watchman goby, snails and a red tuxedo urchin.

Salinity 1.0264, Alk 8.4, Calc 410, Potassium 410, Mag 1520, Nitrate 9.6, Phosphate 0.043, Iodine 0.018. All have been stable. pH right now is 8.16.

It's not the John Deere Psammocora next to it. I moved the Clove Polyp there after I noticed the two stumps.

This seems like a "runner" to me.

Clove polyps, will send out "runners" to find more space to grow. This is completely normal.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Sorry, this is a horrible picture, and the lighting is bad, because my lights broke, but you can see one on my clove polyps.

 

[lpramos]

Good to hear it's just a runner. Thanks!

 

[areohen]

just so you know, these grow everywhere. It wont be long until it covers the whole rock. I would keep them on an isolated rock. I ended up removing all mine because they just grew everywhere