Frogspawn intestines. Problem?

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So strange things. I've seen the intestines before, but then they were oddly digesting some algae on something the side of the coral was leaning on. seems legit.

Now last Thursday I had an Octospawn go from normal to completely destroyed by brown jelly in less than 20 hours. I've also had a lobo dying since the day I got it. Very slowly the flesh just melts away. Doesn't seem to be any jelly.

When I first got the lobo I also saw some of its intestines sticking out in odd areas, but for a good long time. Didn't seem to even be living.

I have a diamond goby (Moby Dick) he frequently bites my corals trying to get food they catch or that I give them.

but idk if that's what this is. I have a few photos for you guys, let me know if you want any other pics. Water parameters are about the same as they have been for 7 months.

There's only a tiny squiggle of intestine this time, coming out of a tentacle tip, never seen that before. I also saw a small bit in its slightly open mouth, but only for a few seconds. And last night the frogspawn seemed a tad..stressed? It was like some of its tentacles weren't as extended as the rest. And this evening I saw a small pest starfish. Not a prob right?

So I'm not sure what could be happening. ideas? opinions? I'm just worried. You can see the area where the green is darker/concentrated that area was also a bit weird last night. And where the intestine squiggle is protruding.

Thank you very much for any input!
 

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The starfish is Asterina, you might want to remove that if it continues to hang out on corals rather than eating the algae off the glass.
The intestions are called Mesenterial Filaments, corals will exhibit these when attacking near by corals, as a means of digestion and when stressed.
You should probably post your parameters including, Ca/AlK and mag.
 

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