Something is eating my monticap

[iamdon]

Hey guys, just got a new monti today and saw this under it. Does anyone know what it is?

 

[MERKEY]

Which part are you talking about exactly?

 

[iamdon]

Which part are you talking about exactly?

Under the monticap

 

[tREEFarm]

Looks normal to me

 

[aquaregia]

Assuming this is the ventral view of the coral. Please show the antral view.

 

[iamdon]

Assuming this is the ventral view of the coral. Please show the antral view.

Idk what antral and ventral means but is this what ur looking for?

 

[iamdon]

Assuming this is the ventral view of the coral. Please show the antral view.

Here's another one

 

[legionofdoon]

Ventral literally means butt end but also means bottom.

 

[legionofdoon]

It's usually ventral/dorsal bottom/top, Anterior/Posterior front/back. Distal/proximal close/far.

 

[legionofdoon]

It's usually ventral/dorsal bottom/top, Anterior/Posterior front/back. Distal/proximal close/far.

Distal is far proximal is close

 

[iamdon]

It's usually ventral/dorsal bottom/top, Anterior/Posterior front/back. Distal/proximal close/far.

Understand!
So are those good and what do think is on the monticap?

 

[legionofdoon]

The top looks fine maybe a little bleached but typically the bottom doesn't have much color.

 

[legionofdoon]

You don't have a lot of stuff on your rocks, maybe it nutrient deficient.

 

[iamdon]

The top looks fine maybe a little bleached but typically the bottom doesn't have much color.

The bottom part that looks like it has spirorbid worms and green algae. I tried scrubbing gently with a toothbrush but it doesn't seem to come off. I did Dip the coral, so would it spread?

 

[iamdon]

You don't have a lot of stuff on your rocks, maybe it nutrient deficient.

I just got the coral a few hours ago so it couldn't be my tank and I have a red monticap doing really well.

 

[legionofdoon]

Then leave it alone for a couple of days then worry about it. Let it settle. If that's the bottom algae and other things will colonize it regardless of what you do.

 

[legionofdoon]

If you have a wrasse it'll eat the worms. I personally never cared about them.

 

[iamdon]

If you have a wrasse it'll eat the worms. I personally never cared about them.

I have a sixline and a leopard wrasse would they suffice?

 

[legionofdoon]

Probably, a blue head would destroy them but it'll also eat everything else with a shell too. They are beautiful fish when they go super male but they will decimate every invert in your tank.

 

[iamdon]

Probably, a blue head would destroy them but it'll also eat everything else with a shell too. They are beautiful fish when they go super male but they will decimate every invert in your tank.

Cool! Thanks legionofdoon!