Yuma Melted or Disease...?

[mjleffler]

Hi everyone,

I purchased a purple base Yuma from TSA that I’ve had for a little over a week now. I put it into a frag rack close to the sand bed. It’s looked fine all week until yesterday or the day before it was discharging something from its mouth which i assumed to be normal. Today I get home late from work and it seems to be fuzzy. I go and suction it off not really thinking about it and it left a giant tear on the coral very clearly dead from it. I’m about to do a water change as I’m not sure what it could be! My tank is fairly new (started in March) but all of my other corals (a variety of softies and LPS) lick happy and unbothered. I’m wondering if anyone can tell what it was by the pictures. Feeling very nervous as this is my first lost coral and I have 2 other ricordeas (Florida) that I’m very fond of!

 

[Ranjib]

almost melted. But i wont throw it away if theres any sign of life. keep it in very low light

 

[mjleffler]

I already threw it away as I wasn’t sure if it was a disease and didn’t want to risk infecting my other corals. I’m thinking I may have had it too high up (even though it wasn’t very high) or maybe too much direct flow.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I had the same issue and they know to be finicky that melted away for no reasons