[chriss]

For some time now I've noticed a small white lump on one branch of a piece of SPS. There has been no tissue on it, but no dieback anywhere else just on this calcerous lump. Yesterday I noticed it had started to die-back around the lump, so this evening I decided to cut off the branch just below said lump.

For some reason I didn't take a photo of it in situ. The best I can do is say the position of the lump was on a branch underneath the main 'canopy' of tips.

Here is the fragment in the pot, I have circled the area which approximates to the original lump...



Here is the other side, it was 'sloughing' very thickly on this side, I have circled it....



I noticed a little critter go in-and out of the growth, in this photo you can see it near the bottom on the fragment. I took the snips and cut away at the growth unsure of what would lie within. Turns out it was hollow with a dark coloration to it inside.



Here is a close view of the critter. It may just be a regular pod of some sort, it's generally looked like one.



Anyone else ever seen anything like this?

Chris

[Mike]

Dont know exactly what it is Chris but if it was burrowing into the skeleton of the coral and causing damage best to get rid imo.

[lindsay]

Not sure about the critter m8 but cutting die back off is often the best way to save the rest of the coral ..