devils hand leather

[SteveS]

couple of patches of tissue been stripped from the coral, cant see anything in it/on it (like some form of nudi) my yellow goby likes to sit in this coral alot would it be possible that its stripping it? or some other culprit? flame angel or cbb?

steve

[MR Teee]

TBH Steve, they look more like nip marks than anything else. Can't understand why thy would be in the center of the coral though, and not the tips.

[Tetley]

Hu

Have a look round base of finger, any eggs?

If worried a F/W dip will cure any nudi problem.

ATB

[Tangman]

Hi Steve They look like a fish has been having a nibble to me, if you dont get any more it will recover and be ok. Eric

[trigon]

Hi Steve, I also keep a devil hand leather and it is about the same size as yours (fingers are abit smaller). Noticed similar markings about six months ago on three different parts. Eventually the fingers dropped off onto the rock and the coral heeled in a couple of days... I now have three small devil finger frags growing on the rock. (will post some pics when i get home) Not sure how these things multiply in the wild but will read into it a bit and post any findings!

Cheers Andy

[SteveS]

Hi Steve, I also keep a devil hand leather and it is about the same size as yours (fingers are abit smaller). Noticed similar markings about six months ago on three different parts. Eventually the fingers dropped off onto the rock and the coral heeled in a couple of days... I now have three small devil finger frags growing on the rock. (will post some pics when i get home) Not sure how these things multiply in the wild but will read into it a bit and post any findings!

Cheers Andy

interesting andy, cheers for that! i dont think its a nudi, the corals been in the tank to long to just appear now. either a nibbler or yellow goby sitting still to long:eek:

steve