Monti Damage!!

[amike5]

Anyone have any ideas of what is causing this damage to my Monti Cap? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[kar93]

As far as i know Monti's do this because they are not getting any light underneath so it should be fine.

 

[amike5]

Would increased lighting help then or maybe thining out the upper, inner cups? It started with 1 spot about a month ago and has progressed to its current stage.

 

[Toddrtrex]

You may want to post this over in the SPS forum.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=73

None of my caps look that way on the underside, so there may be a change of a flatworm ( or the like ) causing it. I've been lucky and never had any SPS "bugs" so I can't say for sure if something is causing that.

 

[seapug]

I wouldn't worry about those unless they seem to be a rapidly progressing infection of some sort. Mine gets those from time to time but overgrows them in a month or two. Damage on the top and growing points around the rim is what you need to look out for.

 

[amike5]

But I seem to have developed more over the last month. I am concerned that it may be AEFW or other pest, though this is the only coral affected.

No responses in SPS forums.

 

[reefmaister]

is this happening on the top or inside of the monti as well as underneath? if that were the case then you'd have a problem.

My monti's grow very fast and from time to time, as mentioned above, small patches die off on the underside, presumably because a lack of light and probably also because the coral is devoting resources to growth areas with better light exposure; this happens with plants as they grow upward, and both are photosynthetic.