Hmmmmm......would like input from Chalice connoisseurs

Woke up this morning, and saw what look like sweeper coming out of one of my chalices. But I didn't know chalices had sweepers like this, so anyone care to comment?



Also, on this chalice, you can see the three white lesions on the upper right part of the chalice, what are those? I thought they might be eyes, but I didn't think they develope so closely to the edge. Im giving it a dip today.

 

LPS have sweepers. Some are longer than others. Feeding some powdered fish food would do them some good if you're not already.

 

Those are the filamentous sweepers. Feeding is not going to help those, as they are used for warfare only It may or may not belong to the chalice. What other LPS corals do you have near it? Are you running carbon?
The white lesions appear to be exposed skeleton.

 

Oooooohhhh. The picture was of the "sweepers." Ya, those are
mesenteryfilaments. It usually means it was feeding on something external, like digesting a neighboring coral. Feeding chalice, in general, is good in the long term tho.

 

No, Im not running carbon. Im think that if those are filamentus sweepers (which they probably are as they sucked back into the chalice when the lights came on), then that is what cause the lesions on the other chalice, as they were close at one time.

Also, I spoil my corals. I spot feed them about 3-4 times a week.

I just did think sweepers would pop up so soon, the frag is about 2 weeks old and healing nicely, but I didn't suspect sweepers.

 

You can try separating them some. Carbon also helps, it can help neutralize the sweepers and also remove the chemical compounds by which they use to detect each other.
It looks to me like top chalice released and got bottom chalice. Usually, the chalices won't go after each other (AFAIK). Are there any other corals that are close as well?

 

I have and acan that is in the area, but I doubt that ther are the cause. I have never seen the acans' sweepers longer enough to reach that far.

 

It looks like your Q's have been answered but htought I would throw a few pics of one of my chalices while its sweepers were out-cuaght it when the Actinics just came on.

 

Thanks for the pics. Ive seen all kinds of sweepers before on different LPS, but didn't think that chalices had them. The pics are a good addition to the thread though!

 

Just as an update, actually the final update, the white lesions ended up being new eyes. They are starting to turn into a faint yellow.