I did my usual weekend tank maintance including a 20g Water change.
I noticed another mouth on the Chalice that was totally disintegrating. The 3 mouths that were showing signs of Plumpness last week were no longer looking full. It was so beautiful. I think I was so mesmorized by the red and blue colors that I did not pay close attention to the edges of the coral and notice it was receding. Lesson learned the hard way.
I removed the chalice from the tank. I notied that my Siderastrea polyps were not completely opening. I have learned that the large siderastrea is a good water quality monitor from going through the cycle of Part 2 of the TBS Package. Since the chalice has lost the small signs of hope from last week I decided it was best to remove him from the tank. I am going to keep the skelton as it will make a nice platform for zoantids, rics, or shrooms. I have it in a bucket of water with a powerhead and will let it cure. I also have a rock that some GSP were on in the nano that i had removed. That rock spent the summer outside on my deck. I will let those two cure and put back into the tank.