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Posted: November 19 2012 at 5:21pm |
Today, I rescaped my rock to where all my corals can have a better spot for their lighting and flow requirements. I took out all fish, corals, inverts, did my rock, then put every thing back in. After every thing was fine after a while, I noticed one of my smaller heads of frog spawn has come off of its skeleton, barely dangling on.... I can see the skeleton where the soft part used to be. Here s a crappy picture off of Pain to kinda show you... Will it get better and heal?? I really hope so......
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 5:37pm |
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I would recommend moving it to a lower flow area.
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 5:51pm |
k, doyou think they can re-attach
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 5:55pm |
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If it is still alive there is a chance although it is pretty unlikely. I agree low flow for awhile will give you the best chance at recovery. It is pretty weird for that to happen although not the first time I have seen a lps coral do that. One of buddies had a duncan that would spit out the fleeshy part of the coral when it was unhappy. the head would be copley alive and even inflate just rolling around the tank. Last I checked he was keeping one head alive in a little cup in his tank. Really weird haha
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 6:28pm |
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It is possible the head broke off during the rock rescape. I doubt it will reattach. IF you have too much flow, you will notice the heads staying retracted at which point I would suggest moving to a lower flow area.
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 7:46pm |
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ok, thans guys!
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:07pm |
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It depends on the cause.
If it was torn during rescaping, then it has a good shot. You'll need to pull it out of the water and give it a coral dip (lugols, Coral Rx, TMPCC, Revive, etc.) Then, carefully superglue (the gel kind) around where the flesh is loose. Once the flesh is glued back to the skeleton, it shouldn't get worse unless it gets an infection the dip can't help. Put it back in the tank in a low-flow area. Keep an eye on it...if you see more tissue flapping in the flow, glue it.
If the tissue dies completely and it was only due from rescaping injury, then it may grow back from the old skeleton over the next year. This is somewhat common in a few species of LPS. The key will be keeping it free of algae.
If the coral is popping its head off (which they can do in extreme stress), I know of no cases where the coral has regrown a skeleton. Theoretically I believe it's possible, but I've never heard of it happening in captivity. The only chance a coral in this case seems to have is if even the tiniest piece of skeleton went with it. If this is the case, you may want to consider clipping a bit of skeleton off with it before the whole thing pops off (which it may still do.)
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:18pm |
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Thanks reefdup - i wil go dip it and glue it
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:35pm |
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Just treat it like you would a cut on your hand. You don't want to superglue all the tissue, but you want to superglue enough to keep out infection/dirt.
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:40pm |
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K, that makes sense... Thanks again
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Posted: November 19 2012 at 9:25pm |
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When i moved my tank around, i lost my torch coral and bubble to brown slime disease. Sad Sad day.
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