damaged lps
 

have an open brain that had a lobo fall into it , there is some tissue damage and its getting a bit worse its been about 5 days since it happened . Is dipping it in rx helpful at all? or should I leave it be / It sucks as I have had this coral for 7 years . I will post a pic here in a bit when I shut my pump off . Also do micro brittles pose any harm to it ? I have millions of them under all my corals , I know they dont damage corals more wondering if they could be irritating the coral.

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What does the damage look like ? When you separated them did you blow off the open brain with a turkey baster to remove any stinging nematocysts? If I was gonna dip it I would try a dip in iodine , it will help to kill off any infection.

Not that it helps you now , but when my open brain was stung badly I was told by an experienced reefer to run the area that was stung under the tap ,and gently brush with a soft toothbrush. I was a little hesitant to do this but it worked great and the brain recovered very quickly. I think the freshwater kills off the nematocysts and stops them from further damaging the stung coral.

I blew the coral off as soon as I seen it . It was just that white stuff that the corals get when they fight . The lobo was so small to and took no damage of course the $10 coral is fine lol . It has 4-5 other mouths so hopefully it stops receding soon . Separated it from everything else and I will leave it be and see what happens . , I even glue down almost everything because of this happening in the past . Guess that's a sign my new aquarium I got built was needed tank is to full atm , that extra space doe

Id dip it in rx or Iodine to prevent infection and make sure to feed it a bit more so it can recover had the same thing happen to my brain last year new sps frag fell in it and it died in a month act quicker than me dip and feed it should work

I'd leave it alone. The damage isn't that bad. I'd just gently turkey baste it once a day to remove any dead flesh/sand.

its actually toast as of this morning :cry: it's still in the tank but its pretty much done for .

Say what??? From that little spot? The little spot on the front that's like 1/2"?? Did I miss something??? That's really surprising.

literally overnight . I took that pic lastnight . I will snap a quick pick

and keep in mind it was a couple days it had just a tiny bit of flesh reduction with nothing left on it from the lobo fight , and then overnight its basically disintegrated . Have it isolated should I take it out at this point ? Don't want any of the dying coral do any damage


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