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06-04-2010, 11:37 PM
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Damage control
I have a Wellsophyilla brain coral that has a small pce of exposed skeleton. Is there anything I can do to try to encourage repair. and stop brown jelly?
Last edited by jorjef; 06-04-2010 at 11:46 PM. 
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06-05-2010, 12:14 AM
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My brain coral was experiencing the same thing recently (Lobo sp.). I had some advice to try moving it to a new location within the tank, or closer to the light. I moved it to a new location, also in the sand not upwards to reduce number of variables. And, after a week or so, its looking pretty happy. The other advice I was given was to check KH, Mg and Ca. My KH was on the low side so I brought that up too. Good luck!
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06-05-2010, 02:06 AM
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Keep it up from that sand in an area where the damaged tissue will have good water flow all around and it will heal in time. I've run a trachyphyllia and lobophyllia through a saw on more than one occasion and to get them to heal without any problems I always make sure the cut pieces have good water flow. If the damaged tissue is smothered it will be more susceptible to infection.
A little bit of target feeding with some small meaty food will also help provide it with more energy for healing. If it has a brown jelly infection already, remove the coral to a bucket of aquarium water and blast off the infected area with a turkey baster then return the coral back to your tank. That usually works but if it continues to spread cut the infected area off with a saw just above the receding tissue.
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06-05-2010, 05:28 AM
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Pods, worms and other little bugs wont bother a healthy damaged coral. Either the peppermint shrimp are causing the problem or the coral is in bad shape.
What happened to the coral to reveal the spot of exposed skeleton?
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06-05-2010, 05:31 AM
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Only when I changed locations did I notice it on the back side. It was in good shapwe when I bought it, two weeks old and bought the pep at the same time
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06-05-2010, 05:33 AM
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If you run carbon, have a skimmer and do regular water changes your corals shouldnt be suffering from chemical warefare.
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