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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Doesnt look good do a dip and shake well

That's not coming back buddy sorry to say it , like I mentioned in the text they usually heal well as long as theirs no mouth damage , I'm actually surprised it went overnight the pic didn't make it seem that bad ..... is it possible something irritated it overnight (shrimps , crabs , asterinas etc)

Sucks dude :(

Sorry for your loss. Any chance we can see pics of your brain looks very nice.

If I were you after removing all the dead flesh that you find a shady place in your tank to let it sit for a while (maybe 2 months) I had an LPS recover from certain death once, from 100% skeleton to full recovery in about 6 months or less. Seriously thought it was dead but there must have been something inside the skeleton in the mouth area that was still alive.
Maybe a light iodine/tank water dip before forgetting about it?

Sorry to see this happen :sad:

And what Ryan said ^^^ that brain in the background looks noiiice

Bummer. Sorry to say I'd take it out too.

Have the coral in a breeder box of to the side away from everything . Gave it a dip keep removing dead stuff from it and I will leave it for now . As for anything irritating it the only thing would be mini brittles I have about 1 million of them they are under all my corals when I lift them up . Other than that asterina stars white and the dark ones have a Harlequin currently eating those but I always find them on my corals and remove them when I see them . The lobo only hurt maybe 1/2 inch of flesh when it first happened , it just deteriorated so fast .


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^^^ that's a beauty! I hope the lobo's on lock down free and clear of that baby.
Best of luck with the seriously injured one, fingers crossed

I'm actually trying to sell the lobo right now lol . Just got a new tank made it's shallow and wider 36lx14hx24 so I don't need to stack anything . Also going to move my rainbow wellso into a tank almost by itself as its getting huge and dont want anything harming that .

Wow thanks very nice!

The rainbow brain looks like it's drawn with a water color paintbrush. Just wow...

I've seen that coral in person and I can say that it is by far the most impressive coral I've seen in a tank. The shear size and the colors are amazing. The pictures don't do it justice.

appreciate the kind words :biggrin:
and to think I got it for $60 from Gold's originally

The fewer pics I see of that thing the happier I'll be. Jealous as frag!

Crazy!!

$60 bucks!!! Nice score! I wonder what it's worth today?

Yours looks better than the attached image!!!!

That's US pricing. They pay GOBS of money for stuff that we pay a few hundred for.

I don't know I think the one in that pic is nicer . The other would look really nice under my lighting. I would also like to see it puffed up . Does that $1300 cost mostly relate to size ?

It has just as much to do witht he size as with the color combinations - it's a bit unusual, even for a rainbow.