Bubble Coral has a piece of skelton hanging down-Need Help-tissue intact

scardall · Feb 18, 2018

My Bubble coral has a piece of it's skeleton with tissue intact hanging down from Coral. Coral is Inflating well overall. What do you recommend I do and or Don't do with that hanging piece?

Kremis · Feb 19, 2018

i would leave it or cut it

mike werner · Feb 19, 2018

watch it and see what happens.thats another cool part of this hobby.

scardall · Feb 19, 2018

Could this issue invite a secondary problem? If so when do I act or do I observe. What signs indicate an issue I need to take care of right away? What meds. are needed to cure or prevent an infection. Do you have ant Reference material links I could read up on? I'll look for them as well.

S-t-r-e-t-c-h · Feb 19, 2018

It's one of the ways that bubble corals reproduce asexually.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/4/corals

The first form of asexual reproduction is "budding", which can be seen when a small growth arises from the lower edge of a specimen's flesh. This growth can increase in size over time, and can eventually develop a small skeleton of its own. As it gets larger and heavier it will sag down, and eventually drop away, coming to rest somewhere and attaching to the substrate (Borneman 2001 and Fossa & Nilsen 1998). In aquariums, hobbyists can often speed things up a bit by clipping off buds before they drop, and can then place them in an appropriate location.

cracker · Feb 19, 2018

Good article, thank !

scardall · Feb 21, 2018

This blade dropped yesterday. mounted of frag disc. Lets see what happens?

scardall · Mar 19, 2018

update: nothing developed on blade.

scardall · Mar 19, 2018

Admin: Please Close My Thread. @dbl THANKS

cracker · Mar 19, 2018

Is all the tissue gone ?

scardall · Mar 19, 2018

cracker said:
Is all the tissue gone ?

It was white when it fell. I glued it on a frag disc and after a week or two and no change I forgot about it and now it disappeared. ??? Main coral is doing Fantastic and expanding well.