Duncan Coral

[TunaNoCrust]

Just got this today, what’s with the dark spot? Should I be concerned

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Photo under white lights?

Did the Duncan look like that when you got it?

How did you acclimate it?

 

[kevgib67]

Hard to tell under blue light, I hope it’s not bjd. Can you take it out and smell it? If it smells like death it’s not a good sign. I could be way off base because of the blue light.

 

[TunaNoCrust]

Hard to tell under blue light, I hope it’s not bjd. Can you take it out and smell it? If it smells like death it’s not a good sign. I could be way off base because of the blue light.

Don’t think it’s bjd

 

[TunaNoCrust]

Photo under white lights?

Did the Duncan look like that when you got it?

How did you acclimate it?

Temp acclimated then dipped and put it in
I don’t remember that spot being there

 

[get-salty]

Temp acclimated then dipped and put it in
I don’t remember that spot being there

What spot are we looking at?
Can you draw a circle around it ?

Or, are you referring to the tiny dot on that smaller polyp on the right mid portion?
If so, i'd to say it is taking a poo

 

[TunaNoCrust]

Temp acclimated then dipped and put it in
I don’t remember that spot being there

What spot are we looking at?
Can you draw a circle around it ?

Or, are you referring to the tiny dot on that smaller polyp on the right mid portion?
If so, i'd to say it is taking a poo

 

[TunaNoCrust]

Temp acclimated then dipped and put it in
I don’t remember that spot being there

What spot are we looking at?
Can you draw a circle around it ?

Or, are you referring to the tiny dot on that smaller polyp on the right mid portion?
If so, i'd to say it is taking a poo

It’s like a brownish spot and I’ve read it could be a dead spot but idk

 

[kevgib67]

Don’t think it’s bjd

Much better, yes you can rule that out, thanks god!

 

[BryanM]

Its in a hard spot to take a good photo, no idea what it is, kinda just looks like a couple of dead, or dying heads.

I really hate the sniff test.... but its accurate, if not repulsive.

 

[TunaNoCrust]

Its in a hard spot to take a good photo, no idea what it is, kinda just looks like a couple of dead, or dying heads.

I really hate the sniff test.... but its accurate, if not repulsive.

Can dying heads be trimmed off?

 

[Rocks reef]

It's exposed skeleton, but you can see a new polyp growing from the center of one head.
You mentioned you "just got this today". Was it like that at the LFS? Reason I am asking, is the skeleton appears dark which means it has been that way for a while.

 

[Rocks reef]

Can dying heads be trimmed off?

One of them is regrowing, you can see it in the picture.
You could also get a picture of the side that has the exposed skeleton, rather than a partial view

 

[BryanM]

Can dying heads be trimmed off?

It kinda depends where they are on the coral. Those look to be "inside", and would be much more difficult to remove. When they are on the outer edge you can usually safely nip them with bone cutters.