I noticed today that my tangs knocked off their seaweed clip this morning and it landed at the bottom of the tank. It was sitting amongst a group of my goni colonies and my tangs were still pecking away at it but I didn’t think too much of it. Not wanting to drop what I was doing and dunk my arm to fish it out right away, I figured I’d deal with it a little later but ended up setting myself up for a giant facepalm moment.
Of course I forgot about it for most of the day, fished it out in the evening. Didnt notice anything wrong at first. Then as I was doing some tank maintenance I noticed one of the goni colonies has had a few chunks taken out of it. At least 4 missing polyps, and another polyp is semi detached from the skeleton too.
I guess my tangs got a little over aggressive with the nori sheet/clip and the goni became collateral damage. I’ve seen the tangs shred the heads of my euphyllia coral before too when a nori sheet landed across the branches. But with euphyllia it can usually heal up. Not sure about this goni though. I’ve already done an iodine dip to hopefully ward off any infections. Here’s a pic after the dip, sorry for the poor quality image tank lights were off already.
Id greatly appreciate any insight, opinions and experience. Do gonis regrow flesh to cover up bare spots in the skeleton? I could frag it out I guess but it’s in a center part of the colony so I’d have to likely cut this down into two smaller colonies. Should I just leave it alone to heal? Follow up dips necessary?
Of course I forgot about it for most of the day, fished it out in the evening. Didnt notice anything wrong at first. Then as I was doing some tank maintenance I noticed one of the goni colonies has had a few chunks taken out of it. At least 4 missing polyps, and another polyp is semi detached from the skeleton too.
I guess my tangs got a little over aggressive with the nori sheet/clip and the goni became collateral damage. I’ve seen the tangs shred the heads of my euphyllia coral before too when a nori sheet landed across the branches. But with euphyllia it can usually heal up. Not sure about this goni though. I’ve already done an iodine dip to hopefully ward off any infections. Here’s a pic after the dip, sorry for the poor quality image tank lights were off already.
Id greatly appreciate any insight, opinions and experience. Do gonis regrow flesh to cover up bare spots in the skeleton? I could frag it out I guess but it’s in a center part of the colony so I’d have to likely cut this down into two smaller colonies. Should I just leave it alone to heal? Follow up dips necessary?