Help with Favia

[mich2599]

Okay so I got this favia about a month ago. When I first saw it it was very healthy. About a month later when I went in to buy it, I saw that it had been stung by mother coral. My question is should I cut off the dead skeleton or just leave it? It’s been a month in my tank and it seems like there’s no new growth. Instead it seems that the dead portion is expanding. Here are some pics.

 

[Coralfuture]

Personally I’d probably cut off the death

 

[DSC reef]

If you don't notice any tissue recession I would leave it be. A favia should be cut with a coral saw and someone experienced using it. Try giving it an iodine based dip. If it keeps receding I'd bring it to a store to have them cut it properly.

 

[mich2599]

If you don't notice any tissue recession I would leave it be. A favia should be cut with a coral saw and someone experienced using it. Try giving it an iodine based dip. If it keeps receding I'd bring it to a store to have them cut it properly.

Okay thank you.

 

[mich2599]

If you don't notice any tissue recession I would leave it be. A favia should be cut with a coral saw and someone experienced using it. Try giving it an iodine based dip. If it keeps receding I'd bring it to a store to have them cut it properly.

Also, what kind of iodine dip would you recommend?

 

[DSC reef]

Seachem makes a product called reef dip.

 

[Fishfinder]

I'd leave it, it will regrow over that

 

[mich2599]

So this is the current situation. Just did an iodide dip. Any thoughts on what could be causing the tissue recession?

 

[FDAWG]

How old is your tank?

 

[trustmeimalawyer]

I would definitely leave it. If it’s continuing to recede in the same spot, could be some kind of bacterial infection or just the prior tissue recission continuing. A healthy coral in a healthy environment should be able to recover easily from something like that.

 

[mich2599]

How old is your tank?

2 1/2 months

 

[mich2599]

This back the 30th.