Injured open brain coral? Splitting? Don't know

darkrabbit · Jun 24, 2020

About a month or so ago this guy started retracting, and I thought it might have been some water parameters but today I checked him out and he looks hurt.... any idea what this could be? Is he splitting, was he bitten by crabs, or something else? Shame.. he was massive. I attached a before pic and after pics. The 1st after pic is blurry but gives you an idea. The damage is around his mouth...

Mastiffsrule · Jun 25, 2020

Evening,

I am not familiar with this particular coral. See if anyone around is tonight and other #reefsquad

Flippers4pups · Jun 25, 2020

Do you spot feed it? If so, do you have crabs or shrimp? They are known to steal food and may have damaged it doing so.

darkrabbit · Jun 26, 2020

Flippers4pups said:
Do you spot feed it? If so, do you have crabs or shrimp? They are known to steal food and may have damaged it doing so.

Oh that's a very interesting point.... I do spot feed it... if it didn't eat it all (because it was already not well), the crabs may have come over and taken more than just food.

Sucks :( I think it might be too far gone. Is there anything I can do at this point or do I just leave it and see what happens?

-J

Flippers4pups · Jun 26, 2020

darkrabbit said:
Oh that's a very interesting point.... I do spot feed it... if it didn't eat it all (because it was already not well), the crabs may have come over and taken more than just food.

Sucks :( I think it might be too far gone. Is there anything I can do at this point or do I just leave it and see what happens?

-J

Some reefers try iodine dips to save them like Lugol's solution.