Melting Favia, Coral Warfare

[RyanTheSquid]

As the title states i think my favia is melting, I have an acan on a frag holder and when I got home the acan was polyp down on top of the favia frag. Looks to be melting, is there anything that can be done if I am unable to cut the frag?

 

[Shirak]

iodine dip and cross your fingers

 

[RyanTheSquid]

iodine dip and cross your fingers

Did that, fingers crossed now. On the note of things melting... I have a Bali Red star fish thats been getting nipped by something and now the tips of each limb is slowly melting away... anything that can be done about that?

 

[Marine Betta]

As the title states i think my favia is melting, I have an acan on a frag holder and when I got home the acan was polyp down on top of the favia frag. Looks to be melting, is there anything that can be done if I am unable to cut the frag?

The iodine dip may help, but depending on the damage, it may or may not come back. I will say that I have had coral come back from stings that looked much worse than this. Keep your water clean and see what happens.

As for the starfish, sadly that’s a sign it’s on its way out. Once they start falling apart, there’s little that can be done. Most Starfish are not easy to take care of. Besides specific diet requirements, they need extremely stable water parameters. Check your salinity and pH and see if there has been a fluctuation there. In my experience, the only reef safe starfish that is not that difficult to keep are sand sifting stars.