Need help with knowing what kind of coral this is and what’s wrong

[ragnarodin9412]

I got this coral from someone who was going to throw it out and does not know what it is and what’s wrong and I would really love to save the little guy, any help would be much appreciated I can’t find any pictures of this coral anywhere and what it should look like and what’s wrong with it.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

It looks like an almost dead hammer or frogspawn.

 

[ragnarodin9412]

It looks like an almost dead hammer or frogspawn.

You think it’s able to recover?

 

[Ben.QLD2]

Very hard to tell in that condition but maybe a Duncanopsammia frag in very poor condition.

 

[Ben.QLD2]

Try one of the commercial coral dips. Looks like STN, maybe with a bacterial infection too.

Dip it, put it in a clean and healthy tank then wait and see.

Low to moderate lighting and flow to start with.

 

[NoMu Fish]

It looks like a Duncan to me, how long has it been in the tank?

 

[ragnarodin9412]

For about 2 hours, I just got it from someone and if it has a bacteria infection could that infect my others in the tank?

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is too smooth to be a hammer and is a duncan. It is almost fully receded and may or may not come back. It will require proper alk and CA and salinity to have a chance

 

[Typhon]

I agree it is Duncan..

I have good experience with Brightwell MediCoral Coral Dip on frags that didn't look that great. Your LFS might carry it.

 

[NoMu Fish]

It's hard to say whether it will make it or not! I have a Duncan in my tank that has closed and opened many times over the past two years. Multiple times I have thought I was going to lose it (even lost a head at one time), and if it was not glued to my rockscape I would have taken it out and dipped it. With that said, I didn't dip it and it was able to make it on its own and is now thriving again. I would probably let it settle for some time longer since 2 hours is a very short time! That is my opinion, hope it helped!

 

[russells55]

I can 2nd that it is almost likey a Duncan.

I had one that looked just like that about a month ago.
I moved it to less flow and gave it some time as I was busy with work.

it did not survive.