PghReef
Well-Known Member
I am always of yhe belief that tou have to keep trying. Until a frag is covered in algae, or that lps is all skeleton and smells like death you have to hold put hope.
Case and point this poor torch. I tried cutting it off the frag plug and it failed miserably. Was a recent purchase online, came in healthy and extending. So I placed it in my reef and after a few says decided to mount. I thought u had the coral cutters under the Skelton but obviously miscalculated and felt the skeleton shatter straight up breaking thr polyp in half. The flesh literally ripped in half and I cant find the mouth.
Well instead of just tossing in the garbage I figured what the heck, I have a new tank a started as an invert qt in the basement that I had a few frags in. I did not want to risk introducing the broken torch to my display in fear it'd rot away and develop brown jelly, spreading and infect my other healthy lps. So I iodine dipped, and tossed unacclimated into the invert qt. Within a day it was extending and blowing in the current. I kept an eye on it for a week and to my surprise it extends great, no signs of disease or flesh melting away. I decided today to mount the pieces to frag disk and just keep them in qt. Amazed they're not dead, and I honestly don't feel close to being out of the woods with them, but I'm hoping they continue to recover and grow. If that happens I'll just frag off a healthy head when it happens.
Pictures speak for themselves. You'll also find a Frogspawn that was split but the flesh was not ripped that seems to be doing ok. Even a 3rd tiny little piece of the torch is alive on the bottom, it's seriously one piece of Skelton and like 2 tentacles. I don't have any hope for it but it's still extended a week later lol.
Case and point this poor torch. I tried cutting it off the frag plug and it failed miserably. Was a recent purchase online, came in healthy and extending. So I placed it in my reef and after a few says decided to mount. I thought u had the coral cutters under the Skelton but obviously miscalculated and felt the skeleton shatter straight up breaking thr polyp in half. The flesh literally ripped in half and I cant find the mouth.
Well instead of just tossing in the garbage I figured what the heck, I have a new tank a started as an invert qt in the basement that I had a few frags in. I did not want to risk introducing the broken torch to my display in fear it'd rot away and develop brown jelly, spreading and infect my other healthy lps. So I iodine dipped, and tossed unacclimated into the invert qt. Within a day it was extending and blowing in the current. I kept an eye on it for a week and to my surprise it extends great, no signs of disease or flesh melting away. I decided today to mount the pieces to frag disk and just keep them in qt. Amazed they're not dead, and I honestly don't feel close to being out of the woods with them, but I'm hoping they continue to recover and grow. If that happens I'll just frag off a healthy head when it happens.
Pictures speak for themselves. You'll also find a Frogspawn that was split but the flesh was not ripped that seems to be doing ok. Even a 3rd tiny little piece of the torch is alive on the bottom, it's seriously one piece of Skelton and like 2 tentacles. I don't have any hope for it but it's still extended a week later lol.
