Plate coral problem

[ESH]

Last week I moved a plate coral from my display tank to my frag tank as I start noticing parts of the skin were lifting up from the skeleton. In the display tank, I believe I had too much flow or possibly the plate coral was experiencing some other problem.

A few days ago, and while in the frag tank, I saw that the plate itself was bare, so I assumed the skin had just died off and hermits ate it. Then this evening, I see this orange and green neon ball swirling around the tank and notice what is basically the plate corals mantel or skin, curled up into a ball.

I feel silly even posting this as I'm pretty sure its dead, but I don't want to assume. Any idea if it can be saved?

-Plate skeleton is about nickel size, and is on a 1.25" frag plug
-The plate top / mantel / skin... not sure what the right term is, was balled up in the tank about the size of a marble.
-I was able to put it into a holding container to watch it and see what happens. Unfortunately I don't have anything similar that I can put it in within the tank that allows some flow through so if its worth saving, I'll have to add and remove water manually from it

If it is alive, anyone experienced something like this before and find a way to save it?
Thank you in advance for your advice!

 

[WV Reefer]

Last week I moved a plate coral from my display tank to my frag tank as I start noticing parts of the skin were lifting up from the skeleton. In the display tank, I believe I had too much flow or possibly the plate coral was experiencing some other problem.

A few days ago, and while in the frag tank, I saw that the plate itself was bare, so I assumed the skin had just died off and hermits ate it. Then this evening, I see this orange and green neon ball swirling around the tank and notice what is basically the plate corals mantel or skin, curled up into a ball.

I feel silly even posting this as I'm pretty sure its dead, but I don't want to assume. Any idea if it can be saved?

-Plate skeleton is about nickel size, and is on a 1.25" frag plug
-The plate top / mantel / skin... not sure what the right term is, was balled up in the tank about the size of a marble.
-I was able to put it into a holding container to watch it and see what happens. Unfortunately I don't have anything similar that I can put it in within the tank that allows some flow through so if its worth saving, I'll have to add and remove water manually from it

If it is alive, anyone experienced something like this before and find a way to save it?
Thank you in advance for your advice!

Plate Corals have a very sharp skeleton which is why you can’t blast them with flow. You can’t put its skin back on but I wouldn’t assume it’s gone. Sometimes plate corals will grow baby plates on the skeleton after a trauma.

 

[timrocks311]

Plate Corals have a very sharp skeleton which is why you can’t blast them with flow. You can’t put its skin back on but I wouldn’t assume it’s gone. Sometimes plate corals will grow baby plates on the skeleton after a trauma.

I agree the part that came off is probably a goner, but don't get rid of the skeleton. We've seen several pictures where new babies eventually form on it.

 

[ESH]

thanks! I'll keep watching it. Overnight the skin flattened out and the it almost appeared as if the polyps wanted to come out out. I picked up a small fish breeder container and moved it into there incase theres any life left as I'll be out of town these next few days. If anything comes from it I'll post back. Don't have high hopes but you never know.