Saving a Lobo (coral)

[Kyle Sicard]

I bought a nice Lobo about 2 months ago. I didn't realize it at the time but I ended up blasting the lobo with light after not realizing how intense my light settings were. The lobo started to recede so I turned down my lights and put the lobo under a overhang where it's shaded a little bit and doesn't receive as much flow. I thought it would recover now that I lowered lighting intensity and moved it to a shady and low flow spot but its starting to loose tissue completely on one side.

Do you think I should move the Lobo back out in the open, it seemed to recede a lot faster since I moved it under a over hang. I also have a frag saw so I could cut off the dead side if I needed too, but I'm unsure what course of action to take to hopefully save the coral.

 

[JHuneke]

I'm no expert .. but I've never had a lobo bounce back from tissue loss. :( if you can cut away the effected head(s) then dip it in coral disinfectant maybe you can save the unaffected part. Sorry.. it sucks, but once it's going it's gone IME :/

 

[Kyle Sicard]

Unfortunately its not the branching variety where the heads grow separately. Thanks for your honest opinion, I'll move it out into the light and if it doesnt stop receding I'll just frag it and see what happens.

 

[JHuneke]

Sorry .. good luck. I would guess that giving it Med/low light and low flow will best prevent aggravating it . Maybe just keep it where it is , and avoid more change for it to acclimate to.