War coral problem

[100gallonreefer]

I've had a war coral for about a year and is now about 2 inches. A coral frag fell on it a month ago and now it has a transparent whitish film around the original wound that wraps around a portion of the coral. The film has a few air bubbles under it and the eyes of coral under film can't open.when I feed coral the eyes outside film open and catch food. Is there anything I can use to treat this or should I leave it alone?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Have you tried removing the film with a turkey baster? If that doesn't work, you may want to dip the coral in iodine to ward off an infection. Just a couple of thoughts.

 

[100gallonreefer]

I did dip in sea chem reef dip last night. I wasn't sure if using baster would be good or bad but might try it.

 

[Elementalj]

If there are signs of necrosis, you should remove the necrotic tissue before it spreads.

 

[100gallonreefer]

The white band actually go around middle of coral. Above and below band look normal. Have only been keeping corals for about a year. How would you remove it?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

A picture is worth a thousand words, my friend!

 

[Elementalj]

A picture is worth a thousand words, my friend!

Precisely. Please post a picture so we can assist you better.

J

 

[100gallonreefer]

Ill post one when lights come on

 

[Elementalj]

We'll be waiting. [emoji6]

 

[100gallonreefer]

Here it is. Hopefully pic is good enough. I was able to tilt coral so air bubbles could come out of small hole in film.

 

[Elementalj]

Has that holds to the right of the frag been in the tissue long? It really looks like one of those little funky crabs that like to burrow.

 

[100gallonreefer]

Not that I'm aware of. When I had the coral out yesterday to dip it just looked like a hole in the film. Ill have to pay more attention to it, but I haven't seen any crabs in the tank.

 

[100gallonreefer]

There is no hole in tissue under it.

 

[petemichelle]

i didn't know that war corals get necrosis. i have a bi color one I got from somebody, a big piece. about 4 x 5 inches. anyway, it was continuing to grow after I put it in my system. then it started to lose it's just gained growth. now it's getting more and more loss of tissue. I did a revive+luigos dip today. i hope this help. anybody with ideas of what caused this to start or what I can do to treat it?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

i didn't know that war corals get necrosis. i have a bi color one I got from somebody, a big piece. about 4 x 5 inches. anyway, it was continuing to grow after I put it in my system. then it started to lose it's just gained growth. now it's getting more and more loss of tissue. I did a revive+luigos dip today. i hope this help. anybody with ideas of what caused this to start or what I can do to treat it?

Do the water parameters look okay? Any nearby corals stinging the war coral?