I've been slowly working on saving my Duncan coral . It started w 2 heads w a very soft skeleton when purchased, then slowly started to receed. I first noticed the wavy tentacles were shorter and it closed up frequently. It still ate lrs reef frenzy bits a few times per week, but growth didn't improve.
I was nearly ready to remove it after watching the skin around the frag plug pulling up, like it was dying . One day after feeding the other corals , I spotted a thin string web coming from the frag plug. Suspecting a vermited snail annoying it, the plug was removed and I dipped the coral then reglued to some spare rubble . Its been slowly getting better, and opening more during feeding time . I'm hoping once my phos / NO3 get back below .15 it will improve more and start growing more heads
Here's photos of the changes ..starting in Feb when I bought it
I moved it onto a frag rack for a few weeks , it was just a stump then..
Now its showing more tentacles and skin is filling back in ..I think I'm going the right direction. That big hole on right side was where the skin was rotting away .
I'll try moving it back up onto the rocks this week into slightly higher flow and monitor it
Sorry for the long post , its been a journey trying to rescue it
I was nearly ready to remove it after watching the skin around the frag plug pulling up, like it was dying . One day after feeding the other corals , I spotted a thin string web coming from the frag plug. Suspecting a vermited snail annoying it, the plug was removed and I dipped the coral then reglued to some spare rubble . Its been slowly getting better, and opening more during feeding time . I'm hoping once my phos / NO3 get back below .15 it will improve more and start growing more heads
Here's photos of the changes ..starting in Feb when I bought it
I moved it onto a frag rack for a few weeks , it was just a stump then..
Now its showing more tentacles and skin is filling back in ..I think I'm going the right direction. That big hole on right side was where the skin was rotting away .
I'll try moving it back up onto the rocks this week into slightly higher flow and monitor it
Sorry for the long post , its been a journey trying to rescue it