"zombie" cyphastrea

[Hermie]

lol it's not a new strain, I got this frag a few weeks ago and sadly it's on it's last legs...

I wish I knew exactly what happened, but I can only guess right now that the H2O2 dip was too harsh and there was some kind of cascade...

Do you think it can come back? I'm iffy on this one...

It's in a 2.5gal qt tank that has a perpetual phyto bloom and a softball sized chaeto ball, been set up for many months now. The picture is taken while I did iodide(?) reef dip. It looks like there's still a few mouths and tissue...

 

[andrewkw]

On the plus side your dips probably killed whatever you were trying to take off. While it doesn't look good there may be a polyp or 2 on the side that will survive, hard to tell from the picture.

Since you are also quarantining your corals, I would suggest you don't dip them at all. Maybe just the iodine dip if it's a fresh cut piece but those dips are more to prevent infection then kill off other things. Observe in the qt then dip when the coral is established and ready to go into DT.