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Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 9:25pm

When i moved my tank around, i lost my torch coral and bubble to brown slime disease. Sad Sad day. ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:25:12 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493903&title=ripped-frogspawn#493903 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493899&title=ripped-frogspawn#493899 Author: tfmreefs
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:40pm

K, that makes sense... Thanks again]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:40:13 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493899&title=ripped-frogspawn#493899 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493894&title=ripped-frogspawn#493894 Author: ReefdUp
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:35pm

Just treat it like you would a cut on your hand. You don't want to superglue all the tissue, but you want to superglue enough to keep out infection/dirt. ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:35:23 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493894&title=ripped-frogspawn#493894 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493891&title=ripped-frogspawn#493891 Author: tfmreefs
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:18pm

Thanks reefdup - i wil go dip it and glue it]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:18:59 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493891&title=ripped-frogspawn#493891 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493888&title=ripped-frogspawn#493888 Author: ReefdUp
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 8:07pm

It depends on the cause.

If it was torn during rescaping, then it has a good shot. You'll need to pull it out of the water and give it a coral dip (lugols, Coral Rx, TMPCC, Revive, etc.) Then, carefully superglue (the gel kind) around where the flesh is loose. Once the flesh is glued back to the skeleton, it shouldn't get worse unless it gets an infection the dip can't help. Put it back in the tank in a low-flow area. Keep an eye on it...if you see more tissue flapping in the flow, glue it.

If the tissue dies completely and it was only due from rescaping injury, then it may grow back from the old skeleton over the next year. This is somewhat common in a few species of LPS. The key will be keeping it free of algae.

If the coral is popping its head off (which they can do in extreme stress), I know of no cases where the coral has regrown a skeleton. Theoretically I believe it's possible, but I've never heard of it happening in captivity. The only chance a coral in this case seems to have is if even the tiniest piece of skeleton went with it. If this is the case, you may want to consider clipping a bit of skeleton off with it before the whole thing pops off (which it may still do.)

    ]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:07:38 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493888&title=ripped-frogspawn#493888 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493882&title=ripped-frogspawn#493882 Author: tfmreefs
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 7:46pm

ok, thans guys!]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:46:16 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493882&title=ripped-frogspawn#493882 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493874&title=ripped-frogspawn#493874 Author: DLindquist
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 6:28pm

It is possible the head broke off during the rock rescape. I doubt it will reattach. IF you have too much flow, you will notice the heads staying retracted at which point I would suggest moving to a lower flow area.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:28:02 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493874&title=ripped-frogspawn#493874 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493870&title=ripped-frogspawn#493870 Author: wickedsnowman
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 5:55pm

If it is still alive there is a chance although it is pretty unlikely. I agree low flow for awhile will give you the best chance at recovery. It is pretty weird for that to happen although not the first time I have seen a lps coral do that. One of buddies had a duncan that would spit out the fleeshy part of the coral when it was unhappy. the head would be copley alive and even inflate just rolling around the tank. Last I checked he was keeping one head alive in a little cup in his tank. Really weird haha

Edited by wickedsnowman - November 19 2012 at 6:00pm]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:55:10 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493870&title=ripped-frogspawn#493870 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493869&title=ripped-frogspawn#493869 Author: tfmreefs
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 5:51pm

k, doyou think they can re-attach

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:51:53 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493869&title=ripped-frogspawn#493869 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493866&title=ripped-frogspawn#493866 Author: jaschall
Subject: 60316
Posted: November 19 2012 at 5:37pm

I would recommend moving it to a lower flow area.]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:37:10 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60316&PID=493866&title=ripped-frogspawn#493866