weird scoly question

jrod11 · 11/17/2009, 09:48 PM

hey guys,
got a strange scoly question for you all.
i unfortunately have been still dealing with a tank crash a little while ago. one of the last corals that i thought had died was my favorite scoly. everything seemed to be improving, but some of the corals just couldnt tolerate it anymore.

the scoly "ejected" the polyp (or flesh part) away from the skeleton about a week ago.

tonight i came home from work and found the flesh part was floating around my tank and had been stuck behind a rock. it looked totally fine and even the tentacles were out.

so...... is there anything I can do? can they regenerate a skeleton? i still have the one that it ejected from, can I glue it back on? suggestions?

jared

seapug · 11/17/2009, 10:50 PM

that's called polyp bail-out. Usually happens when water quality goes severely down the tubes. I've seen it happen once with brain coral and it didn't survive, but I suppose if the polyp was moved to ideal water/light conditions in low current it could start regenerating a skeleton again. Definitely don't try gluing it.

jrod11 · 11/17/2009, 10:54 PM

great, thanks for the input. I moved it to a spot blocked by rocks from flow, but still getting light. fingers crossed!

11/17/2009, 09:48 PM	#1
jrod11 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 347	weird scoly question hey guys, got a strange scoly question for you all. i unfortunately have been still dealing with a tank crash a little while ago. one of the last corals that i thought had died was my favorite scoly. everything seemed to be improving, but some of the corals just couldnt tolerate it anymore. the scoly "ejected" the polyp (or flesh part) away from the skeleton about a week ago. tonight i came home from work and found the flesh part was floating around my tank and had been stuck behind a rock. it looked totally fine and even the tentacles were out. so...... is there anything I can do? can they regenerate a skeleton? i still have the one that it ejected from, can I glue it back on? suggestions? jared

11/17/2009, 10:50 PM	#2
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	that's called polyp bail-out. Usually happens when water quality goes severely down the tubes. I've seen it happen once with brain coral and it didn't survive, but I suppose if the polyp was moved to ideal water/light conditions in low current it could start regenerating a skeleton again. Definitely don't try gluing it.

11/17/2009, 10:54 PM	#3
jrod11 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 347	great, thanks for the input. I moved it to a spot blocked by rocks from flow, but still getting light. fingers crossed!