Pics Of Dying Fragged Sea Rod

Mappelbaum37 · 05/01/2008, 09:21 PM

Well I had this sea rod and it was huge. I had never fragged a coral before, and I figured I would give it a try. I had a coral to take the sea rod's place. What I did was, fragged the sea rod, kept a small piece of it, and gave the bigger piece back to the LFS. The one at the LFS is open, but looks like mine. Everyday mine looks worse. The bottom creeps up and gets more and more black everyday. Is it dying? will it come back?

*When fragging it, I put it in a big bowl of tank water that would hold it, and took it out every couple seconds to use the switch blade to cut the same piece off. The blade sort of worked, but to finish the cut I used like a steak knife bec. it was more effective.

Thanks for the help.

Before pruning:

After pruning/ small piece in my tank, turning black from bottom up:

Thanks again

greenbean36191 · 05/02/2008, 10:10 AM

Yes, it's dying. I suspect the problem with the way you mounted it. After you cut it you need to strip off a bit of the flesh at the base of the frag to expose the skeleton for mounting. If you just wedge the frag into a rock or put glue on the flesh it dies and then the necrosis spreads throughout the colony. To save the frag you'll have to cut off all the living branches above the line of necrotic tissue and remount them.

Kep · 05/02/2008, 10:17 AM

It will not recover on it's own. Follow the directions of greenbean.

Mappelbaum37 · 05/02/2008, 06:09 PM

Oh. I was never instructed of doing that before when I asked. So I just wedged it into a crack in a rock it fit into. When you say to cut and seperate all the living branches from the non living ones, how would I go about remounting the living ones? Like you said, wedging it into a crack, or putting glue on it wont work.

Thanks

xJake · 05/02/2008, 06:11 PM

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05/01/2008, 09:21 PM	#1
Mappelbaum37 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 886	Pics Of Dying Fragged Sea Rod Well I had this sea rod and it was huge. I had never fragged a coral before, and I figured I would give it a try. I had a coral to take the sea rod's place. What I did was, fragged the sea rod, kept a small piece of it, and gave the bigger piece back to the LFS. The one at the LFS is open, but looks like mine. Everyday mine looks worse. The bottom creeps up and gets more and more black everyday. Is it dying? will it come back? *When fragging it, I put it in a big bowl of tank water that would hold it, and took it out every couple seconds to use the switch blade to cut the same piece off. The blade sort of worked, but to finish the cut I used like a steak knife bec. it was more effective. Thanks for the help. Before pruning: After pruning/ small piece in my tank, turning black from bottom up: Thanks again __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 75 gallon reef

05/02/2008, 10:10 AM	#2
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	Yes, it's dying. I suspect the problem with the way you mounted it. After you cut it you need to strip off a bit of the flesh at the base of the frag to expose the skeleton for mounting. If you just wedge the frag into a rock or put glue on the flesh it dies and then the necrosis spreads throughout the colony. To save the frag you'll have to cut off all the living branches above the line of necrotic tissue and remount them. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

05/02/2008, 06:09 PM	#4
Mappelbaum37 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 886	Oh. I was never instructed of doing that before when I asked. So I just wedged it into a crack in a rock it fit into. When you say to cut and seperate all the living branches from the non living ones, how would I go about remounting the living ones? Like you said, wedging it into a crack, or putting glue on it wont work. Thanks __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 75 gallon reef

05/02/2008, 10:17 AM	#3
Kep Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 225	It will not recover on it's own. Follow the directions of greenbean.

05/02/2008, 06:11 PM	#5
xJake Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,385	http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-10/fotm/index.php