Will my Caulastrea recover? (picture)

Piper1 · 10/22/2007, 05:27 PM

I was doing some rearranging, and was moving my Caulastrea, when I knocked it over and out of reflex, I caught it with my fingers in the fleshy part of some heads (it could have rubbed on some of the live rock too). I didn't squeeze them, but I was touching them. They looked fine after I put it back down, but about 20 minutes later, there are a couple of spots shriveled up and looking bad. I know they are supposed to be pretty hardy. Will they get back to normal in these spots like where I circled on the pic? also, some flow seems to be hitting that area too pretty decent, should I move it out of the flow as not to further irritate that damaged spot?

Edited to add an update: Guess I jumped the gun. It looked bad, the skin looked really thin, and the skeleton looked like it was about to poke through the flesh. I took a picture, then I posted this on here, shot off a couple of work emails, went back to look at the coral, and in the 10-20 minutes that I was gone, it swelled back up and looks good again. Glad to see my friend is back in form.. They must be pretty hardy!

fishyz · 10/22/2007, 05:44 PM

ya it will, at least mine did in no time. I was siphoning out some water and I wasn't paying attention very well

, and it got sucked against my siphon. A portion of it was damaged pretty badly, and its 100% back to normal now(about 2 weeks later).
Your coral in general looks pretty healthy, besides that one part, so I wouldn't worry about to much flow. If it doesn't seem to be getting any better in a week or so, then I would consider moving it. Also, you can target feed it if you haven't been already. Hope this helps

10/22/2007, 05:27 PM	#1
Piper1 Moved On Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 103	Will my Caulastrea recover? (picture) I was doing some rearranging, and was moving my Caulastrea, when I knocked it over and out of reflex, I caught it with my fingers in the fleshy part of some heads (it could have rubbed on some of the live rock too). I didn't squeeze them, but I was touching them. They looked fine after I put it back down, but about 20 minutes later, there are a couple of spots shriveled up and looking bad. I know they are supposed to be pretty hardy. Will they get back to normal in these spots like where I circled on the pic? also, some flow seems to be hitting that area too pretty decent, should I move it out of the flow as not to further irritate that damaged spot? Edited to add an update: Guess I jumped the gun. It looked bad, the skin looked really thin, and the skeleton looked like it was about to poke through the flesh. I took a picture, then I posted this on here, shot off a couple of work emails, went back to look at the coral, and in the 10-20 minutes that I was gone, it swelled back up and looks good again. Glad to see my friend is back in form.. They must be pretty hardy! Last edited by Piper1; 10/22/2007 at 06:00 PM.

10/22/2007, 05:44 PM	#2
fishyz Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 423	ya it will, at least mine did in no time. I was siphoning out some water and I wasn't paying attention very well , and it got sucked against my siphon. A portion of it was damaged pretty badly, and its 100% back to normal now(about 2 weeks later). Your coral in general looks pretty healthy, besides that one part, so I wouldn't worry about to much flow. If it doesn't seem to be getting any better in a week or so, then I would consider moving it. Also, you can target feed it if you haven't been already. Hope this helps Last edited by fishyz; 10/22/2007 at 05:51 PM.