Question about frogspawn frag?

Blind45503 · 09/16/2013, 02:30 PM

Hi so I was wondering if my frogspawn frag can be saved?

Needless to say I wasn't keeping up with water changes and proper husbandry and it detached from its skeleton but it doesn't look dead its not clear or brown and it still has its color and its extended just laying on the sand bed. So I wanted to know if I could possibly glue it back to the skeleton or maybe reattach it somewhere else? Or is it too late for my frag?

Thanks in advance for any help.

cnreef · 09/16/2013, 02:42 PM

A picture is worth a thousand words

djp2313 · 09/16/2013, 02:49 PM

After polyp bailout things are very grim. I have heard of them surviving but it is very rare.

The main problem is that bailout occurs when the coral feels it's in such a dire situation that relocating is it's best option. Unless there was a catastrophic event in the tank that caused the bailout that has now been rectified the same thing that caused the bailout will likely persist and ultimately cause the demise of the coral because there is no escaping the glass box.

mess7777 · 09/16/2013, 07:58 PM

pics would be good, but it doesn't sound promising. I have not seen many euphyllia survive once they get damaged and show tissue recession or breaking apart from the skeleton.

chrisfont23 · 09/16/2013, 08:03 PM

Sure. Give it light and leave it alone. I had this happen to a branching hammer. It was basically a single polyp which was merely a dot in a white skeleton. Now it looks like this.

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1379383396.687652.jpg

Blind45503 · 09/17/2013, 02:42 AM

Thanks for the replies everyone ill just wait and see what happens.

09/16/2013, 02:30 PM	#1
Blind45503 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 51	Question about frogspawn frag? Hi so I was wondering if my frogspawn frag can be saved? Needless to say I wasn't keeping up with water changes and proper husbandry and it detached from its skeleton but it doesn't look dead its not clear or brown and it still has its color and its extended just laying on the sand bed. So I wanted to know if I could possibly glue it back to the skeleton or maybe reattach it somewhere else? Or is it too late for my frag? Thanks in advance for any help.

09/16/2013, 02:42 PM	#2
cnreef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 398	A picture is worth a thousand words

09/16/2013, 02:49 PM	#3
djp2313 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 75	After polyp bailout things are very grim. I have heard of them surviving but it is very rare. The main problem is that bailout occurs when the coral feels it's in such a dire situation that relocating is it's best option. Unless there was a catastrophic event in the tank that caused the bailout that has now been rectified the same thing that caused the bailout will likely persist and ultimately cause the demise of the coral because there is no escaping the glass box.

09/16/2013, 07:58 PM	#4
mess7777 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: QC,QC Posts: 987	pics would be good, but it doesn't sound promising. I have not seen many euphyllia survive once they get damaged and show tissue recession or breaking apart from the skeleton.

09/16/2013, 08:03 PM	#5
chrisfont23 Reef Monster Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,343	Sure. Give it light and leave it alone. I had this happen to a branching hammer. It was basically a single polyp which was merely a dot in a white skeleton. Now it looks like this. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1379383396.687652.jpg

09/17/2013, 02:42 AM	#6
Blind45503 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 51	Thanks for the replies everyone ill just wait and see what happens.