Accidentally Touched Coral

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Walla2GSP

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So I bought what I thought was a small LPS from Petco today just to see how it does before I invest in ordering more corals in a couple months. When I was trying to set it in the tank the plug hole I had was a little smaller than the frag plug on the coral and I couldn't leave it on the rock. As i moved it from the rock to the frag rack in the tank, it slipped in my hand I touched a couple of the developing heads. Is there anything I can d to help save those heads or just leave it alone and see how it does? Follow up question, when I get ready to glue it to the rock how do I avoid touching heads if they have completely encrusted the rock? Maybe glue it to bigger frag to start?
 
Most corals will close up when touched but open up on there own after a little while. It is a very good idea to wear gloves when handling corals, some zoanthids and palyothoas contain dangerous toxins.
 
I wouldn't worry about it too much. Most corals are a lot more resilient than you think.

I've had a frag slip out of my hand and hit my granite floor before. The coral was fine. Likewise, I've dropped frags in my tank (I have a tall tank) and they are always OK.
 
Dude I literally pet my coral everyday and mess around with placement for gorgonians nothing to worry about. One of my mushrooms also survived a rock slide. Nothing to worry about!!
 
Nothing to worry about unless flesh was torn, even then it most likely will repair itself.

I would invest in a box of vinyl gloves, none powdered or treated. I never touch LR or Corals without my gloves on.

LR can cut you pretty badly and some corals are toxic.
 
SeaCucumberFan said:
Dude I literally pet my coral everyday and mess around with placement for gorgonians nothing to worry about. One of my mushrooms also survived a rock slide. Nothing to worry about!!
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I think you need to up the font size of the disclamer in your signature.
 
I've seen two cases of patients who had palytoxin poisoning as an RN. Rest assured I will never "pet" anything in my tank, nor put my hand in it without having gloves on. A box of nitrile gloves is cheap. A mechanical grasper is a good idea too.
 
I would never "pet" my corals, and I'm not really worried about getting stung. I've brushed many a coral and anemone, even accidentally grabbed a young Pterois volitans in the Caribbean when I was first getting into diving. So, I know the dangers and actually have an unusually high tolerance for aquatic toxins, and I am cautious but not as worried about what the coral can do to me as what I can do to the coral. Like I said I spent a while diving in the Caribbean and on more than one occasion came across a coral that had been brushed by myself or another diver and was dying from skin transfer. I know some corals are more sensitive than others when it comes to transfer so I thought I would ask since I'm not sure what coral I actually have. Thank you all for the reassurance and reminder to use proper PPE.

Also, the coral looks completely fine. There was a couple hours of sliming the water from those two heads but it looks completely normal now and color is completely restored.
 
I took a tourch coral out of my tank to prepare it for replacement on to my rock, as I was putting it back into the tank it came out of my hand fell on its head onto the wooden floor. It was fairly damaged, some tissue damage slimed up etc. I placed it where I wanted it increased the flow, 2 days later its as good as new.
 
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