Frogspawn Colony - pretty beat up. HELP!

[E.intheC]

Yesterday I bought a beautiful 12-15 head, branching frogspawn coral colony from a local reefer.

Long story short, I got in a pretty bad car accident on the way home (I'm fine) and my coral got thrashed up pretty bad. I had to get out of the car quickly and couldn't get the frogspawn to safety, so it had to sit in a bucket all day with about 2 gallons of saltwater.

Luckily the guy at the body shop recognized it as a living coral and brought the bucket inside so it didn't get too hot in my car.

Needless to say the frogspawn is in rough shape, but it looks like 3/4 of the heads should recover. (Hopefully!)

I have a few questions... Since the majority of my tank (34 gallon solana) is euphyllia (I love these things ) ...is it a stupid risk to keep the frogspawn in the tank? I know it's not diseased, but it's damaged and slimed up. Will all that stuff sloughing off mess with my other corals?

Other than keeping it in a low light, medium-low flow area with high water quality, and gently basting the slime off the polyps, is there anything else I should do? I don't want to bother it by dipping unless it's strongly recommended.

This was a beautiful colony and I really want it to survive.

Thanks for the help

 

[kylathwe]

I think it will be ok. You may want to rinse the frogspawn in some fresh saltwater to get the slime off so it doesn't release it in your other tank.

 

[E.intheC]

I ended up keeping the coral in the bucket for a few hours while I drip-acclimated the colony.

I filled up the entire bucket and tried removing a bunch of the slime coat before placing the colony in my tank. It still continued to slime up, but a few hours later, the coral polyps were starting to come out.

I think all but two heads will recover, and none of the other corals seem to be adversely affected.

 

[ClownFishKeeper]

Good to hear, hopefully all is well for you and your tank. Keep an eye on the slime so that is doesn't suffocate any coral. This stress event may cause a growth spurt for the frogspawn colony.