Frogspawn Zapped Monti? In 15 minutes?

llebcire

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Ran into an issue Sunday night that appears to have bleached another one of my Montis.

I was re-arranging the tank, in particular my very large Frogspawn as it had been crowding a Digita (and bleaching it). I wasn't really paying attention and as I was reaching into the tank I split my knuckle on a MH reflector (sure I'm not the first!) I quickly set the Frogspawn back into the tank without really paying much attention as I needed to address my other issue.

It took about 10-15 minutes to control the bleeding and get some superglue in place to close it back up before I could return to the tank.

Apparantly, the Frogspawn had been partially laying on a green encrusting Monti that I have but I didn't notice anything immediately. The frogspawn had been out of the water prior, was slimy and probably not too happy with the situation!

I noticed yesterday morning (Monday, next morning) that the corner of the Monti had bleached. I noticed last night that a larger area had bleached (guessing 10% of a smaller colony). The rest of it looks fine with good coloration and polyp extension.

Does this sound feasible?
Does the Frogspawn pack that much of a punch?
In that short of time?
Anything I need to do?

Thanks for any input!

~Eric
 
I would personally frag at least one or two pieces that are undamaged. This will act as more of a safety for you in case the whole colony dies. If you frag it you will still have a piece of the coral alive. Just my $.02
 
montiporas are pretty hardy as far as sps corals go. My ricordea have stung a colony of green encrusting montipora and the tissue grew back rather quickly where it was damaged. Ricordeas pack quite a punch themselves... I was very surprised.
 
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