Meteor Shower Problem...

[kleach]

Hey everyone,

So i just got an aussie meteor shower frag which looks awesome...problem is my flame angel thought it would make a nice snack. Looks like he picked a few of the polyps right off of it. The coral is now in a home made cage and the flame angel is being given to someone in my club who has a fish only tank. I rolled the dice with the angel and lost, but oh well.

I guess my question is will those polyps grow back and heal, or are they permanently damaged?

Thanks for the replies in advance!

 

[footballdude2k3]

It might take some time, but there is a good chance they will grow back, it is just like if a coral is damaged, as long as tank conditions are good, they can recover, look at some of the amazing comebacks in the rescue thread

 

[kichimark]

I love the color of the flame angels but with all the zoas I have...not chancing it. I have had some of my meteor shower get stung by a hammer once and lost a good chunk of it at first but it grew back fast. Just keep an eye on it and have stable water conditions and it will heal.

 

[HumbleFish]

I love the color of the flame angels but with all the zoas I have...not chancing it.

Yeah, even Centropyge angels that seem "reef safe" (meaning they don't overly pick at SPS/LPS/softies) can't seem to resist zoas for some reason. :hmm5:

 

[akitareefer]

Under the right conditions they grow back fairly fast. I'd say back to normal in around a month

 

[SOCOMMike]

Angels, koalas of the sea, I suppose.

 

[kleach]

good to hear....the flame angel is still in the tank, but I have little egg crate cages i built around all the LPS I have (just picked up a bunch of acans yesterday and I'm not going to let him get near them). Well, I'm off to go fishing now. Catch of the day....FLAME ANGEL!