My candy cane fell....now it's just not the same

[NMC]

My candy cane was knocked off his rock by a shrimp fighting it for a piece of food. I'm still in the process of finding a permanent placement for it, so I didn't have it glued down yet. That was 3 or 4 days ago and I still haven't seen the full polyp extension I was seeing before the fall and his 5 heads are looking a little deflated. How long is normal for it to recover from it's trauma?

 

[MBIETZ]

How long was it knocked over for mine normally recovers pretty fast from just falling over but if it was left like that for a decent amount of time then its recovery would take longer.

 

[NMC]

Not sure. Happened during the night. Could have been a good while.

 

[reef kid96]

with mine when it fell the tissue got ripped and it just slowly died.

 

[ReeferYork]

I have had some (insert curse word here) hermit crabs that knocked my candy cane over once and it was around 8+ hours head first in the sand. Took well over a week for it to return to normal, really ticked me off. Unless there was some major damage taken by it, I would say you are a couple days off from seeing it back to normal yet.

 

[NMC]

Thanks all. Doesn't seem to have any torn tissue or anything so hopefully it will get over this slump.

 

[Deavenw]

I have a small frag and ive always been told if you can still see tissue they are fine.

 

[ReeferBill]

yOU COULD STILL GLUE IT TO A LARGER BASE SO IT WON'T GET KNOCKED OVER and then still try different locations. It can only take so much abuse. Good Luck and Happy Reefing!!!

 

[ReeferBill]

yOU COULD STILL GLUE IT TO A LARGER BASE SO IT WON'T GET KNOCKED OVER and then still try different locations. It can only take so much abuse. Good Luck and Happy Reefing!!!

 

[NMC]

My candycane has fully recovered and is now glued in tight. I didn't have it glued before because I was moving it around to find the best light and flow for it.

 

[skidoctor]

Go figure- I look over, and there's my neon candy cane lying in the sand. Dumb luck. He'll be fine. I had a pipe organ close up on me after a fall. He took two weeks.