Oxypora concern

[musty baby]

Got this oxypora from liveaquaria.com, and when it arrived it had a section along one edge that looked damaged, with brown strands of what I figured was dead coral tissue hanging off of it.

I just thought I ought to run it by someone to make sure it's not a disease, as it hasn't gotten any better but doesn't appear to have gotten any worse.

 

[SVXH6]

IMO that looks like an algae growing on the coral..almost like a cyano from the pic.. i would try removing it..

 

[musty baby]

I did, actually, remove as much of it as I could before I placed it in the tank. So actually, I now have to say that yes, it has indeed spread a bit. Note that it is bare skeleton lying under the "gunk". Anyone else have any input? If it continues to spread I believe I'll frag off those portions and see what happens.

 

[gitsumpottery]

just watch it to see if it spreads. i've put some pretty bad lookiing echinos and oxys in my tank only to turn around and recover in a months time. they are pretty tough.

zac