purple fungia damaged

[jadeguppy]

I had a candy cane fall/ tip over onto my fungia twice recently. Yesterday, I noticed that it has several rips in the tissue and is quite receded. Any suggestions on helping it back to health? I bought a damaged one a few months ago and lost it, I don't want to loose this one! Thanks!

 

[kramgnik]

Hi,
You should dip it in a coral dip (seachem makes one), it has antiseptic properties to keep it from getting further infections. Also move it to md/lower light and try to feed it often (directly). If it does die keep the skeleton in the tank as it may have babies that will develop on the skeleton.

 

[jadeguppy]

How important is the dip? Does that mean I should qt?

I am happy to say that although it did not inflate, the mouth did open up and eat some mysis. I have my fingers crossed.

With the damaged tissue and health considered, how often shoudl I feed it? I have heard that too much can rot in their bellies. Today I think I got it to eat at least 6 mysis. BTW, on a side note, I found a colony of mysis swimming around in my fuge. I even found two in my carbon reactor. Very neat to watch!

 

[yellowslayer13]

if it dies it could go acanthoculli

 

[jadeguppy]

????

 

[AC11337]

As long as the skeleton doesn't get algae growing on it the plate should be fine, just feed a bit extra

 

[jabis96]

can you keep the fungia barebottom? or should it have a sand bed?

 

[Jefe12234]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13010611#post13010611 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by yellowslayer13
if it dies it could go acanthoculli

I think he meant that it could grow anthocauli. Anthocauli are daughter colonies that are sometimes produced by dying Fungia as a last ditch effort to survive in some form. The daughter colonies will continue to be produced for some time as they grow and break off. You can end up with a lot of tiny Fungia this way.

 

[jadeguppy]

Are they fast healers? I can't tell if it is my imagination or if it has started to heal.