questions about brain and duncan coral

[fishy_mcfish]

my brain isnt completly attached to his coral skeleton. previous owner neglected his take for awhile and this is waht happened...will he ever reattach to the coral skeleton?
i included the link to my other thread about this with pics...any help or thoughts would be appreciated. TIA


http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2292353

 

[greg1786]

I would possibly put the brain in a small tupperware or some sort of shallow container so it isnt getting too much flow. The brain may reattach i am in the process of bringing a brain coral back to health that was pretty damaged. There was an area where the flesh had receeded and skeleton was visible but in the last month snd half it has reatatched to that skeletal area and began growing over it. Ive heard some people say glue the flesh back to the skeleton but id never tried that so i cant recommend it. It appears to be bleached a bit as well so make sure its getting light but not being blasted by it either. Will it accept food? If so try feeding it sonme spirinula enriched frozen brine every day for a week or so. When you start seeing recovery signs cut back the feedings to every other or every third day. Once the flesh has grown back over the skeleton and its gotten its color back take in outta the tupperware so it can get a little flow. Heres mine from when i got it and how far its come in a month and half. Just give it some tlc and keep an eye on it. Also if it isnt able to grab hold of the food try using a piece of airline tubing and dopping some nls pellets in the tubing while keeping one end of the tube submerged directly above its mouth to help drop the food right on its mouth just be careful not to hit its mouth with the end of the tube. Good luck keep us posted. Before

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