Trumpet coral colony lost 3 heads last night

[hani1314]

All,
I have a trumpet coral with over 30 heads that has been doing great. It was knocked off the rock work the other night and landed in the sand. The next day this section looked like there was some meat exposed. Today all three heads on this section are dead.
I am thinking that maybe the fall damaged this area and it got infected.

Should I leave it as is and see if it gets better or should i cut this section out to avoid anything spreading?

I am fairly new to the trumpet coral so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ryan

 

[rogersb]

It should be cut off. New heads will grow and that old skeleton will be in the way. At some point new heads may even get ripped on exposed old skeleton so it's best to not have it there.