yellow fiji problems

[dadofrad]

I am new to the hobby and would appreciate the help. I have a frag which developed a skin and was trapping gasses under this skin. When I moved the coral the skin broke and the coral underneath started to disinigrate. The parts have stopped blowing away and am left with a white, yellow flesh, that is still ragged in spots. What should I do now? If it is possibly still alive what type of circulation should I have it in to stop this from happening again? What should a growing frag look like?

 

[rhdoug]

sounds like it may be dead. give it a sniff test, if it smell bad, and i suspect it will, toss it. ususally when they fall apart they are finished.

if there is only a small amount of disenegration and it smells ok, just keep an eye on it.

 

[reefwick]

This is what mine looked like when I first got it. Maybe a little larger than your frag but this is a healthy one.

 

[dadofrad]

THANKS

THANKS

Thanks for the reply and the picture! I
will give it a sniff test when I get home, hopefully it will smell ok. The picture gives me something to look forward to if everything turns out ok.

 

[Gobie]

Any part of that coral can grow if given the right conditions. If the film was over the top I was shedding. These corals will do this from time to time.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Agreed with gobie.

Give it the sniff test ... come back here. Corals are remarkably hardy, and I've grown some from a dozen polyps to nice sized corals.

IMO, if it's got some yellow healthy flesh ... chances are good.

 

[dadofrad]

Didn't stink

Didn't stink

I couldn't smell anything Nasty. So I'm hoping everything turns out ok.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Can you get a picture?

That would help ... and would help suggest if you want to do something. If it's doing poorly, human intervention might be a good idea.