Accidentally killed a 4 polyp dragon soul torch

[starfishguy869]

I was fragging a torch coral and went to slow and the entire skeleton split in half. The mother colony is also really closed up and damaged quite a bit from unknown reasons. The frag is probably not going to make it and I am really anxious about the mother colony as it isn’t doing well.
Really anxious right now as that was my favourite coral and had lots of colour to it.

 

[MnFish1]

Full sympathies. This may be one situation where isolation in an antibiotic tank may be helpful if there is now an infextion

 

[starfishguy869]

No antibiotic tank. Don't even have Lugol's as I am very limited on money. All I have is H2O2 3% and TLF revive.

 

[MnFish1]

No antibiotic tank. Don't even have Lugol's as I am very limited on money. All I have is H2O2 3% and TLF revive.

I do not know told recive. I would do nothing perhaps

 

[starfishguy869]

*Two little fishies revive, Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush to type that out. I've already noticed some bjd, so this head is most likely a goner now. Praying for the best.

 

[polyppal]

That sucks, been there done that. Sometimes torches just decide to break apart like eggshells - which is why I only use a dremel w saw disc for euphyllia. And cut it lower down the branch than you think you need to…

 

[Jaden9933]

if you can glue the skeleton back together, that sometimes helps them heal up the flesh part easier

 

[starfishguy869]

if you can glue the skeleton back together, that sometimes helps them heal up the flesh part easieIy

I don't want to stress it out even more but it looks like I might have to do that.

 

[Jaden9933]

I don't want to stress it out even more but it looks like I might have to do that.

as long as the glue is only on the skeleton and not on the flesh at all, it shouldn’t bother it. i was lazy a couple weeks ago and tried to frag a torch with coral cutters (horrible idea and i knew it) and it worked out, but it also split one of the torches down the middle pretty good and even ripped the flesh in half (not completely but a good 50% of the torch. i glued the skeleton and it looked comely normal within 2-3 hours. yours looks a bit more stressed than mine did so maybe it’ll take a little longer, but it’s definitely worth a shot!

 

[wjm6449]

Peroxide dip won’t hurt it more than it is either.