Candy cane coral help!

[Nick Steele]

Today I picked up a candy cane coral and I dipped it with two little fishes revive and I most have brushed its flesh with the toothbrush on accident. It seems to have lost some of its tissue but after being in the tank an hr or so it puffed up some.

Does it look okay and will it recover?

I circled the missing flesh in purple here

 

[Idoc]

It should bounce back, they're pretty resilient.

 

[bobonakamoto]

Whatever you do don’t mess with it or the water parameters. Let it rest

 

[William Mumford]

It will be pretty mad for a little I did the exact same thing. But it should be back to normal or close to normal again.

 

[Nick Steele]

Okay thanks everyone!

First coral I bought so I was worried haha

 

[Idoc]

Okay thanks everyone!

First coral I bought so I was worried haha

These are a lot of fun to feed directly! They really respond to mysis shrimp!

 

[Nick Steele]

These are a lot of fun to feed directly! They really respond to mysis shrimp!

Well I see the feeder tentacles out right now so not near as worried as I was earlier. Although I’m going to let it rest tonight and might try and feed it tomorrow night (either rods original blend or pellets) I’m picking up mysis this week sometime.

 

[Idoc]

Well I see the feeder tentacles out right now so not near as worried as I was earlier. Although I’m going to let it rest tonight and might try and feed it tomorrow night (either rods original blend or pellets) I’m picking up mysis this week sometime.

Keep feeding it every few days...that should help it to pull through the damage.

 

[Nick Steele]

Keep feeding it every few days...that should help it to pull through the damage.

Think I should try some pellets tonight? They are TDO chroma boost pellets I got for my clownfish.

 

[Idoc]

Think I should try some pellets tonight? They are TDO chroma boost pellets I got for my clownfish.

I think they would eat that without any problems. I typically only feed my corals mysis or other frozen foods, so I haven't tried anything else. If they don't like it, they'll spit it out.

 

[Nick Steele]

I think they would eat that without any problems. I typically only feed my corals mysis or other frozen foods, so I haven't tried anything else. If they don't like it, they'll spit it out.

Yup that didn’t work. I missed them and the pellets semi float so that won’t work I’ll try some rods frozen food tomorrow night instead.

 

[Cque2222]

I bought a tank used that someone had sitting baren for almost 3 months, found a “rock” I thought was a dead coral and threw it in. Fast forward a month and it’s a trumpet coral and regrew three heads.

corals can be super resilient. Let it sit and regrow. It’s what they do best.

 

[hllb]

I feed mine reef roids and it likes them. I’ll have to try some mysis.

 

[aslmx]

I’ve had candy canes for years. My last ones got the size of a volleyball and I’ve never fed them. Hmmm I’ll have to try and see what happens.

 

[Reef Nutrition]

Yup that didn’t work. I missed them and the pellets semi float so that won’t work I’ll try some rods frozen food tomorrow night instead.

I recommend you crush the TDO up a little bit, mix it with some tank water and target feed them. This is how some of our customers feed the larger sizes of TDO their corals. Worth a shot.

Chad

 

[Nick Steele]

I recommend you crush the TDO up a little bit, mix it with some tank water and target feed them. This is how some of our customers feed the larger sizes of TDO their corals. Worth a shot.

Chad

Thanks! Loving the food so far btw! My clowns devour it.

I’m holding off on feeding corals for the moment until I get my cuc this week. Beginning tank uglies are starting.