Candy cane dying?

Reefer_710 · Sep 20, 2019

Hello reef community. I have had this candy cane for a about 3-2 weeks now and has been great. Recently made some moves and brought a frogspawn near by it, and possibly touched it killing part of it? Wondering what could of caused it to show skeleton/ dead parts?

Flippers4pups · Sep 20, 2019

Certainly looks like it. Could be bacterial, like brown jelly disease. Can you dip it in some coral dip?

P-Dub · Sep 20, 2019

Something got at it. I would vote the frogspawn. Move it and keep it well clear of anything that can have sweeper tentacles. It should heal up just fine if conditions are good and it isn't something else altogether. Something, haven't figured out what, does the same to mine on occasion. Heals just fine and no worse for the wear.

Reefer_710 · Sep 20, 2019

P-Dub said:
Something got at it. I would vote the frogspawn. Move it and keep it well clear of anything that can have sweeper tentacles. It should heal up just fine if conditions are good and it isn't something else altogether. Something, haven't figured out what, does the same to mine on occasion. Heals just fine and no worse for the wear.

Thank you I appreciate the response. I was suspecting the frogspawn as well because it is only the nearest part to the frogspawn rest of the candy cane looks just fine and only opened when they got to close. Moved the frogspawn away already and candy cane seems to be happy already