Frammer injury/ tissue recession

[MandarinMama]

I have had this frammer for about a month. Not quite a week ago, I woke up and he was hung upside down stuck to my pincushion urchin. I removed him, checked him out (didn't see any damage) and put him back in the sand.

So now I'm seeing tissue recession and a big white spot where it looks like a chunk was taken out of him. What do I do to save him?

Have you had problems with urchins injuring coral like this?

 

[MandarinMama]

Better pic of the spot

 

[Duncan62]

I have had this frammer for about a month. Not quite a week ago, I woke up and he was hung upside down stuck to my pincushion urchin. I removed him, checked him out (didn't see any damage) and put him back in the sand.

So now I'm seeing tissue recession and a big white spot where it looks like a chunk was taken out of him. What do I do to save him?

Have you had problems with urchins injuring coral like this?

Sand getting in him will do him in if it happens often. You need to fasten that guy down with an urchin. Has he been closed long?

 

[MandarinMama]

Off and on past couple days but not all the time. I can usually see one of his mouths. Do they prefer being up higher. I put him on the sand to acclimate. But I've had him several weeks & don't think he loves this spot?

 

[tynewell1]

As long as he is eating

 

[Duncan62]

Off and on past couple days but not all the time. I can usually see one of his mouths. Do they prefer being up higher. I put him on the sand to acclimate. But I've had him several weeks & don't think he loves this spot?

I just lost a wall hammer I'd had for three years to sand irritation. keep him low but give him a rack or something to keep the sand out of him.

 

[Dburr1014]

Being higher up the depends completely on your par of your lights. If you have other similar corals, put them in about the same spot and requirements. I wouldn't worry about that lower spot on the skeleton that looks like a chunk taken out. You do want to stop the tissue recession. I would recommend a coral dip and then put them in the spot you want. I know mine likes to have gentle flow. I do have him near the sand but he's mounted on a rock. And he will occasionally get a good gust of flow. I have never fed mine but my tank is a little dirtier so he does get what he needs. My tissue comes off the head and it's probably close to about an inch across the skeleton down. HTH.