Is Rodactis wounded or do they breed that way?

[itelshot]

I got a hole in my rhodactis. I have no idea how it could have torn at all, I haven't touched it in the last few months. I have a theory that he's trying to split, since the mouth is partially divided. Is that how he's dividing or is he really hurt? Should I split it in half with a blade? (It is night photo)

 

[itelshot]

But the stone peak is kinda sharp- so it could be self damage...
The flow is not high

 

[kevgib67]

I’m known for being able to keep easy sps, lps and softies but the ability to keep mushrooms alludes me so take anything I have to say with a grain of salt. It definitely looks like damage and I would suspect your inhabitants. Could you list your fish, inverts and the corals closest to the mushroom.

 

[itelshot]

I’m known for being able to keep easy sps, lps and softies but the ability to keep mushrooms alludes me so take anything I have to say with a grain of salt. It definitely looks like damage and I would suspect your inhabitants. Could you list your fish, inverts and the corals closest to the mushroom.

I have no fish and corals close around... Another question: what should i do with that wound...

 

[kevgib67]

I have no fish and corals close around... Another question: what should i do with that wound...

How about inverts?

 

[itelshot]

Hm, i have few asterinas from coral store that came with corals, but I don't think that after

How about inverts?

There are snails, but I think they are all herbivorous, because I bought them for this purpose, the names I need to remember. There are a couple of species of asterines from the store that came with the corals, but for 3-4 months they have not been noticed on any trouble. This rhodactis I bought about 1-1.5 months ago, maybe it suited their taste? Of course there is a small chance that it was damaged somehow when I moved the stone.....

 

[itelshot]

Hm, i have few asterinas from coral store that came with corals, but I don't think that after

There are snails, but I think they are all herbivorous, because I bought them for this purpose, the names I need to remember. There are a couple of species of asterines from the store that came with the corals, but for 3-4 months they have not been noticed on any trouble. This rhodactis I bought about 1-1.5 months ago, maybe it suited their taste? Of course there is a small chance that it was damaged somehow when I moved the stone.....

As i said, stone i enough sharp on this peak, soo... yes.

 

[kevgib67]

Perhaps a Lugol’s Iodine dip. Let me see if I can find someone to help here @vetteguy53081 and @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal .

 

[itelshot]

Perhaps a Lugol’s Iodine dip. Let me see if I can find someone to help here @vetteguy53081 and @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal .

Okay, I'll do the bath for now. And gonna try to cut off this sharp edge

 

[vetteguy53081]

I got a hole in my rhodactis. I have no idea how it could have torn at all, I haven't touched it in the last few months. I have a theory that he's trying to split, since the mouth is partially divided. Is that how he's dividing or is he really hurt? Should I split it in half with a blade? (It is night photo)

Looks to be expelling excess zooxanthellae which is their color and energy source due to too much white intensity, overfeeding or both. Add blue, less white. . . moderate water flow and feed 2x a week - mysis shrimp
Iodine and shrooms at times dont play well together

 

[itelshot]

Looks to be expelling excess zooxanthellae which is their color and energy source due to too much white intensity, overfeeding or both. Add blue, less white. . . moderate water flow and feed 2x a week - mysis shrimp
Iodine and shrooms at times dont play well together

I've had two blackouts in the last 2 months due to dinos and now the opposite I have almost no white light. How to feed him now if his mouth is literally torn open I don't understand either. I rarely feed anything through his mouth either. It really looks like just a wound. Flow is moderate

 

[itelshot]

Also could you tell what is "expelling excess zooxanthellae", seemes to never heard about it?

 

[Pistondog]

I think he'll be fine. Leave it alone.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Also could you tell what is "expelling excess zooxanthellae", seemes to never heard about it?

They store inner energy. When its excessive, they eliminate the excess

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I've had two blackouts in the last 2 months due to dinos and now the opposite I have almost no white light. How to feed him now if his mouth is literally torn open I don't understand either. I rarely feed anything through his mouth either. It really looks like just a wound. Flow is moderate

Please don't attempt to feed a coral in this state.
And don't cut anything.
How long has it looked like this? How long have you had it?

If it's only been like this a day or two, just leave it and it may recover. If you want to do an iodine dip, that's fine, but other than that the less you move it the better.

This does not look like it's expelling zooxanthellae at all -- the squiggly white things near the center are actually the coral's guts, called mesenterial filaments. You sometimes see these when corals are injured, feeding, and/or irritated.

If the very center of the photo is rock sticking through the center of the coral, then it's definitely not happy.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

*and zooxanthellae are what allow corals to perform photosynthesis (get energy from light). They are a type of dinoflagellates that live inside the coral tissue.

 

[itelshot]

Please don't attempt to feed a coral in this state.
And don't cut anything.
How long has it looked like this? How long have you had it?

If it's only been like this a day or two, just leave it and it may recover. If you want to do an iodine dip, that's fine, but other than that the less you move it the better.

This does not look like it's expelling zooxanthellae at all -- the squiggly white things near the center are actually the coral's guts, called mesenterial filaments. You sometimes see these when corals are injured, feeding, and/or irritated.

If the very center of the photo is rock sticking through the center of the coral, then it's definitely not happy.

It was about four days old. Also, yeah, it's a rock sticking out of the middle of the wound. (I've already cut it down a bit, trimmed it down so it's not so sharp and protruding). So it can heal such a big wound and I should just leave it alone?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

, I haven't touched it in the last few months

It was about four days old

So, have you had the mushroom for a few months or for 4 days?

 

[itelshot]

So, have you had the mushroom for a few months or for 4 days?

4 days it's about wound (since i noticed)

 

[itelshot]

@vetteguy53081 @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
UPD: He did decide to split in half, just as I thought he would.
Not too puffed up yet at daytime (it`s night photo), but I think that's normal.
Just for the sake of interest, the question remains open: was this a form of breeding? If not, then what should breeding look like in rhodactis. My Discosoma usually pull a leg, cut it off and the head grows out of it.