Pretty sure bailout, or new head?

[Icryhard]

Is this polyp bailout, or is it a new head? Mouth has been like that for 3 days or something?

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[vetteguy53081]

Is this polyp bailout, or is it a new head? Mouth has been like that for 3 days or something?

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Not bailout but may be hunger or infection

 

[Icryhard]

Not bailout but may be hunger or infection

So what should I do? Probably a dumb question, but just to be sure. Spot feed him? Dip him? On a sidenote: have you seen the video? I think the other side is a bailout. Anything I can do to prevent it from becoming worse?

 

[hexcolor reef]

If you can see the skeleton through its mouth then is infected
It would look like bits of white ground meat
If there’s more than one head then you can frag it or let it go naturally. If only one head then it could be a goner. Most ppl use iodine dip for infection

 

[Icryhard]

If you can see the skeleton through its mouth then is infected
It would look like bits of white ground meat
If there’s more than one head then you can frag it or let it go naturally. If only one head then it could be a goner. Most ppl use iodine dip for infection

I do not see skeleton through mouth, but you can clearly see on the video that it has detached a little bit from the skeleton. It's 2 heads. Is there any possibility the head will remain/grow even if it did have a little bailout on the side, or will it eventually bailout completely? If I do decide to do an iodine dip, what would the measurements be? As in for 1 litre of water, how much iodine should I use? Or should I dose until the water turns somewhat brownish?

 

[vetteguy53081]

So what should I do? Probably a dumb question, but just to be sure. Spot feed him? Dip him? On a sidenote: have you seen the video? I think the other side is a bailout. Anything I can do to prevent it from becoming worse?

I dont see skeleton and would suggest over dip a 3% peroxide dip and when it opens up - attemp feeding.

 

[hexcolor reef]

If it’s detached from the skeleton when you go to feed and you see food coming out from either side of the coral it’s badly infected and will no longer grow (damaged head). Only thing you can do is take care of the second head much better and try and detaching it because the infection can spread quickly.
I had an elegance coral with 3 heads that’s was infected and I cut off the flesh of the infected head, chips away at the infected skeleton , scrubbed with a toothbrush (skeleton) and then super glued the opening shut making sure there were no openings.
Worked like a charm but I mistaken the culprit for a starfish when it was my clown gosh biting away at the flesh.
All in all it worked

 

[Icryhard]

UPDATE:

It indeed had a partial bailout and today I noticed something brownish-like on it. It looked a lot like brown jelly disease and I am not going to take chances here. It has been one head however though. The other one seems to be just fine. How do I frag off the sick head (I don't have a cutting machine). Could I epoxy the head? Or scoop out the remainder of the coral to empty the skeleton and then put something into it to ensure nothing can spread?

 

[hexcolor reef]

It you choose to remove the flesh of the head just scrub it with a toothbrush in tank water making sure to get all flesh and jelly out. Then dip in coral dip to rid of other unwanted bacteria.

 

[Icryhard]

It you choose to remove the flesh of the head just scrub it with a toothbrush in tank water making sure to get all flesh and jelly out. Then dip in coral dip to rid of other unwanted bacteria.

I decided to get rid of the second head as well. I have recently bought a couple of pretty expensive torches and I honestly wasn’t sure whether the second head was possibly infected or not. I wasn’t going to take my chances for 35 bucks. I should’ve known better then to buy a coral which had recently moved from the old LFS spot to the new spot, but I became greedy I guess.

 

[hexcolor reef]

If unsure of frag / coral from LFS before purchasing ask them to flip it over while you check for polyp recession and infection. If it doesn’t look healthy all around don’t purchase. Same with fish, I’ll spend hours watching a fish at LFS before purchasing. Making sure it eats and doesn’t dash, swim funny or have spots of any kind.
Corals I make sure they flip it upside down to get a good look at skeleton. I have more LPS in my tank so I take no chances
I purchased some good frags for $20/$30 green torch and rainbow Lobo, not greed just make sure it’s healthy

 

[Icryhard]

Second update:
3 more bailouts. 2 today.

My water parameters are all good as far as I can tell. It’s honestly tiring to see money go down the drain at such a speed.

Salinity 1025
Ca 445
Mag 1410
Alk 8.0-8.6
Ph 8.3
Po4 0,07-0,09
Temp 25 degrees Celsius

Thus far it has been all of the same LPS from the same LFS which have suffered from showing skeleton basically a week apart.

the latest coral which ended up with showing skeleton was 2 months in my system.

Any ideas what I could do to find out the problem?

I have one blue tang 2 Nemo 2 gramma Loreto 2 snails 1 shrimp and 1 tomini. Any of these could bite or bother the corals?

 

[hexcolor reef]

post pics, could be placement in tank or your lighting. If adding new coral they should be placed in a low light area. Also could be too much flow.
Your coral could also have hitchhikers / pest on them. Start dipping your coral. Not all LFS are clean