Thanksgiving vs Montipora Satosa

Auquanut · Nov 22, 2018

About 3 weeks ago I bought a small Satosa frag. It immediately had good coloration and polyp extension. Couldn't be happier. Fast forward to Thanksgiving morning. While cleaning the glass in preparation for a houseful of family, I found the frag lying in the sand. Before I could glue him back, my wife says she needs help in the kitchen. No problem. Ten minutes later, I'm back only to discover the poor frag in the middle of the GSP colony. As I'm preparing to glue it back, DOORBELL! Guests had arrived, so I set it in the sand and greeted the family. Half an hour later, I'm back again. This time it's lying on top of the Stylophora colony. I'm not making this up! So I made my apologies and got the frag reattached. (I have a Hippo Tang that thinks that anything not permanently attached is a toy) Surprisingly, there is good coloration and polyp extension on more than half of the coral. one side looks pretty rough. Any idea what I should expect or should do? On an up note, I beat my 12 year old granddaughter at foosball. Pretty proud of that. She's a shark.

Flippers4pups · Nov 22, 2018

Auquanut said:
About 3 weeks ago I bought a small Satosa frag. It immediately had good coloration and polyp extension. Couldn't be happier. Fast forward to Thanksgiving morning. While cleaning the glass in preparation for a houseful of family, I found the frag lying in the sand. Before I could glue him back, my wife says she needs help in the kitchen. No problem. Ten minutes later, I'm back only to discover the poor frag in the middle of the GSP colony. As I'm preparing to glue it back, DOORBELL! Guests had arrived, so I set it in the sand and greeted the family. Half an hour later, I'm back again. This time it's lying on top of the Stylophora colony. I'm not making this up! So I made my apologies and got the frag reattached. (I have a Hippo Tang that thinks that anything not permanently attached is a toy) Surprisingly, there is good coloration and polyp extension on more than half of the coral. one side looks pretty rough. Any idea what I should expect or should do? On an up note, I beat my 12 year old granddaughter at foosball. Pretty proud of that. She's a shark.

As long as it's fixed in place, it should recover with no problems.