Tissue damaged

[Dtfnemo]

Hi guys, what would be the best coral dip for damaged tissue on a bubble coral?
About 3 weeks ago I notice a part of the skeleton showing on my bubble coral, he looked fine but I noticed that the tissue on the bottom of the coral kept shrinking. I used a single shot of coral rx that I brought my lfs and a couple hours later he looked way better.
Now yesterday when I got home from work I noticed that he was stressed, took a closer look and saw a piece of food that was stock on the part of skeleton that was showing it looked all nasty. My guess is that a piece of food got stocked there over the weekend when I feed the tank and it rot on top of the coral.
I don't want this guy to die I'm guessing another dip to help him but what would be the better dip to prevent infection and help the tissue help.

Thank you

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

I don't think a piece of food would cause the issues you're having with this coral. Have you tested water parameters lately and if so could you share the values? Bubble corals can also be very finicky if moved around often and you have to be careful with their tissues since the underlying skeleton is very sharp and pointy.

 

[Dtfnemo]

I don't think a piece of food would cause the issues you're having with this coral. Have you tested water parameters lately and if so could you share the values? Bubble corals can also be very finicky if moved around often and you have to be careful with their tissues since the underlying skeleton is very sharp and pointy.

Water is in check from what I can remember
Cal 480
Alk 9.8
Mg 1560
Nitrates 0
Phosphate .05
I changed my gfo bag over the weekend to reduce phosptes.
Everything in the tank is thriving, nothing seems stressed.

I think the tissue damaged happened when we got it but didn't really noticed it until 3 weeks ago. I think the piece of food caused an infection on the damages tissue and it's not letting it heal. I want to dip him to help reduce chance of infection.

Any ideas?

 

[Dtfnemo]

That's a pic where you can see the skeleton, I think stuff is getting caught there

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Sometimes corals don't adjust well to a new system and things such as tissue damage can be exasperated, I've seen employees at my LFS handle these corals very poorly and then claim that they are a difficult coral to keep, I don't think they're any harder than any other Euphyllidae coral, they just need to be handled carefully.

It doesn't look too bad in the photo, maybe try gently blowing the skeleton off with a turkey baster or something similar to remove any accumulated stuff that might be causing the irritation.

#reefsquad any other thoughts?

 

[Dtfnemo]

Sometimes corals don't adjust well to a new system and things such as tissue damage can be exasperated, I've seen employees at my LFS handle these corals very poorly and then claim that they are a difficult coral to keep, I don't think they're any harder than any other Euphyllidae coral, they just need to be handled carefully.

It doesn't look too bad in the photo, maybe try gently blowing the skeleton off with a turkey baster or something similar to remove any accumulated stuff that might be causing the irritation.

#reefsquad any other thoughts?

Yeah I agree, during the day he is nice and fluffy you can barely notice the skeleton, but at night it's when you can see the damage

I can try to remove as much of the stuff, but I'm really afraid of the infection that stuff may cause

 

[DSC reef]

The coral looks generally healthy, no signs of infection. A little recession isn't to bad but I don't think you need a dip at this point. I'd leave it be and see how it heals without intervention.If you end up needing to dip the coral in the future is recommend and iodine based dip. I agree with @nautical_nathaniel

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Yeah I agree, during the day he is nice and fluffy you can barely notice the skeleton, but at night it's when you can see the damage

I can try to remove as much of the stuff, but I'm really afraid of the infection that stuff may cause

I blow sand out of my damaged blasto all of the time and it seems to look much better afterwards until my goby and shrimp make another sand storm in the tank

 

[Dtfnemo]

The coral looks generally healthy, no signs of infection. A little recession isn't to bad but I don't think you need a dip at this point. I'd leave it be and see how it heals without intervention.If you end up needing to dip the coral in the future is recommend and iodine based dip. I agree with @nautical_nathaniel

Thank you!! I'll leave it alone to see how he does. But I would like to be ready in case of the worst. If necessary to dip what would you guys recommend? I was reading good things about Brightwell Aquatics MediCoral Coral Dip and revive by two little fishes.
One of my lfs recommended those but I would have to order online since they carry them.
Have you guys tried any of those for helping damaged tissue

 

[Dtfnemo]

The coral looks generally healthy, no signs of infection. A little recession isn't to bad but I don't think you need a dip at this point. I'd leave it be and see how it heals without intervention.If you end up needing to dip the coral in the future is recommend and iodine based dip. I agree with @nautical_nathaniel

Thank you!!! Any that you would recommend?

 

[DSC reef]

Seachem makes a nice iodine dip. I used revive, coral rx, but that was more of a pest dip. For your situation is stick with iodine based.

 

[Dtfnemo]

Seachem makes a nice iodine dip. I used revive, coral rx, but that was more of a pest dip. For your situation is stick with iodine based.

Thank you! I'll look into it, I rather be ready thank sorry [emoji4]