My 12+ year old green plate coral is in bad shape. The flesh has pulled back on one half and the skeleton is poking thru. The other half looks good.
I purchased an orange plate coral 2 weeks ago that cratered earlier this week. It had the same symptoms - half on the coral did not extend the polyps, the Skeleton was sticking out, mouth agape the other half looked fine. on day 2 the injured half started getting eaten up by hermit crabs so I placed it in a glass to protect it. The plate completely turned brown and died overnight.
I did a Logols dip on the green plate today. The hermit crabs are very attracted to the injured side again. Should I let them clean off the dying flesh or should I protect the coral in a bowl?
I purchased an orange plate coral 2 weeks ago that cratered earlier this week. It had the same symptoms - half on the coral did not extend the polyps, the Skeleton was sticking out, mouth agape the other half looked fine. on day 2 the injured half started getting eaten up by hermit crabs so I placed it in a glass to protect it. The plate completely turned brown and died overnight.
I did a Logols dip on the green plate today. The hermit crabs are very attracted to the injured side again. Should I let them clean off the dying flesh or should I protect the coral in a bowl?