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02-27-2008, 02:25 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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My Sinularia flexibilis got caught in my filter today!! Im absoloutly gutted! The branch that got caught has been shredded a bit and the tips are turning black! Is the anything i can do to help him, or is he now doomed??
Just a pic to show how unhappy he is!! Not extended himself at all today - and you can see the tips that have turned black  _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | 
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02-27-2008, 02:56 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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maybee take a razor to the mangled black section to avoid infection, | |
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02-27-2008, 02:59 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I dont think its going to be a problem for the rest of the coral, just that "arm". _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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02-27-2008, 03:06 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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after you cut the affected area off dip in iodine mix for 10-15min max | |
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02-27-2008, 03:48 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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You should have no problem, this coral, like many are resilient...  _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
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2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
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02-27-2008, 03:48 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Thats an awful lot of black to be cutting off all at once, I am afraid if he cuts that much at once he might loose it, might want to take just the worst ones off and quarantine it in another tank or something with good filtration and watch to see if it spreads down the arms?
If it does then you got no choice but to cut, but if it doesn't then you have lost nothing. I know that they are very hardy but.....Just a thought.....
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02-27-2008, 03:54 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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Thanks for the advice!! | |
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03-02-2008, 12:27 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lancaster Ohio Age: 35
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I would hack it off and dip in iodine solution and it should be alright I cut it out of my tanks all the time. you might also keep it in some dim light for a couple days. | |
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03-02-2008, 12:34 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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hey! its alright now - and back to its normal self  | |
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03-02-2008, 01:47 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
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hey! Good to hear! As suggested ,you could dip necrotic tissue in potassium iodate solution, just to be on the safe site... Good luck! _________ 75gal. Rio240 JEWEL aquarium
4x54W T5 (actinic blue+white)
Deltec MC 500 internal skimmer
Eheim 2227 Fitler Wet/Dry
Eheim 2213 Filter (100gph/PhosGuard/DeNitrate)
JEWEL Internal Filter (250gph/EhfiSubstrat Pro 2gal)
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