Open brain coral help!!

I understand that you see bare skeleton where the shrimp was picking at it, but you said earlier, "the entire coral still opens fully". That tells me there is still some healthy flesh on the rest of it. If that's not the case-- if there's nothing but bare skeleton, then it's already gone.

 

So out of the entire coral there is only a small part that shows bones. What I am confused about is if you are trying to say the bone part should have flesh on it?

Cuz where the bone is there is no flesh the rest of the coral opens fully.

The bone looks like fins the flesh seams to be growing over this as time goes on. In the center the flesh seams to be disapeaein.

 

Preform a lobotomy

 

First off, you do know that Harlequin shrimp normally only eat starfish, right?

As long as there is nothing else picking at the coral, or infection, it should grow back in time. Since you haven't had it long enough to know if its in a good spot, keep it in low flow and low light to start. See if it will eat, that will help in recovery.

 

What's that?

 

Yes I have had my two harlequin shrimp for years yes I know they only eat star fish.



It was a little bigger but as I uncoverd it the sand that fell on it made it shrive up a little.

The bone fins seam to be growing algae on them.