help, what is wrong with my plate coral

[dz6t]

I have this 7 to 8 inch diameter plate coral. It has been doing great for a month since I got it. Today, there is a strip of white stuff (like decay flesh) righ in the middle of the plate arcoss the center. It looks like someone trying to cut the plate in half. The plate still inflates at the two half devided by the center white line.

What is going on with it?

 

[fawkes027]

Did something maybe fall on it and damage it?

 

[dz6t]

here is a picture:

 

[dz6t]

the red stuff at front is coraline alge on the glass.

 

[dz6t]

No, there is nothing fell on it.

 

[fawkes027]

Bumping because I don't know but am sure someone else must.

 

[clamm]

Thats very strange, it was doing very good in there.

 

[ScottM]

is something eating it?

 

[dz6t]

I can't think if anything that eats it. There is nothing more in the tank. The line is very straight throught the center.

 

[dz6t]

It all started with the middle of the plate did not inflate but only the two side.

 

[ScottM]

lighting? water Params? other livestock?

 

[dz6t]

Nothing change at all. it just happened. If anemone can split, can a plate does the same thing?

 

[dz6t]

I think I am going to leave it alone to see what happen. If it dies, let it die in peace.

 

[ScottM]

does it have one mouth or 2?

 

[Greg Hiller]

Heliofungia are known to be quite sensitive, particularly in the first few weeks. I'm not sure you will be able to save this coral. Looks like a bacterial infection of some kind.

Scott asked about the water parameters, what is the alkalinity and calcium of the tank? These could affect the corals ability to adjust to your tanks lighting and circulation.

There is an offhand chance you might be able to use Neomycin to save the coral, but I think the probability is low. If you do this you will need to do it in a bucket outside of the tank, with an airstone for circulation, and some way of controlling the temp of the bucket.

I recently recovered a coral using Neomycin. 2 days of treatment, 100% water change in the bucket at the 24 hour time point.

 

[Greg Hiller]

Oh, and the question about splitting, I really don't think that is what is going on here.

 

[clamm]

it was doing so well in his tank too...that really stinks...