Open brain coral injury - help

djconn

djconn

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Tonight while doing a water change in my 20 gal, I accidentally got the siphon too close to my open brain. The hose made a quick suction on the outer fleshy part of the coral and tore a quarter inch hole in the 'skin'. It immediately shrunk up and I could tell it was not happy. I've been watching it all night and it seems to be almost back to full size again after the water change although I can still see the damage I did.

Question is, can anyone think of anything I can do for the poor guy to help speed up the recovery? Think it will pull through?? :crybaby2:
 
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FishinInTheDark

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Do you have an iodine dip onhand? Or some reef iodine? I wouldn't take it out and dip it just yet, but watch it for signs of infection. If you start to see some, be ready to do a dip immediately. Keep your tank water pristine, and hopefully it'll turn out just fine!

Good luck,

Conni
 
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incysor

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I'd add some iodine to the tank, and make sure that the brain has plenty of flow over it. I wouldn't move it because changing the light it's getting will just be more stress on it. I don't know of anything else you can really do. The fact that it's opened back up is encouraging, now you just need to guard against infection. Maybe target feed it a bit so it's getting extra food for energy to heal quickly.

Good luck,

Brian
 
djconn

djconn

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Cool. Thanks for the help guys. Yeah, the only thing I could think of was to add a little iodine to the tank and maybe spot feet it in a couple days. I will add the iodine drops tonight when I get home. It looked okay this morning too so I think it will pull through. [-o<
 
djconn

djconn

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I think the brain is going to be okay. It looks almost 100% normal again. Thanks for the help everyone.
 
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