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Rudedog1212
06/01/2013, 01:51 AM
Was doing some cleaning in my tank and accidentally hit the polyp. It expelled some green substance. Is this a death sentence?
A. Grandis
06/01/2013, 03:45 AM
Not necessarily.
To tell you the truth, most of the time that's not a big deal.
Give it some time and watch closely for any possible bacterial infection.
Make sure it has good water flow, not too much!!

Grandis.
Rudedog1212
06/01/2013, 03:55 AM
Ok. That's good news. I will keep people posted just in case this happens to someone else.
Rudedog1212
06/01/2013, 05:05 PM
Update. The poly is half open. Looks Ok so far. Will update tomorrow. Hoppingit is fine...
andrenym00
06/01/2013, 09:31 PM
Was doing some cleaning in my tank and accidentally hit the polyp. It expelled some green substance. Is this a death sentence?

Same thing happened to me a week ago with my mandarin orange zoa. Hasn't opened since and I'm not very optimistic. My favorite zoa in my tank.
andrenym00
06/01/2013, 09:36 PM
Not necessarily.
To tell you the truth, most of the time that's not a big deal.
Give it some time and watch closely for any possible bacterial infection.
Make sure it has good water flow, not too much!!

Grandis.


How can you tell if it has bacterial infection and what would you do to treat it?
Rudedog1212
06/01/2013, 09:48 PM
It is open and looking good. I have no idea what the heck that was that came out of it? So for all thoes that has this happen you will more than likely Ok. I did not have any problems with it before so maybe I just scared the - - - - out of it?
650-IS350
06/01/2013, 10:41 PM
green or brown stringy substance is probably just Zoa GOO or poop.
Lee_is_007
06/01/2013, 10:45 PM
Even if a polyp dies there is a chance it can come back. Never throw a zoa/paly frag out until there is nothing left on it.
Rudedog1212
06/02/2013, 05:49 PM
I had a ppe that did not open for a month. Then finally it came back. Yea I was tempted to throw it away. Glad I didnt
andrenym00
06/02/2013, 09:05 PM
I had a ppe that did not open for a month. Then finally it came back. Yea I was tempted to throw it away. Glad I didnt

Did the polyp shrink or was same size when it was closed?
Rudedog1212
06/03/2013, 08:35 AM
It was the same size.