Need Help fast! Lobo tried to eat neighbor

IrishTang · 11/25/2014, 05:22 PM

Hey hoping for some quick advice. Came home today to find that my lobo had somehow been pushed up against my beautiful ORA pink goni frag. The lobo had covered half the frag in a spider web like substance that I assume was meant to eat the goni, anything I can do? The goni polyps are of course retracted deep into it's skeleton. Can I use a toothbrush to wipe it off? I tried using my fingers and powerhead but the stuff isn't coming off.

Thanks,
Sean

AJ69 · 11/25/2014, 07:15 PM

The lobo is snacking on your goni, can relocate either one? Also I will avoid the toothbrush, and keep trying w the PH.

viper12775 · 11/25/2014, 07:17 PM

not trying to eat it they were the stingers from the lobo trying to kill it

IrishTang · 11/25/2014, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AJ69

The lobo is snacking on your goni, can relocate either one? Also I will avoid the toothbrush, and keep trying w the PH.

I moved it immediately. Just gave a very light brush with the side of a soft toothbrush. I'm hoping that since the goni was retracted the polyps will be ok. Only time will tell. Crazy thing to see, as soon as I moved the goni across the tank the Web like material pulled back into the lobo. Thanks guys.

janes_mw · 11/25/2014, 07:33 PM

hope the damage was minimal. I had one chalice dump on other for about 1 hour. The prize "these hills have eyes" lost (about 1/6 of the colony).

asbauto · 11/25/2014, 09:30 PM

Roger had a great thread about coral warfare awhile back and I was lucky to be at his house when he discovered it but I don't think the coral survived the attack. Keep an eye on it and be ready to frag if needed to hopefully save it. Might send Roger a pm maybe he can give some good advice to salvage your coral

IrishTang · 11/27/2014, 06:06 PM

So this is the result so far, only the new growth I had had survived. What is the best way to frag what is left?

anbosu · 11/28/2014, 10:28 AM

I would give it time to recover. Not sure about gonis specifically, but a lot of corals will regrow from an area like that given the chance.

11/25/2014, 05:22 PM	#1
IrishTang Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 553	Need Help fast! Lobo tried to eat neighbor Hey hoping for some quick advice. Came home today to find that my lobo had somehow been pushed up against my beautiful ORA pink goni frag. The lobo had covered half the frag in a spider web like substance that I assume was meant to eat the goni, anything I can do? The goni polyps are of course retracted deep into it's skeleton. Can I use a toothbrush to wipe it off? I tried using my fingers and powerhead but the stuff isn't coming off. Thanks, Sean

11/25/2014, 07:15 PM	#2
AJ69 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Clermont, FL Posts: 2,116	The lobo is snacking on your goni, can relocate either one? Also I will avoid the toothbrush, and keep trying w the PH. __________________ "Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles ..." - Hunter S. Thompson "Better to fight for something than live for nothing" - G. Patton Current Tank Info: rimless cube

11/25/2014, 07:33 PM	#5
janes_mw Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,526	hope the damage was minimal. I had one chalice dump on other for about 1 hour. The prize "these hills have eyes" lost (about 1/6 of the colony). __________________ 300G 96x24x30, BK250 Skimmer with Avast Swabbie, LED/T5, Geo CaRx with Masterflex effluent cntl, Zeovite User - Avast Marine Tumbler, Archon control, Vortech MP60,Tunze 6125, & Jebao RW20 making waves

11/25/2014, 09:30 PM	#6
asbauto Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 433	Roger had a great thread about coral warfare awhile back and I was lucky to be at his house when he discovered it but I don't think the coral survived the attack. Keep an eye on it and be ready to frag if needed to hopefully save it. Might send Roger a pm maybe he can give some good advice to salvage your coral __________________ ------Aaron------ Current tanks: 180 RR

11/25/2014, 07:17 PM	#3
viper12775 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: clearwater fl Posts: 1,151	not trying to eat it they were the stingers from the lobo trying to kill it

11/27/2014, 06:06 PM	#7
IrishTang Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 553	So this is the result so far, only the new growth I had had survived. What is the best way to frag what is left?

11/28/2014, 10:28 AM	#8
anbosu Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mount Juliet, TN Posts: 4,528	I would give it time to recover. Not sure about gonis specifically, but a lot of corals will regrow from an area like that given the chance.