Coral HELP!!

[dannyb]

Ok, Help.

I have a golfball coral, Which has only today got a thick white stuff growing over it. Kinda like its turning into a sponge. Should i take it out?

What should i do?

 

[dannyb]

Ok, So i just took it out and the stuff on top fell off and stuck so bad. So im guessing it was dieing?

I'll throw the coral out, Sadly.

 

[melosu58]

I`m not finding a golfball coral. Any other name or a better pic?

 

[thincat]

Don't throw it out. Rinse it out in PWC water to get the "fungus" off of it. Dip it in a FW coral dip like coral clean or the like.

 

[dannyb]

Its the one white the big white ball thing on it.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

I`m not finding a golfball coral. Any other name or a better pic?

Mike,
Some of the Favia species are sometimes referred to as "golfball" corals. (Although I'm not seeing any in that picture.)

 

[melosu58]

OK thanks for clearing that up Kurt. I still think I need a better pic.

 

[dannyb]

In between the mushrooms, The coral with a bit of green on it and it covered by white. You cant see it because its covered in the white stuff.

 

[thincat]

That looks like either a hammer or frogspawn could be an elegance too.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

That's what I was seeing too, thincat... I was seeing a frogspawn.

Either way, looks like an aggressive sponge.

 

[thincat]

Kurt, that may be what it is... a sponge. How would you suggest gettting rid of it?

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

Sounds like the original poster has already dealt with it, but...

I'd just remove as much of it using tweezers/knife/etc as I could. Process will have to be repeated multiple times. I had an aggressive one in my Tubipora a while back and hacked away at it every couple weeks. It eventually got small enough that it withered away and hasn't come back.

 

[thincat]

Thanks, that's good information to know for future ref.