barnicle

[biss444]

found out what it is on my torch coral, its a banicle. could that be whats killing it, does anyone know

 

[DWilliams]

Yes, it will kill it. I got one on my frogspawn now. :/

 

[biss444]

i bought it at a petstore and i know it was on it when i bought it because i saw it when it was stressed because of moving it, i just e. mailed the petstore to see what they say

 

[crister13]

It should only kill the head that it's on.

 

[biss444]

it killed two heads, sat right in the middle of them. went to the petstore, and they said that if i cut the dead part back, that new heads will grow out, i think ill wait though and let it settle down

 

[crister13]

I would just saw the head that the barnacle is on off If it's killing things and leave it in the tank. They're pretty cool.

 

[kdpuffer]

If you use pliers you can break the barnacle off, I had three in my torch and removed them. The head with 2 barnacles died but the head that had one has bounced right back and is looking very nice and healthy.

 

[Kio707]

I used tweezers and pulled it off my torch. Head is already growing back.

 

[biss444]

i cut if off, it was inbedded in the torch, dought that that side will come back,

 

[kdpuffer]

You would be surprised. Of the two heads I had with barnacles the one receded and died but the other opened up a tiny bit then after about a week it's fully open now, way more so than when it had the barnacle. The head that died had two barnacles in it and I think it was just to much damage to recover from. It would have died with the barnacle so one dead and one survived not bad odds.