Zoanthids Killing My brain

[percula99]

I have a beautiful favia brain that I have had for six years now. I bought a silly little zoanthid frag for $10 and wedged it into a crack in the rocks. My current is so strong it blew the zoo along until it wedged itself under my brain. In a matter of hours it started to burn the brain and once I noticed it I moved it. It has been several days now and the damage on the brain continues to spread. I don't want to loose  this coral, especially over a $10 frag that has now disappeared in the tank. Anybody have any ideas as to how to stop the damage from spreading further? See pic below. Note tese pictures were taken a few years apart.

[az]

wow thats sad Gerry, looking at the way its moving, i'd break it up, bad part and some good part along the line gotta go, good luck.

[percula99]

Az, how would you break something like that up without doing further damage to it?

[beertech]

It looks like the zoos caused some initial damage, but now that they have been moved any further tissue loss would most likely be due to some kind of infection. I agree with Az, the best bet would be to use a clean razor blade and cut the tissue about a 1/4 of an inch back. Then either peel off the infected tissue, or break off the rock with a chisel.  I would personally try peeling the tissue, to keep the rock so that maybe the healthy brain will grow back over it in time.
Good luck,
Gord.

[fender316]

come to my house!! .   same thing happened to my brain which was same size roughly.  top started dying, i dont know why though.  so I fragged it!  there was also a pistol shrimp living in it.  when it died it was under PC, i put the frags right under T5 HO, now they are under MH and doing fine.  theres 2 halves and one frag, i'll post a pic of the other half later.  just use a hammer and chisel, be prepared for a stinky mess

PS also notice the hydnophora next to the gorg, theres some anemone damage.  it also had a minor infection which went from the tip and took out the whole branch. damn anemone!

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[az]

best if you use a saw, it would be a clean and accurate cut with very little mess, hope this helps.

[percula99]

It has been a few days now and it seems the damage has stopped advancing. I am really happy I didn't take any power tools to this coral. I doubt that it will be able to regrow in time to cover the dead part before algae sets in as it is already starting to. I might try and take a toothbrush and keep the dead section clean until the coral can regenerate. Have a look at the link below, for some reason I can't seem to load the picture, so a kink will have to do. The left is the original picture I posted on Tuesday, the right is the coral today (Saturday). I apologize for the dirty glass.

http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c346/percula99/?action=view&current=after_after.jpg

[fender316]

your tank is amazing, i love the gorgonia

[percula99]

Thanks fender316. It is my pride and joy, as well as being where all my money goes.