scoly help

[weirdbeard]

recent avalanche activity seems to have "popped" one section of my scoly, and now it seems to be getting worse. at first i could only see one spine if the skeleton, but now its expanding.....is there anything i can do to save it? salt is at 1.025 and the rest of my water paramaters are within range......the tank is 4 years old andis a 120gal w/30gal. fuge, just did a 25 gal water change 2 weeks ago, and planning on putting a new 65gal fuge in on monday....i've had this piece for over a year and i would hate to loose it...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanks in advance

 

[marrone]

How is the mouth, was it damaged? Can you post a picture?

 

[weirdbeard]

i have yet to figure out how to post a pic, but the mouth is fine, its just the outside edge thats disapearing....i will try to get a pic up in a few minutes though...thanks

 

[marrone]

As long as the mouth is ok it should recover. It may take some time for it to open up around the skeleton. You want to make sure the area that isn't opening is out of the direct light, as algae will grow on it. This will cause the flesh not to expand around it.

How long ago did this happen? It could take some time to recover. Once some of it opens I would try and feed it.

 

[weirdbeard]

this is what the problem looks like

 

[weirdbeard]

the damage was caused about 5 days ago

 

[marrone]

It looks like it just pulled in and not that it's dying. It's very common and usually takes time to reopen again. Just keep that section out of the light and in time it will either reopen or grow back over it.

One of mine recently fell over and a section got damage. It's slowly expanding back over it but it's been about a month and it still hasn't cover the area.

 

[weirdbeard]

thanks very much, you really put my mind at ease.i was worried that there was no hope....have a great day!

 

[seascape]

i recently had this happen to one of my scoli's it was getting worse and for some reason it would not heal,this might sound dumb but i ended up moving it into my frag tank and now its as if it never happened took about 4 weeks,i also fed it everyday and in the food a couple drops of marine-c<< vitamin

 

[weirdbeard]

what would you recomend as the best food for scoly's?

 

[marrone]

Feed it pieces of shrimp or mysis shrimp. Like other brains it need meaty things to eat.

 

[weirdbeard]

thanks for all the help ! :approve:

 

[seascape]

silversides,clam,mysis,meaty foods in pieces it can handle