Ducan rotting away!!

[jason081180]

Hey guys, I got this Ducan coral from a member about 8 months ago and it has been doing great and growing a lot in my tank. Then I got a Yellow Watchman Goby and he decided one night to bury the end of it in sand. By the time I really saw what was going on the end 3 heads were rotting away. I took the coral out as softly as I could to keep the rotted flesh with it so it wouldnt get everywhere. washed it and cleaned off as mush as i could. that was 2 days ago. Today I got up and see that another head of it is rotting. pictures are from this morning.

What should I do? do i need to frag off the healthy part to save something? I have never fragged Ducans before.

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[350gt]

Cut it with a dremel and place the bad half somewhere with less flow.. It can bounce back.

[Paul28]

Its called brown jelly its nasty an can spread to the good parts fast :(

[jason081180]

No one else has any other suggestions? Done anyone have a dremel I can use for a day?

[Paul28]

I don't but I use a hacksaw that works not best but works

[350gt]

I recently broke mine or i would let u borrow it.

[Dean]

I have one but live in floresville. Your welcome to come get it

- Dean

[rrasco]

I battled this with my Duncan after my (former) clown made a home in it. I lost about 1/3 of it in the process, but I kept the mush off with a turkey baster, dipped it in lugols and revive (not at the same time and on separate occasions). Took a while, but it bounced back minus the part of the stock I lost.

In the reading I have done on it, many people recommend fragging off the bad parts, but there is no guarantee in that either.

[LuckySingh]

This is branching corals.
SnAp it in worst case and break it apart. U should be fine or use clippers

[jason081180]

the branches seem a bit thick to just break but maybe they are weak. i found a cut off wheel at Lowes that should work in my drill so I think ill go that route.