Problems with a fungia

[DeezNutz]

When I received this fungia there was a brownish area on one side, about half an inch by a quarter inch. The area looked like sediments packed in along one of the ridges. I had gotten it in the mail so I didn't want to mess with it while it was still stressed, but now it has been two weeks. I have a (not real helpful) before pic, and two more of it after I went to work. I gently scraped as much of the crud out of the ridge as I could and gently blew the stuff off with a turkey baster. Once I got the crud out, the area was pretty bleached that was underneath. Anyone have any ideas on ways to help it out?

The before picture. The affected area is on the far side, and is a brownish color.


Here is the same Fungia in a "post-op" recovery area.


Here is a "Closer Up" picture of the area that has me worried.

[anathema]

feed it, and leave it alone, it should be fine.

[coralite]

I doubt that the slight mechanical damage that you imposed on the coral has had a that much of a deleterious effect on the cycloseris. I have seen adn heard of a number of orange cyclos having commensal/parasitic ctenophores hanging out on the coral. At night it will extend a netlike tentacle to filter feed and it will look like the strangest mass of snot on the underneath if there is one. Try checking that out and otherwise, I guess I would make sure that there are no corals that are close enough to sting your new disc.

[DeezNutz]

Thanks for the advice. A couple of hours after the procedure, the coral had darkened considerably, and looks a lot better.

Thanks again.