Ok I am a HUGE newb at this whole reef thing. I recently purchased what was described as a 1 head purple frogspawn frag. It seemed to be fine the first couple days until it was attacked by an evil shrimp :rant2: . I observe it frequently and have yet to see its 'tenticles' sweep out at night (i use a flashlight to spy) . It still hasn't returned to its 'normal' state like it was at first. Just did a water check and everything is in its proper place, no recent fluctuations of any sort. It has proper lighting and flow.
I've included pictures if that helps. The first two are close ups of the frag itself (i hand to hold it because my camera sucks - also note the branches aren't always quite that receded but have been much more so since the attack). The others are how it looked before the attack.
So to get to my questions (please also include any personal experience you've had with these corals as I could use all the help I can get):
Can it ever recover from the shrimp snagging a few of its branches?
Was this frag even properly fragged to begin with?
I've included pictures if that helps. The first two are close ups of the frag itself (i hand to hold it because my camera sucks - also note the branches aren't always quite that receded but have been much more so since the attack). The others are how it looked before the attack.
So to get to my questions (please also include any personal experience you've had with these corals as I could use all the help I can get):
Can it ever recover from the shrimp snagging a few of its branches?
Was this frag even properly fragged to begin with?