Devilhand help

[saltfinsax]

I got this thing a couple week ago and never noticed the white spots on him in the store. in the two weeks he has realy started open up well but the white spots seem to have started to grow in the last week. In the pics you can see he looks good but a couple of the fingers look to allmost be hanging and rotting off.
Is this a way that they propagate or is it time to frag him? If so whats the best way to frag these guys?
I knew I should have got that frag tank set up. /sigh

 

[anonome]

Not really sure what it could be, but possibly a fungal infection. I would iodine dip the coral to be safe. Are the white spots spreading? If they are then for sure dip it. If not then maybe it was injured when harvested, shipped and it is nothing to worry about, but I would still dip it to be sure. I use Seachem reef dip, follow directions....great stuff. All new corals get dipped before going into my tank, just to be sure they are not harboring pests or bacteria. Looks healthy otherwise.

 

[maryg]

Not sure I believe I read on these boards or somewhere else this is how they propogate themselves. Do a search on it maybe it is here somewhere. If I find it I will repost.

 

[maryg]

Yep,
I checked out a couple of other boards and on this one as well and it seems like it very well could be just self propagating.

 

[saltfinsax]

When will it ever stop?
Well I though I would up date some stuff. My devilhand just keep dropping more and more fingers all the time. funny thing is he heals up as fast as he drops them off, and dosent seem like it slows him down one bit and stands up and looks full every day. Not sure how many fingers I have lost behind the rocks. I hope some day I don't have a mess of devilhands coming out from all the cracks in the rocks. Here is some picks of what he/she looks like today and the darn babys.