Help with my Caulastrea!?!

[millertime]

I'm at loss as what to do? My Caulastrea came lose and fell to the bottom of the tank and it looks like the other one is doing the same? They were big and looking good...I thought...the one that came lose actually still looks o.k.? Should I glue it to something or back where it was?? Oh, also it has mushrooms below it, touching the hard bottom part. Please HELP!! Thanks!!

 

[george]

They'll be fine. One of the hardiest corals around. You can glue it in place or find a new spot. Unless it actually gets buried with sand (and I've had them survive that for a day or two, too), it will even grow on the bottom.

Mine used to fall all over regularly because I never glued them down. They grew so much that I didn't want to have to keep them fixed in one spot. Also, you'll get organisms that will bore into the lower branches and eventually weaken them which may cause the colony to split. Again, perfectly normal and doesn't harm the coral.