My Red Prata of 2.5 Years - Dying

[lee]

Very sad my 2.5 years (since April 2003) Red Prata is wasting away, probably won't last thru the weekend. Bought for about $40 then it had gone thru several bad patches but everytime it survived & came back stronger. About 2-3months I notised it was not opening as big as usual and not wanting to eat. I tried shifting it to several locations but condition remained the same . It got smaller and smaller and last week it accidently fell off from a rock & had a bad tear. It never recovered since. The flesh is breaking now and I don't think it can survive past the weekend.

Anyone can HELP

Attached 1st series of photo from April 03 to 04

2nd photo just last month

3rd photo this morning - left it under shade

[lee]

A photo taken around 25 Oct last month.

Expanding lesser.

[lee]

And this morning photo.

Breaking off slowing

[Tigger]

Oh bro, wat a waste. It a really nice specimen.

[yooyoo99]

sorry for you brother, i myself loss 1 pink prata and 1 orange/green prata in the same manner. everyday seeing its flesh wasting away

[patrick123]

My condolence bro. Heard that for prata, once it acclimitized in the tank, don't shift it around. You cause more stress that way. My experience is, once they are dying, it is very hard to reverse the process.

BTW, you got it at a real good price back then. Now the price is 4-5 times more.

[alien07]

Poor thing bro. Really nice prata...

[zephyros]

sorry to hear that bros ...

[Flame-Tail]

I know how that feels bro. Tried to help my friend cure his but also saw it slowly melting away.

[giantbicycle]

[RAV-65]

Sorry about your beautiful prata bro... but I tink very very hard to save liao... better put it out of misery and also preserve water quality...

[SBS_Transit]

Sad to hear this what waste thats a nice piece, u got change water anot ?

[flying carpet]

What a beauty. Better luck next time man.

[prec]

Thats really a waste! I had better epoxy all my expensive corals..

[lee]

Sad to hear this what waste thats a nice piece, u got change water anot ?

all the prata lovers.

Water is fine.

BTW, anyone know how does a Prata grows or frag into another one ?

and what's the typical live span.

[abflug22]

Bro,

You tried dipping in Lugols Iodine? May help to give some relieve to ur prata.

My 22 cents

Dun give up, persevere till the end

[alien07]

Bro,

You tried dipping in Lugols Iodine? May help to give some relieve to ur prata.

My 22 cents

Dun give up, persevere till the end

whats Lugols Iodine? got pic bro? Thanks!

[boxfish]

it's beyond recovery...

[thecoralscove]

poor thing bro... nice prata though