Anyone have experience in saving LPS corals?

[AliciaP]

Trying to save some candy cane coral. All tissue has receded. But it still has a mouth. I fragged it into 3 stalks so I can place it around my tank and see what works best. I have 2 heads under DIY led multichip (same general area as a hammer coral doing excellent), 2 heads under multichip where the hammer I already mentioned used to live and 3 heads near the last place but a little more higher and in the open These last 2 stalks are under 250w halide, but the LED does brighten up their area too.

Has anyone been able to bring candy cane corals back from near death? What should I do for them?

PS - I have GSP, Xenia, 2 different hammer corals, Kenya Tree, RBTA that are all doing great.

 

[AliciaP]

Bump

 

[JohnnyB in SD]

I've never been able to revive candy canes that have deteriorated.
You might have better luck getting some response in the LPS Keepers forum.

 

[AliciaP]

I wasn't sure where to post, so I took a stab at it since I figured bringing corals back from deaths door was advanced Thank you

 

[brandon429]

I have experience regenerating caulastrea

Heres a pic in action: stung by adjacent coral

Post pics of your candy

 

[brandon429]

This coral was actually stung by sweepers from the adjacent caulastrea, conspecific sweeper attacks are very rare but it happens

Caulastrea requires only time to heal

Any condition that grows other lps will do the same here.

My head above will be full size, like the offender to the left, within 3 mos


Candy corals that are stung can literally lose all visible flesh and be a white corallite cup

But still has viable tissue deep in the center you can't see

This same stung head above is on recovery number fifteen I'd guess

My corals are stung and regenerate over and over for seven yrs now, this is a one gallon tank, there's no room lol

I've observed every detail of caulastrea regeneration at least a hundred times now would guess

So give it till Valentines day!

 

[brandon429]

Double post

 

[JustinBT]

I've had a little luck with some LPS, not trumpets specifically though. You can remove the piece and soak it in a cup of tank water and food, I use amino acids, phyto, oysterfeast/coral smoothie in any combination. I shoot for small stuff, soak once a day before lights out for 15 mins - an hour as long as the water in the cup doesn't get too cold. When its looking a little better and showing some feeder tentacles you can leave it in the tank and place a water bottle with the bottom cut out over it, then squirt some food in the bottle.
This is just what I've had success with. I'm a big advocate for direct feeding certain coral species, others are best left to clean water and fish waste. Idk if you're using any coral foods already, if not and you decide to give it a try go slow so your tank can adjust. Commercially prepared foods can do wonders but can also raise your nitrates and phosphates pretty quickly, just something to be aware of, another reason I like soaking in a cup.
Good luck! Now that I think about it this link can help you far more than I can. Some excellent info, I've learned a good deal from following it
Rescue Corals:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1918483&highlight=rescue