coral rehab

[Reef_Me]

Aloha from the chilly city of Baltimore

I posted about a week ago pertaining to my inability to keep sps in a 20gal long. I was told to do twice a day parameter checks to monitor swings(great advice) but there was nothing that swung out of bounds. I did a huge upgrading project yesterday and found my culprit while moving rock.

There was a snail that was trapped in my structure and passed away(you can use me as an example of why counting your critters before bed is necessary) my coral is now giving much better pe and I just wanted to ask about the chances of rehabilitation for my poor corals. I feel bad about not saying anything sooner then I did, my coral had some serious necrosis. I have a stubborn mindset and only ask for help in the last minute smh...

Would a coral revive or lugols dip be helpful or detrimental to seriously stressed coral..? Other than that, any tips besides keeping a seriously stable tank(I now have a 30gal and 72gal hooked into the same 20gal sump so stability should be fine)

Thanks for the help
David

 

[Redrosetuscan]

If it's proper necrosis as in rtn then not much chance of anything good happening, could try dipping it and fragging, that would give the best chance.

Alternatively if it's just some recession at the base then I'd leave it be, monitor it for a couple of days and perhaps put some putty round it extending slightly onto the good tissue.

 

[Reef_Me]

Interesting I've never heard of using putty over skeleton. Another problem I'm seeing is a tiny film of algae covering parts of my frags skeleton. When I clip these frags or before I clip, is there a good way to get rid of it without using a toothbrush? I would hate to hurt the tissue more

 

[BeanMachine]

So you are saying that a dead snail in your rock is why your SPS are dying?

 

[Piper27]

I don't think one dead snail would hurt a tank whatsoever ever, as long as its a stable cycled tank. Pictures of how things look at the moment would help people give you advice.

 

[sahin]

I don't think one dead snail would hurt a tank whatsoever ever, as long as its a stable cycled tank. Pictures of how things look at the moment would help people give you advice.

+1 a rotting snail may contribute to an increase in PO4/NO3/Organics, but wouldnt be the cause of RTN etc in an established tank.

Please post photos of your tank and a couple of shots of the coral. Turn off all the blue LED's etc before taking pics...a photo with 90% blue colour doesnt help as you cant see much.