Rescue Attempt

[gon08]

Picked this Acropora austera from the LFS. It was brought in wild about 3 months ago. It was a nice purple with blue polyps. It was a huge colony at the time but it began to lose tissue till it ended up looking like this. They gave it to me in hopes that I can get it to survive.
As you can see it's bleached pretty bad but the polyps are still bright blue. Lets see how it ends up looking if it survives.

 

[edsreef]

So you put it in your main display tank? You think that's a good idea? Good luck with it anyway.

 

[gon08]

So you put it in your main display tank? You think that's a good idea? Good luck with it anyway.

Yes I did. The coral is actually already making a comeback. It's less than half the size it was originally but has quite a bit of new growth. The problem is that the LFS doesn't provide the conditions to keep corals long term (Not the best LFS to say the least). I dipped the coral with Bayer Complete insect control prior to introducing it to the tank. I don't see any more risk than introducing a new frag.

 

[stagcrazy]

goodluck with it.i like shopping at coral kingdom in taft and douglas, i see your from pines.he has some sweet acros and alot of le frags what store did you get this if you dont mind me asking?

 

[gon08]

goodluck with it.i like shopping at coral kingdom in taft and douglas, i see your from pines.he has some sweet acros and alot of le frags what store did you get this if you dont mind me asking?

I actually go there quite a bit. I trade with Victor sometimes so some of the corals at his store are mine and many of mine are from him. This coral was actually from Beverly's on Pines. I get most of my wild colonies there cause they tend to get a good amount of wild colonies compared to others. They also sell frags that they get from my wife's cousin The Coral Nursery (TCN).

 

[stagcrazy]

sweet i didnt no beverleys was carrying sps i stopped going there a while ago.and yes victor has a great store with great service and frags

 

[gon08]

Well it's been about three weeks and things have been changing for the better with this coral. It's started to turn a purplish shade with some tips showing yellow. It's hard to see in the pictures but that may change as the colors intensify.

 

[gon08]

With the lights off just the light of the flash on my droid x.

 

[gon08]

Been a couple weeks since the last up date and the colors are starting to come out a little more.

It's impossible to see with my crappy pictures but the tips are starting to turn yellow.

 

[jpa14]

wow....great job with that coral....its looking great...

 

[gon08]

Thanks.
I wish I had a better camera, cause my phone doesn't do it justice. That coral was almost completely bleached when I first found it at the LFS.

 

[olee]

Thanks.
I wish I had a better camera, cause my phone doesn't do it justice. That coral was almost completely bleached when I first found it at the LFS.

Well done gon08! nice to see u give the coral the second life!
the color is beautiful.