Rescue Corals
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91Atrac
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So cuz this thread is so long ill post and see what the "expert" rescuers have done done for Lps corals. My buddies tank isn't filtered properly so that's my idea as to why his cup coral let go on the body. The polyps are doing good and it's the body color that's not there :/
Got pics and hopefully it'll help with what I can do. So far in my tank he said its doing alot better even after 1day. I'm using selcon and frozen mysis and have seen a couple polyps eat some. Hoping I'm doing a good job with it. Turned my flow down a bit as well so it doesn't tear more of the body. Oh and it's a custom 9g tank with a k2 hydor wavemaker2 a
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Got pics and hopefully it'll help with what I can do. So far in my tank he said its doing alot better even after 1day. I'm using selcon and frozen mysis and have seen a couple polyps eat some. Hoping I'm doing a good job with it. Turned my flow down a bit as well so it doesn't tear more of the body. Oh and it's a custom 9g tank with a k2 hydor wavemaker2 a
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MechEng99
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Wow, that's a huge piece, and it looks really cool in that last picture!
It looks like there is zero tissue between polyps - if so, you're correct, that's typically water conditions. When water conditions get really bad, each polyp basically decides to act on its own, and it cuts ties with its neighbors (every "polyp" for himself!)
With good water conditions, the polyps should start extending tissue again. This often makes for weird growth patterns as the new tissue growth will try to make new polyps where existing polyps are. Nothing harmful, but it can look odd for a bit.
The polyps as they are look really good...they should make a full comeback, especially with feedings and good water conditions.
Good luck!!
It looks like there is zero tissue between polyps - if so, you're correct, that's typically water conditions. When water conditions get really bad, each polyp basically decides to act on its own, and it cuts ties with its neighbors (every "polyp" for himself!)
With good water conditions, the polyps should start extending tissue again. This often makes for weird growth patterns as the new tissue growth will try to make new polyps where existing polyps are. Nothing harmful, but it can look odd for a bit.
The polyps as they are look really good...they should make a full comeback, especially with feedings and good water conditions.
Good luck!!
91Atrac
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Great to hear 
I'm gonna try my best and keep at my water changes cuz I don't have any testing kits and judge by water level for evap but still test salinity to be 100% on that. Glad you see it will come back and I understand the fend for yourself polyp wise lol cuz there are some random stranglers on here. To bad this thing is going into a 220g in about 1-2months so it's gonna look small in there! I'm trying to keep food out of the bottom where it cups cuz there tends to be settling foods there.
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I'm gonna try my best and keep at my water changes cuz I don't have any testing kits and judge by water level for evap but still test salinity to be 100% on that. Glad you see it will come back and I understand the fend for yourself polyp wise lol cuz there are some random stranglers on here. To bad this thing is going into a 220g in about 1-2months so it's gonna look small in there! I'm trying to keep food out of the bottom where it cups cuz there tends to be settling foods there.Sent from Qbabys Tapatalk.
scsdukefan408
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MechEng99-Im gonna send you my wall frogspawn that needs to be rescue so you can save it for me :thumbsup:
debincalif
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Alrighty...here's some eye candy!
Before...June 2012:
Now:
Before (January 2012)
Now
Before (can't remember the date and too lazy to look it up right now)
Now
Those are amazing rescues - they all looked dead! The acans are just gorgeous!
My rescues (neon green candy cane and galaxea) are coming along nicely, BTW. Thanks for your help!
MechEng99
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My rescues (neon green candy cane and galaxea) are coming along nicely, BTW. Thanks for your help!
Glad to hear it Deb! I think we need some photos!
NewbyReefer
Member
Finally have before and now pics
This is neat because its a bunch of individual bubble corals that I could probably frag into thier own little frags.
O'yeah forgot to mention I feed ReefRoids 2-3 times a week.
This is neat because its a bunch of individual bubble corals that I could probably frag into thier own little frags.
O'yeah forgot to mention I feed ReefRoids 2-3 times a week.
NewbyReefer
Member
This one I ended up cutting into 3 pieces. I traded off the 2 larger ones and still have one left. (traded them off when they looked good not when I cut it up)
The last frag
The last frag
NewbyReefer
Member
Thanks
Just direct feeding until they look like they are heading in the right direction.
The bubble coral I placed REAL high up and I think that helped alot(3" from the top. The chalice I think was more luck than anything else. Just left it on my save rack(can see them in the pic) and let it be.
MechEng99
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Newby - nice call on fragging that chalice up. It looked pretty...well...just gross. Did all those corals come from the same place? Was it water chemistry? That chalice looked like how I've been seeing some chalices with black bugs lately, but that doesn't sound like the case.
jlong11 - I think we've had a few elegance coral rescues in this thread...not sure what page....you might want to look through it to find out who had some luck with those. Good luck!!
jlong11 - I think we've had a few elegance coral rescues in this thread...not sure what page....you might want to look through it to find out who had some luck with those. Good luck!!
NewbyReefer
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Got it from a friends tank that had a HUGE heat spike when he was gone one weekend.
wildman926
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Here is a baby duncan that was damaged by the person I bought it from, trying to frag it. I bought it still, as a challenge to bring it back. The pic below is it after a 2 hours in my tank.
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
Wow, I'm surprised there was that much tissue left in that case. Heat spikes are the worst!!!
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