MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
Maisek - Page 1 has a good bit of info, but there is quite a bit of info scattered throughout the thread. I'd say 95% is troubleshooting the problem correctly and the 5% is implementing the correct solution. 
Mhayes - thanks for keeping the ball rolling on this thread! You've got so many impressive saves!
Maroonman (and MHayes) - I kept having the same problem Mhayes mentioned where the trachyphyllias just kept receding until they died. I've finally managed to get a near perfect rate lately (more about this later.) I dip the coral in a 10:1 tank water:3% hydrogen peroxide mix for 20-30 seconds. Then, I dip the coral in a CoralRx dip (manufacturer's instructions). Then, I dip the coral in 2 cups tank water to 0.5ml Bayer Advanced Insecticide (from your local hardware store) for 15 minutes. For whatever reason, doing only one of those dips doesn't work. If I do all three, the coral survives. I also superglue the coral's tissue to the skeleton where it is receding...unless the recession has entered the oral disk or if there is obvious infection...then I cut the skeleton and glue the cut tissue.
jason angel - any luck?
greg1786 - yikes, that's a bad one. How's it doing? Hopefully it was just neglected like you said. When I see corals like that in a healthy tank, it's usually a nasty bacterial infection. It definitely needs daily food until some color returns.
jstn - that lobo is crazy tiny! I'd still feed him to encourage growth and hopefully heal faster. He obviously went through some trauma!
Mhayes - thanks for keeping the ball rolling on this thread! You've got so many impressive saves!
Maroonman (and MHayes) - I kept having the same problem Mhayes mentioned where the trachyphyllias just kept receding until they died. I've finally managed to get a near perfect rate lately (more about this later.) I dip the coral in a 10:1 tank water:3% hydrogen peroxide mix for 20-30 seconds. Then, I dip the coral in a CoralRx dip (manufacturer's instructions). Then, I dip the coral in 2 cups tank water to 0.5ml Bayer Advanced Insecticide (from your local hardware store) for 15 minutes. For whatever reason, doing only one of those dips doesn't work. If I do all three, the coral survives. I also superglue the coral's tissue to the skeleton where it is receding...unless the recession has entered the oral disk or if there is obvious infection...then I cut the skeleton and glue the cut tissue.
jason angel - any luck?
greg1786 - yikes, that's a bad one. How's it doing? Hopefully it was just neglected like you said. When I see corals like that in a healthy tank, it's usually a nasty bacterial infection. It definitely needs daily food until some color returns.
jstn - that lobo is crazy tiny! I'd still feed him to encourage growth and hopefully heal faster. He obviously went through some trauma!
