mwilliams62
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Only other one I have is Kent -Iodide. But I think it is a goner.
Rescue Corals
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Hard to tell in picture this chalice was half brown half bleached
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pjwperth
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Hi all nice job by they way on those rescues. No wonder I cant get any nice corals over here in Australia because they have all been exported to the US, and if I can get one the LFS wants like 3-4 times the normal cost because they class them as EXPORT quality. Then you guys get them for free or $5 because your LFS cant keep them argh. So want to move but only for the corals and fish. oh and food
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
MechEng99 need some help here I just bought a open brain it did not have this much tissue lose yesterday when I came home today I saw it has gotten worse. I do not have the kent lugol iodine I have regular iodine that you buy from the drugstore can that be used in place of lugols? Or is it a lost cause???
Mary
Hi Mary! I'm so sorry I didn't get back to you sooner - I'm finishing grad school (and am in the third trimester with my first kid)...so things have been crazy. :crazy1:
My understanding (someone correct me if I'm wrong because I've never done this) is that the commercially available (pharmacy-type) iodine is ok to use as a dip, but really shouldn't be used for dosing an aquarium. Look at the ingredients on the bottle you have. Some have alcohol or ammonium. For a dip, you're probably ok in a pinch (although I'd highly recommend you invest in a quality reef-safe dip.)
The coral pictured is covered in sand...and a piece of algae? Is something dumping sand on it regularly (fish, etc)? If so, that's a common root cause for corals to go. The sand irritates them and can cause tissue rips...which lead to infections. I'd dip it, glue any torn tissue edges to the skeleton, and move it where it won't be bothered.
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
Riiiiight...I've seen the corals posted up in tanks in Australia. I'm not feeling bad for you! :eek2: The grass is always greener on the other side.
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
No kidding!!! It's a girl (forgot if I posted that.) All is well - so far it's been quite easy (knock on wood).
I've had the husband take in some rescues since I can't deal with the chemicals, but it's just not the same. I can't wait to get back into it!!
luvzz2play
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I can't believe it is coming back. This has looked dead for over 6 months. Last month i moved, rearranged rocks in the move and had to readjust water flow. The other morning i was just looking around in my tank and lo and behold!!! my chalice!!... coming back!!! amazing.
it seems this one likes higher water flow. it was found one day on a rock i bought to "seed" my tank a year ago september. It was growing and had covered about a third of the rock when I bought a koralia to circulate water and thus changed my water flow. No longer was there direct current on this and slowly the flesh receded. I thought it was due to other factors but now that i'm basically back to my original tank water flow it is growing again after showing nothing on it for well over 6 months so maybe the only thing really causing a decline was water flow over this. There are 2 sections that are showing flesh again.
@Mecheng99 this would seem to be one hardy chalice. You and I talked about this one a year ago
here it was then
it seems this one likes higher water flow. it was found one day on a rock i bought to "seed" my tank a year ago september. It was growing and had covered about a third of the rock when I bought a koralia to circulate water and thus changed my water flow. No longer was there direct current on this and slowly the flesh receded. I thought it was due to other factors but now that i'm basically back to my original tank water flow it is growing again after showing nothing on it for well over 6 months so maybe the only thing really causing a decline was water flow over this. There are 2 sections that are showing flesh again.
@Mecheng99 this would seem to be one hardy chalice. You and I talked about this one a year ago
here it was then
mwilliams62
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I just was going to use the drug store iodine for a dip not for dosing. It was sand that had got on it but I was told by one of my pictures it was already lising tissue and had a gapeing mouth. It basically died on me two days after I put it in the tank.
JDT Reef
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maroonman
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Man, I just tried saving a gold wall hammer like that . I cut it in 3 . None of the frags made it.:sad2:
I'm not sure why ,, But I have never had good luck with wall hammers ( 2 ) And all my Branching Euphyllias do great
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