Rescue Corals
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MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
Hey!! How's MrsIcan'tseemytoesanymorepleaseputmyshoesonforme doing?
Hey now! I may not be able to see my toes anymore, but I still put on my shoes and tie them myself! I can even still touch my toes without bending my knees!! (It's the little things that keep me happy at this point!) Our baby girl has a lovely reef-themed bathroom, complete with a pufferfish that blows bubbles, a pink shark-hooded towel, and a starfish bath fountain. Hehehehe...so excited. (Her nursery is done in pink/purple robots...that's what happens to the spawn of two engineers!)
Hehe, no worries. "Marching" isn't that bad of a name...I've been called a lot worse.
Marco.Polo
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Hoq long it took to recover?
Did you do something special?
Did you do something special?
Marco.Polo
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I have just read what you wrote, you wrote to cut death skeleton.
But in your pictures i see that you keep the death skeleton.
Can you explain?
But in your pictures i see that you keep the death skeleton.
Can you explain?
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
Each coral takes a different amount of time to recover. It depends on the coral genus/species, cause of damage/illness, treatment, and extent of damage. I've tried to post time lapses on most of the photos so you'll know how long between each one passed.
Honestly, sometimes I'm just lazy. Other times, the coral is too stressed to handle having the dead skeleton removed, or removing the skeleton would cause more damage to the coral (sometimes the skeleton is cracked underneath the tissue). You'll probably notice I didn't remove much skeleton in the beginning posts of this thread - that was three years ago. I've revised my methods a good deal since then. There's no hard & fast rule... I just recommend doing whatever you are comfortable with.
Marco.Polo
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I just wonder what is better: cut the dead skeleton and keep only the live tissues or just keep it full.
Today, after 3 years of experience what woulx you recommand the most?
Today, after 3 years of experience what woulx you recommand the most?
MechEng99
aka Reef'd Up
If the coral is not incredibly stressed, if you're comfortable with fragging, and if the skeleton will allow you, then in my experience, cutting the dead skeleton off is best. The coral usually grows a new skeleton faster than growing over the old one. But, like I said, there is no hard and fast rule. Your own experience should guide you - eventually it'll become easy to tell which ones need to be cut and which don't.
Marco.Polo
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Thanks alot for the tips!
parrthed
New member
New rescue pickup
New rescue pickup
Picked this up yesterday, shouldn't be too hard to save it I hope. Bleached but does have a feeding response. Will be feeding pe mysis and krill.
Lfs was nuking it along with a couple scolys under leds. Its a little bigger than the palm of your hand.
Had it labeled as a "bleeding apple" ausralomussa. This one has potential to be one sweet piece
Sorry for the crappy pic. Under 4x24w powermodule (3 blue + and 1 coral+)
New rescue pickup
Picked this up yesterday, shouldn't be too hard to save it I hope. Bleached but does have a feeding response. Will be feeding pe mysis and krill.
Lfs was nuking it along with a couple scolys under leds. Its a little bigger than the palm of your hand.
Had it labeled as a "bleeding apple" ausralomussa. This one has potential to be one sweet piece
Sorry for the crappy pic. Under 4x24w powermodule (3 blue + and 1 coral+)
GreenSaltyOne
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Hey Mech! I'm the guy that contacted you last month about the rescue riddler pectinia. I will post some pics tonight of it! I have 5 frags that are doing alright, although i added to the stress by almost bleaching them. They are retaining color thankfully. But good news is, they are recovering over a few pieces of dead skeleton I could not cut out, and are starting to expand their tissue over the sides where the cuts to frag were made!
On another note, I have a trumpet coral that I fragged for a friend, and in the process made the mistake of dropping it. One head tore open and fractured the skeleton. Today it has sealed itself, and has extended its tentacles to feed. I feel really bad, but I think it will recover. Any advice you could think of would be appreciated, as my current plan is to let it be.
Thanks for all the info on rescuing corals though! We all appreciate it greatly!!
On another note, I have a trumpet coral that I fragged for a friend, and in the process made the mistake of dropping it. One head tore open and fractured the skeleton. Today it has sealed itself, and has extended its tentacles to feed. I feel really bad, but I think it will recover. Any advice you could think of would be appreciated, as my current plan is to let it be.
Thanks for all the info on rescuing corals though! We all appreciate it greatly!!
GreenSaltyOne
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Here are the pictures as promised! The first one is the original rescue, a riddler pectinia. That mother colony was about the size of my palm, and would have looked insane healthy. I decided the best course of action was fragging, and my limited experience did it with a razor blade and a pair of wire cutters. :facepalm: Luckily the coral has since rebounded a little, as it is now growing over the dead spots i could not cut out, and its skin has puffed back out. The mouths are also expelling waste, which means they are eating, although I cannot get them to eat anything I try to feed them. So I keep blowing debris off them daily, keep them as far away from my light as possible (they started to bleach when I left them up to high one day), and just let them do their thing. I will update as soon as I see them recover a little more. It is definitely slow going, and I'm in the process of setting up a new tank, so hopefully they like it there cause there will be lots of room away from my powerful LEDs! Hope those pics are big enough to see! If not i'll try again later 
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GreenSaltyOne
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Oh yea! Thanks for the advice on the trumpet. Shes still doing alright and I expect a full recovery. Not fragging anything delicate or tricky again until I have a dremel.
CoralReeForrest
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Awesome saves. I took a bubble for free which had been sucked into a power head that had fallen on it. It had all of 2 or 3 bubbles left, it is now doing super good and has a large amount of bubbles on it. Ill post some pics when I get home!
CoralReeForrest
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Here's the bubble I saved!
What he looked like
What he looked like
CoralReeForrest
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Well lets see if I can't save this guy. Acan. Anyone have an opinion? He seems to have one good head left. Got him for a few bucks. Worth a shot.
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