Rescue Corals

[MechEng99]

Hmm... I can't see the images...let's see if they work in a quote...

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.

 

[MechEng99]

Oh yeah, he's salvageable. Any idea what happened to it? Looks like maybe a fish nipping?

The remaining tissue looks healthy - give it good parameters and see if it'll eat!

 

[CoralReeForrest]

He was in petcos frag tank he's been on the downhill for a while. I convinced the guy to give him to me for a few bucks. I'm sure he was either being stung by others in the tank or being nipped at by the coral beauty they had in there for a while. I figured I could give him a good shot!

 

[geckoejon]

scolys

scolys

hello,

here are a couple that i got several months ago. they were not too bad off, but neither would extend polyps and had not been spot fed for a year, literally. they also were in high flow and had a trigger nipping on them.

the smaller one had a nice wedge missing. it has grown about 90% of the wedge back! it is orange, but doesn't quite look like the rest of it. i don't care... it's still beautiful! they are both chow hounds now.

i need a good camera to get some better photos. you can get a general idea though.

this has inspired me to keep an eye out for rescues....

 

[MechEng99]

hello,

here are a couple that i got several months ago. they were not too bad off, but neither would extend polyps and had not been spot fed for a year, literally. they also were in high flow and had a trigger nipping on them.

the smaller one had a nice wedge missing. it has grown about 90% of the wedge back! it is orange, but doesn't quite look like the rest of it. i don't care... it's still beautiful! they are both chow hounds now.

i need a good camera to get some better photos. you can get a general idea though.

this has inspired me to keep an eye out for rescues....

That's great!

 

[BxS_Reefer217]

Hey everyone, been a while since I've posted anything.

Unfortunately this isn't the most positive post. Well..good and bad news.
Good news first, I recently moved to a new house and set up a new tank! Went from a 20g tall to a 16g innovative marine nuvo. I love this tank! Yes it's significantly smaller, but it looks great!
Bad news is, I moved to a new house and set up a new tank. I lost an sps in the process and a few other corals aren't doing so hot. I have a favia that's just not going to make it I'm afraid. My main concern, however, is my trachy. It had started receding even before the move. But now because of the stress of the move, it seems to be doing worse. I've dipped it, it's in low flow, but still, tissue continues to recede. Everything else that was stressed from the move is thriving yet again, so I don't know what the problem is :/

Ps. Mecheng, congrats on the little one!! And that's so awesome about getting started on a coral rescue organization! Sign me up!

 

[BxS_Reefer217]

And I still cannot, for the life if me, figure out how to upload photos from my iPhone!

 

[MechEng99]

Hey everyone, been a while since I've posted anything.

Unfortunately this isn't the most positive post. Well..good and bad news.
Good news first, I recently moved to a new house and set up a new tank! Went from a 20g tall to a 16g innovative marine nuvo. I love this tank! Yes it's significantly smaller, but it looks great!
Bad news is, I moved to a new house and set up a new tank. I lost an sps in the process and a few other corals aren't doing so hot. I have a favia that's just not going to make it I'm afraid. My main concern, however, is my trachy. It had started receding even before the move. But now because of the stress of the move, it seems to be doing worse. I've dipped it, it's in low flow, but still, tissue continues to recede. Everything else that was stressed from the move is thriving yet again, so I don't know what the problem is :/

Ps. Mecheng, congrats on the little one!! And that's so awesome about getting started on a coral rescue organization! Sign me up!

I'm so sorry to hear that (but congrats on the house and new tank!)

I'm pretty well convinced that there is a more systemic problem going on with Trachyphyllia coral. They all seem to decline the same way...and I've only managed to save 3 (out of the dozens I've tried). It's extremely frustrating, and I really have no words of advice beyond what is already in this thread for them. :headwalls:

Thanks for the words of encouragement on the rescue org! I'm still working on all the paperwork (yuck...it's a lot), business model, etc., but it's coming along.

 

[BxS_Reefer217]

That's what I was afraid of. I can't think of anything else to do. Maybe move it to lower light? Although with the smaller tank comes less room to move things around. (May have to look into new aquascaping methods)

 

[MechEng99]

That's what I was afraid of. I can't think of anything else to do. Maybe move it to lower light? Although with the smaller tank comes less room to move things around. (May have to look into new aquascaping methods)

It depends... Check all of your water parameters, try low flow/light, make sure nothing is picking on it, ...and all the other standard basic stuff. The Trachyphyllias I've seen go with no real way to save them all started going the same way. They would start receding while being healthy, slowly start to bleach, eventually lose all polyp extension, cling to the skeleton, and continue to bleach and recede. At some point, the coral's internals disintegrate - there is nothing under the mouth.

I've tried just about every dip/medicine/food/tank location/etc. Try whatever you can, but I have no advice if it is going like I described.

 

[TWEEKEDTA]

has anyone had success saving trumpet coral? i got a toxic bright green trumpet with about 7 heads, and apparently my new led lights at the time were to high and it receded into it self with pretty much only mouths showing, now since iv gotten my lights right and i have good PE from all other corals it has been just hanging on for about 1 month now it hasn't died yet, i dipped it yesterday and i have it in lower light low flow.

 

[greg1786]

I actually saved one for a buddy of mine with basically identical situation. I wish I had pictures to share but I got a new phone and lost a bunch that I didnt save to photobucket. Anyhow, his colony had sbout 20 heads and was in BAD shape. All that was left was skeleton with barely a pea sized dot of green flesh in the center. I put it in my tank into a heavily shaded area where it recieved very very little light and mild flow. I left it there for a month and target fed coral smoothie and rods coral food every other day. It didnt show a feeding response until about after a week. Even with just the tiny amount of flesh left it did eat. I think that was key to saving it. After feeding the center would puff up for about 5-10 minutes before receding again. After a month it had a noticeable improvement in its flesh so I moved it into the light but still on the sandbed and only to the edge of the light. I continued target feeding every other day for another two weeks until I slowed the feeding to once a week. I think when a coral has such little flesh there isnt much zooaxnthella (sp?) to photosynthesize enough light on its own to stay alive and grow which is why feeding is so important. It took several months but its now back to its fluffy healthy self! Good luck!

 

[TWEEKEDTA]

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heres a close up of the one doing the best. sorry for the bad pics i need a better camera.

 

[MechEng99]

Announcing the rarest frag from Reef’d Up: The Victoria Elise Bridges, Limited Edition

At 7:32 am on 20 February 2014, the little frag arrived at 7 lbs, 1 oz. After a short stay in quarantine (NICU), she is now doing great in her new home and is eating well!

 

[johnike]

It's about time!!

Congrats!!!

 

[greg1786]

Congrats! She is beautiful!!!

 

[greg1786]

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heres a close up of the one doing the best. sorry for the bad pics i need a better camera.

Yours are actually in quite better shape than my buddys were so im optimistic you can save them! Start by moving them into a low light/low flow area if you havent already. Give them an hour or so to get comfortable in their new spot and try target feeding them. If you dont have any type of coral food you could always throw so mysis in a blender with some tank water. I wouldnt try to give them anything too large right now because of how unhealthy they are. The smaller the piece of food, the less energy they will have to expend trying to digest it. Good luck let me know how feeding it goes

 

[TWEEKEDTA]

i do have some reef roids that i haven't used in a while that i can try, i just can't find an expiration date on it.

 

[Shaummy]

Announcing the rarest frag from Reef'd Up: The Victoria Elise Bridges, Limited Edition

At 7:32 am on 20 February 2014, the little frag arrived at 7 lbs, 1 oz. After a short stay in quarantine (NICU), she is now doing great in her new home and is eating well!

Awww...very cute! Congrats to you!

 

[greg1786]

i do have some reef roids that i haven't used in a while that i can try, i just can't find an expiration date on it.

Did you target feed the trumpet?