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 Topic: RTN on my 20k Lokani colony!! please help
Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:10am |
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So in my other post I said my salinity dropped to 1.020 its now at 1.024. Looking in the tank tonight a large part of my Lokani dropped its flesh. Is there a way to stop it ? This colony is big and one of my prized pieces. Please respond as fast as you can !!
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:23am |
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The only way to stop RTN is to frag a good 1/2" to 1" above the dieing part of the coral.
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:25am |
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It is most of the colony on the underside.and in between all the branches.
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:33am |
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Smooth "skinned" SPS are usually more sensitive to quick changes. Fraging off a good piece is the only way I know of to save any of the coral.
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:43am |
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A good dip in coral RX can help also. Move it out of high flow in my opinion . Hope you can save it .
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:45am |
I went thru a huge out break in my tank and it was my fault .if you need a few more tips you can call im up late . Kurt 801 - 637-6113
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 5:02am |
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I've had a few do that. Only save for me was cutting some of the unaffected sections off... 20k lokani is awesome, I hope you can save it!
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:48pm |
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I remember reading from Reef'd up that smooth skinned sps are sensitive to Coral Rx so you may want to hold off on that dip.
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 2:49pm |
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Yeah I didn't dip
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Posted: July 28 2013 at 3:26pm |
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Ohh, yes, I wouldn't dip in CoralRx. Smooth-skinned acros are very sensitive to it. I would dip in Lugols or another iodine-based dip instead.
Fragging the coral, as painful as it is to do, may help signal a survival response in the coral, especially if you frag into healthy tissue. You may have noticed this when you frag in general - a regularly fragged coral tends to grow faster than a coral left on its own.
Unfortunately, these corals are just very sensitive. There's no guarantee that fragging it will save it. Dropping the salinity was stressful to it, and bringing it up slowly will be stressful...but so will bringing it up quickly.
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Posted: August 29 2013 at 1:15am |
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Find the problem , fix the problem , feed the colony heavily. I saved mine , it's now recovering nicely.
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Posted: August 29 2013 at 3:21pm |
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Find the problem , fix the problem , feed the colony heavily. I saved mine , it's now recovering nicely. |
Did you have to frag it? Did you dip it? Glad to hear you saved it!
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Posted: August 29 2013 at 5:06pm |
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I cut two small frags from where I could just in case the rest died off. I didn't dip it because smooth skin sps don't do well with iodine dip. I figured it would just stress it worse. I just fed it my home made coral food heavily once a day and it now has almost all the flesh back.
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Posted: August 30 2013 at 5:36am |
usman123 wrote:
<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">part of my Lokani dropped its flesh. Is there a way to stop it ? This colony is big and one of my prized pieces. Please respond a</span>
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I'm going to guess you don't *actually* have a problem since you copied the OP word-for-word...and are located in Pakistan.
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Posted: August 30 2013 at 11:33am |
ReefdUp wrote:
usman123 wrote:
<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">part of my Lokani dropped its flesh. Is there a way to stop it ? This colony is big and one of my prized pieces. Please respond a</span>
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I'm going to guess you don't *actually* have a problem since you copied the OP word-for-word...and are located in Pakistan. |
LOL I didnt even notice that.... well at least everyone knows I saved it!
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