zanoshanox
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Good luck trying to get it to come back with PCs...
Dead SPS? (Pics)
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volcom69
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As long as it still has poylps its still alive just not like u want it to be. You must have enough light to help get its color back and enough if u dont it wont make it. Not sure what ur lights are or ur gph of flow in ur tank is, but make sure u have enough and see what happens. Your monti looks fine those are some nice easy sps and will grow like crazy.
bonebrake
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Originally Posted by MichaelTX
SPS corals have a unique ability that the polyps can go deep into the skeleton and if conditions are right they can come back it takes awhile though .
I never throw out any SPS skeletons because of this.
The epoxy that you used did it get HOT when you were kneading it. If so it can kil an SPS coral because of the heat.
To be honest with you I have never seen one bleach like this. But there is a disease called RTN that can wipe them out really fast. but it usually takes alittle bit of time. How big was this frag??
Mike
Both frags are a little bit over one inch. The one that is bleached is a Pocillopora damicoris; the guy I bought the frags from verified it.
SPS corals have a unique ability that the polyps can go deep into the skeleton and if conditions are right they can come back it takes awhile though .
I never throw out any SPS skeletons because of this.
The epoxy that you used did it get HOT when you were kneading it. If so it can kil an SPS coral because of the heat.
To be honest with you I have never seen one bleach like this. But there is a disease called RTN that can wipe them out really fast. but it usually takes alittle bit of time. How big was this frag??
Mike
Both frags are a little bit over one inch. The one that is bleached is a Pocillopora damicoris; the guy I bought the frags from verified it.
aztec reef
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I don't think that it was the shrimp at all, i would look into red bugs or RTN. but man that was fast if it got to that point in a 24hrs period.
Or did you see some bleaching when you got it?
I don't think the lighting is a Factor if there was already bleaching going On when you got this frags..
Or did you see some bleaching when you got it?
I don't think the lighting is a Factor if there was already bleaching going On when you got this frags..
zman1
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Originally Posted by Bonebrake
Sorry for your loss.
Were you holding it in the center while mounting. Looks like there is tissue above and below the center area. You weren't wearing gloves as I just ran your fingerprints through the FBI from the epoxy. They were small and manhandling them probably didn't help. Next time try picking the end up that is to be mounted and take the ball of epoxy and wrap it around the end while holding it in the same area. Then when you go in to mount it you just press the ball down on the mounting surface. This helps keep your fingers gloved or not, off the frag except where you use the epoxy. Hope I am describing it right. 1" isn't very big and you could have done too much tissue damage during mounting.
Sorry for your loss.
Were you holding it in the center while mounting. Looks like there is tissue above and below the center area. You weren't wearing gloves as I just ran your fingerprints through the FBI from the epoxy. They were small and manhandling them probably didn't help. Next time try picking the end up that is to be mounted and take the ball of epoxy and wrap it around the end while holding it in the same area. Then when you go in to mount it you just press the ball down on the mounting surface. This helps keep your fingers gloved or not, off the frag except where you use the epoxy. Hope I am describing it right. 1" isn't very big and you could have done too much tissue damage during mounting.
zman1
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Originally Posted by Aztec Reef
I don't think that it was the shrimp at all, i would look into red bugs or RTN. but man that was fast if it got to that point in a 24hrs period.
Or did you see some bleaching when you got it?
I don't think the lighting is a Factor if there was already bleaching going On when you got this frags..
RTN - The "R" stands for RAPID. I lost a 3" round coral while I was out of town. Wife said in the evening one branch was bright white and by morning the whole coral was bright white. Had I been home, I would have tried fragging when the first branch turned white to see if I could save parts of it.
I don't think that it was the shrimp at all, i would look into red bugs or RTN. but man that was fast if it got to that point in a 24hrs period.
Or did you see some bleaching when you got it?
I don't think the lighting is a Factor if there was already bleaching going On when you got this frags..
RTN - The "R" stands for RAPID. I lost a 3" round coral while I was out of town. Wife said in the evening one branch was bright white and by morning the whole coral was bright white. Had I been home, I would have tried fragging when the first branch turned white to see if I could save parts of it.
aztec reef
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yeah i have heard of RTN wiping out frags that size in a 24hrs. Now this just proofs it. btw, RTN = Rapid Tissue Necrosis.
