I Hate It When This Happens!!!!
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stuckinfla
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I feel your pain
viper_930
Active Member
I hear ya Reefnut. It always hurts to loose a coral to RTN, and yours is such a big piece too.
Whenever I have a coral RTN, I do an iodine dip for 3 minutes with diluted Lugols iodine. It always seems to stop the RTN for me, and the live tissue would eventually regrow in or grow over the dead skeleton.
Whenever I have a coral RTN, I do an iodine dip for 3 minutes with diluted Lugols iodine. It always seems to stop the RTN for me, and the live tissue would eventually regrow in or grow over the dead skeleton.
beachbumtx
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Excuse my ignorance....what does RTN stand for?
symon
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https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/174465/sps-bleaching
read down the post it will tell you what it stands for
read down the post it will tell you what it stands for
reefnut
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Excuse my ignorance....what does RTN stand for?
RTN=Rapid Tissue Neucrosis, many things cause it and it's difficult to stop. Basically the coral goes into complete failure and sheds its flesh.
Thanks for the support guys... Viper, I have never been able to stop it but I will try the iodine dip if it happens again. Last night I removed the coral and fragged what I could. It is a fast grower so if I can get a frag to live I'll have a new colony in no time.
RTN=Rapid Tissue Neucrosis, many things cause it and it's difficult to stop. Basically the coral goes into complete failure and sheds its flesh.
Thanks for the support guys... Viper, I have never been able to stop it but I will try the iodine dip if it happens again. Last night I removed the coral and fragged what I could. It is a fast grower so if I can get a frag to live I'll have a new colony in no time.
stonynut
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i dont know the time table of this reaction... but i am guessing it isnt RTN... RTN will consume a coral in a matter of hours. if its happening longer than that... say over nite... or over a coupla days... .its what most people call STN. its the same thing, just a different amount of time. there is also shutdown reaction where the coral loses tissue across the whole coral at once instead of just an area here and there.
when you frag a necrosing coral... "over-frag" it... meaning even cut away a little into the healthy area. if you just cut away the dead part the necroses can still spread.
reason i said frog and flow above... hard to tell depth perception in pics, but it looks like the frogspawn could be reaching out and touching the acro.
reason i say flow... when corals start shutting down slowly from the base up, the coral usually isnt getting as much flow as it needs.... due to growth, new corals place near it, rock deflecting water, etc.
when you frag a necrosing coral... "over-frag" it... meaning even cut away a little into the healthy area. if you just cut away the dead part the necroses can still spread.
reason i said frog and flow above... hard to tell depth perception in pics, but it looks like the frogspawn could be reaching out and touching the acro.
reason i say flow... when corals start shutting down slowly from the base up, the coral usually isnt getting as much flow as it needs.... due to growth, new corals place near it, rock deflecting water, etc.
reefnut
Active Member
Thanks for the info... it did happen quickly. The first I noticed it was when these pictures were taken. When I went home at lunch I did notice it so it happened I think with in a few hours. I have seen one of my corals start to STN at the base due to lack of flow... that was a slow process and gave me time to react.
The FS is relatively close but again I have not noticed any damage other than that caused by the cap. I was hoping they would find neutral ground and stop harming each other...
The FS is relatively close but again I have not noticed any damage other than that caused by the cap. I was hoping they would find neutral ground and stop harming each other...
beachbumtx
Member
Originally Posted by ReefNut
RTN=Rapid Tissue Neucrosis, many things cause it and it's difficult to stop. Basically the coral goes into complete failure and sheds its flesh.
Thanks! I have never had that happen in my tank, but I have seen it in our store tanks from time to time and never knew what it was called.
RTN=Rapid Tissue Neucrosis, many things cause it and it's difficult to stop. Basically the coral goes into complete failure and sheds its flesh.
Thanks! I have never had that happen in my tank, but I have seen it in our store tanks from time to time and never knew what it was called.