Mesurable Progress (candy Coral)

dinhouse

dinhouse

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This a candy coral I bought in June. It wasn't in that great a shape when I bought it and I got it at a discount. I figured if I could nurse this one back to health it would be a show piece! It's not piece yet but you can definatly see the progress it has made. Just the other night I noticed that the heads that died are now growing back.

JUNE 12TH 2002




My wife get sick of hearing about my tank so I figured I would share my progress with you all!
 
jonthefb

jonthefb

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very nice, din, maybe you should change your screen name to savior or somethign like that. :D ;) I had the same experience with an open brain coral that i saved from my lfs. it came in completely white (bleached) and they were going to throw it out. i told em id give em 6 bucks for it, and they actually didnt want to take my money(wow, huh?) but i insisted on it, and now it is doing better than ever. its probably as hungry as i am,a nd its damn feeder tentacles are always out!
i only wish that everyone, and every coral was as fortunate as the ones in your tank. more often than not, damaged specimens, die a slow death in a display tank at our lfs, and get thrown away with the rest of the garbage. granted some of them are harmed during collection, shipping, etc, but man wouldnt it be great if there were a coral rescue hospital like they have for dogs and cats? People,and lfs 's could bring their sick or near death corals and inverts to a shelter, where dedicated auarists would nurse them back to help and they only offer them to concerned aquarists who would have to fill our a referral before purchase!:D ;)
just my crazy ideas!
jon
 
dinhouse

dinhouse

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Jon you may be on to something! I can see a idea such as yours coming around i the near future. In years to come coral harvesting will be banned completely and every piece will be prized (as it should already be). I like the feeling of accomplishment when I can grow a coral myself rather than just buying a huge one. thanks guy for the kind words they are greatly appreciated.
 
nacl-h2o

nacl-h2o

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DINHOUSE
I know how you feel, most of the corals I get are cuttings, frags, single polyps or something in bad shape. I prefer it that way. I love the feel of success when you bring one back or grow one from something small. Good work with the candy.
 
dinhouse

dinhouse

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It is refreashing to see that I am not the only one that feels this way. We are actually helping the hobby in my opinion. By learning how to care for a sick coral and sharing the info we are providing valuable info that is going to be sorly needed when they ban all collecting. I just wish there were more of us out there with this idea. Thanks guys
 
rsd

rsd

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Wow what a recovery!
After 9/11 a LFS near me sold out of their stock rether quickly (no air shipments, remember?) and found behind their live rock several corals that had "slid through the cracks" litterally. I bought a Favia sp, Blue ridge, lobophylia, orange sponge, and a yellow polyp rock for $24. The blue ridge has doubled in size and repaired all damage, the lobo is now recovered all damaged areas, the yellow polyps are everywhere, the lobo recovered nicely but then came down with pink band 6 months ago and I couldn't save it... the sponge ended up a decoration on my mantle... you can't save em all.
But a candy coral! Wow, I thought they were way too sensitive to save.
 
tru conch

tru conch

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even though i work at a lfs, most of my corals are small frags that fall off and i buy. i like to see them grow, knowing that i am doing a good job caring for them.
din, its cool to see your progress. i wish i had a digital camera to show my colt, finger leather, and button frags growing. keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming!
 
chainsaw5vent

chainsaw5vent

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:cool: din what is your method of nursing the coral back to health?:confused: please tell. don't keep that a secret. what kind of lighting are you using in your tank?
 
bigocubed

bigocubed

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Wow, the Candy Corals you guys show are awesome, I have gotten some frags from a friend and now I know what they are to look like ;-).
I'm starting slow with the corals, just like you guys said to learn to care for them properly. Thanks for the post.
 
dinhouse

dinhouse

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My lighting consists of two 96 watt 10k power compacts, two 110 watt vho actinics. (usually I have two 55watt smartlight 50/50 running as well but the bulbs burnt out and I am waiting on replacements) My lights are set on two cheap walmart timers. The actinics come on an hour before the PCs and they go off an hour after them.
I feed my tank everyother day. I feed it a mixture of enriched brine, sweetwater zoplankton, marine cuise, and phtyoplankton (I soak it all in selcon). I believe the reson I had such success with the candy is that when I feed it I use a syringe and I turn of the current. They are really greedy eaters so they will basically eat as much as you give them.
 
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