ReefRunner69, I Need Help FAST!

[stresco]

Kevin, Yesterday you said "the thing to look for with the seriatopora is [acronym:3f919d6748="Rapid tissue neucrosis"]RTN[/acronym:3f919d6748], and bleaching". Well yest, it looked like it was a little bleaching and i thought it was just from the stress of going from [acronym:3f919d6748="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:3f919d6748] lighting to [acronym:3f919d6748="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:3f919d6748]. Tonight, i came home and the Birdsnest looks much worse. Is there anything I can do for it? Is it too late? Should i move it lower into the tank. Right now it is at the top of the tank with moderate to light flow. Please help. What should I do?

[reefrunner69]

is that a recent pic? It doesn't appear to be [acronym:24fb0ce360="Rapid tissue neucrosis"]RTN[/acronym:24fb0ce360]'s, just a couple of bare spots. When you say it looks worse, what exactly is it doing that's got you concerned. If it was in [acronym:24fb0ce360="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:24fb0ce360] and you moved it to [acronym:24fb0ce360="Metal halide light"]MH[/acronym:24fb0ce360], and what appears to be the top of the tank....I would highly recommend you move it to the bottom.

If you are noticing the flesh actually stripping from the coral, as the pictures title would suggest, then all you can do is [acronym:24fb0ce360="Broken or cut pieces of coral which will eventually grow into a new animal"]frag[/acronym:24fb0ce360]. I would dip any [acronym:24fb0ce360="Broken or cut pieces of coral which will eventually grow into a new animal"]frags[/acronym:24fb0ce360] in a lugols dip at 40 drops per gallon, or 15 drops per liter.

[stresco]

Thank you for such a fast response. Yes that is a recent pic, i took it minutes ago. It looks worse to me than it did yest, because i can see more bare spots than before. The small bare area, doesnt have the fleshy looking speckles like the rest of the coral.

[reefrunner69]

Well, like I said, it doesn't look like [acronym:84e4ba3a75="Rapid tissue neucrosis"]RTN[/acronym:84e4ba3a75], yet, to me from the photos, but you would know it, more and more flesh would be gone, very quickly. Right now, I would dip the coral in a coral dip or lugols dip and move it to the bottom.

[stresco]

I moved it into the sand at the bottom of my tank. The lights are out, so i will check it out in the morn, when i get up. If it looks worse, i guess i have start fragging it I dont have any Lugols but i do have kent Iodine, is that good enough?

[reefrunner69]

Probably not. Not to mention, I don't know the dosage for a safe dip. You might look into a coral dip, kent and seachem both make them.

[stresco]

Ack. It will have to wait till i get home from work tomorrow, and there is no garentee that the LFSs will have it.

[reefrunner69]

you can maybe get lugols from the pharmacy. That's where I get mine, it's like 15.00 for a quart, the [acronym:83479642aa="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:83479642aa] sells it for 10.00 for an oz. Not all pharmacies will keep it in stock, so call around and ask different pharmacies. If your [acronym:83479642aa="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:83479642aa] doesn't have the more manageable size or the coral dip.

[stresco]

Kool. Thanks again!

[stresco]

I stopped by the [acronym:5b62f640bb="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:5b62f640bb] that i bought the BirdsNest from at luchtime today because its only 2 miles from my job and asked if they had any Reef Dip. They owner Louis, told me "no" he didnt have any and asked what it needed it for. I told him i was concerned about the BirdsNest that i got on Sat, that i thougt it was sick and might be stripping. He Immediatly pulls another BirdsNest coral out of his main tank (Same size as mine) and says "here, put this in your tank. If this one starts to strip too, you need to start looking at your water." Very Very cool if yous ask me? Then he gives me half a bottle of Lugols Solution for free and further discounts a bottle of MarinePlankton and silver slides (which i was going to buy anyway).

I think I may have finally found a winner of a [acronym:5b62f640bb="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:5b62f640bb]!