Rescue Corals - Page 2

MechEng99 · 10/17/2010, 01:05 PM

Well, that scoly is really going fast (no surprise really). Anyone ever tried a Furan 2 dip on them? I think I might try that and some Vitamin C. Not sure what else I can do at this point.

mrfish55 · 10/17/2010, 04:00 PM

Great job on those rescues, I am cautiously optimistic I may have saved an elegance from the dreaded elegance coral syndrome, it was given to me as it was retracted and all puffy and pale with very short stubby tentacles, I placed it in my quarantine and did 75% water changes 3 times a day for a week, it did nothing for the first three days but it is now (2 weeks later) looking almost normal, the swelling has gone down and it is starting to have normal appearance,even got it's glow back under the actinics, I will try and get pics up to show progression as soon as my new computor shows up.

ReefRescue · 10/17/2010, 04:09 PM

Nice job on the rescues. Every single coral in my tank is rescued.

I came across this on a batch I got last week.....What do you think?

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...0#post17796860

MechEng99 · 10/17/2010, 06:26 PM

I wish I could say every coral in my tank was a rescue - either the corals are dead by the time they get here or they're fine (we only get a few sorry-off corals). Your rescue looks like a pretty safe rescue...I'd get rid of that polyclad worm though.

MechEng99 · 10/18/2010, 04:32 PM

Sad to say, but my latest Scoly rescue passed away today. I knew it wouldn't last, but I had to try. Ugh, I don't think I've ever smelled anything so bad...except maybe dying Xenia.

ReefRescue · 10/18/2010, 06:10 PM

do you do vitamin C dosing in your tank?

MechEng99 · 10/18/2010, 07:04 PM

I have off and on...nothing too crazy. I've tried just about every "new awesome" thing for reefkeeping over the past 4 years, and some of it helps with certain things...some of it is just a joke. Unless I know there's an issue, I just do regular water changes and dose mag/alk/ca. Vitamin C dosing does seem to help corals that are getting pretty bad, but usually by the time I notice a problem, it's a bit late to start dosing (especially since Vitamin C needs to be ramped up). I also use amino acids...it helps getting rescue corals to open up and feed.

ReefRescue · 10/18/2010, 07:16 PM

I find that in my rescue tank the corals respond well to vitamin C during rehab period. I did however notice that a few zoas that was on the base of a torch coral really seem to like the High C dosage. but I have never dosed my main tank with Vitamin C since I am not sure how is everything else going to respond to the dosing?

ReefRescue · 10/18/2010, 07:17 PM

What kind of amino acids do you dose....and what about B-complex dosing?

MechEng99 · 10/18/2010, 07:44 PM

I agree - rescue corals respond better, and zoanthids definitely respond well to it. I've tried dosing my display tank (mostly SPS, some LPS, no softies), but I didn't notice a difference. I haven't tried vodka dosing, since...well...vodka belongs in my belly, not my tank.

I use the Zeovit amino acids (only Zeovit product I use). I use it an hour before the lights shut off, and once the lights go out, I feed. The food I use is the "pappone" minus the HGH for the Blu Coral Method. Back when I had more fish, I followed the full procedure (minus the HGH), and I had amazing coloration and growth (more of the deep rich colors vs the light pastel colors of some of the vodka dosing, etc). Anyway, don't want to open the can of worms about which is better...I avoid all that. I just use the amino acids since it really helps open up the polyps and seems to encourage corals to feed.

Anyway, I hope no one takes this as a "what is better than whatever else" spin-off. I only know what has worked for me...and I'm definitely not a biologist.

singold · 10/18/2010, 11:12 PM

Great thread! Very cool that you were able to bring these corals back to their full glory.

ReefRescue · 10/19/2010, 12:09 AM

yeah... I wish more people would educate themselves about this hobby so there is less loss of nature as a result of some "ignorance" just to have a pretty tank...... I hear and see it to often....

stephenrsaiz · 10/19/2010, 12:18 AM

Very nice rescues, everyone. You're all a credit to the hobby!

jc-reef · 10/19/2010, 03:36 PM

This is one of my rescue corals that was given to me from my LFS that about gave up on and said for me to try it in my tank. Sorry for the not so great pics...they were taken from my phone.

Original Rescue - 'Red/Green Favia' - March 2010 (brink of death - only a couple partial eyes alive on a broken up piece of skeleton)

Rescue Now - 'Red/Green Favia' - October 2010 (Doing well and grown to about 20+ eyes)

And this one was given to me as a 'freebee' at a recent local frag swap. I will post back in a few months to see how it does. (Some kind of Favia? [I think

] mounted on the round disk that is sitting on the rectangular marble).

I too get a rewarding feeling when I can nurse a sure gonner back to health..

Rumplestilsken · 10/19/2010, 04:58 PM

Bubble coral freebie from the LFS. Sorry for the not great pics.

Then

And now

When I first got it there were no bubbles. Good feedings and light and it is making its way back.

MechEng99 · 10/19/2010, 05:24 PM

JC- beautiful favia!!! Your new freebie looks like it'll be a real winner!

Rumple - I absolutely love bubble corals...especially feeding them. Great save!

Keep 'em coming! Let's give hope to those corals that normally get thrown away and decrease the demand on the ocean!!

reefinmike · 10/20/2010, 01:09 AM

picked up a few scratch n dents today, would have certainly died if in the lfs another 2 weeks.

The lobo did have 3 heads but I chopped off the third, dead head.

ClownCrazie · 10/20/2010, 01:19 AM

Very nice guys, they look awesome now!

MechEng99 · 10/20/2010, 04:28 PM

ReefinMike - that lobo is going to be a real showstopper! Looks like it'll recover pretty quickly too. Your other finds are great.

Keep 'em coming!!

kingfisher62 · 10/20/2010, 05:56 PM

Cool thread, the regenerating ability of corals are truely amazing with the right conditions. All they need is a little TLC.
Love the before and after shots. I wish I had the foresight to do that.

jc-reef · 10/20/2010, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingfisher62

Cool thread, the regenerating ability of corals are truely amazing with the right conditions. All they need is a little TLC.
Love the before and after shots. I wish I had the foresight to do that.

Its never too late to start...

MechEng99 · 10/20/2010, 06:23 PM

I try to take photos of all my corals each month (it's a daunting task really!) This allows me to notice problems in growth, color, etc when I can compare so easily. With "tagging" abilities in a lot of photo software, it's easy to organize too. Type in "blah blah acan"...and they all show up. Plus, every now and then you'll get that *perfect* shot.

I'll try to get a new photo of that new acan I got. After less than a week, it's already looking amazing!

kingfisher62 · 10/20/2010, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jc-reef

Its never too late to start...

You are right !
I am more than willing to take a dieing coral home if the price is right.

reefinmike · 10/20/2010, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MechEng99

ReefinMike - that lobo is going to be a real showstopper! Looks like it'll recover pretty quickly too. Your other finds are great.

Keep 'em coming!!

Thanks, Im hoping for full recovery of all. I got each of those pieces for $20. A lfs near me is a good source of scratch n dent corals :/

ReefRescue · 10/20/2010, 08:32 PM

JC-reef I agree its never too late to start.....

MechEng99 I think this is gonna be a nice thread.... Good going man

10/17/2010, 01:05 PM	#26
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	Well, that scoly is really going fast (no surprise really). Anyone ever tried a Furan 2 dip on them? I think I might try that and some Vitamin C. Not sure what else I can do at this point. __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/17/2010, 06:26 PM	#29
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	I wish I could say every coral in my tank was a rescue - either the corals are dead by the time they get here or they're fine (we only get a few sorry-off corals). Your rescue looks like a pretty safe rescue...I'd get rid of that polyclad worm though. __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/18/2010, 04:32 PM	#30
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	Sad to say, but my latest Scoly rescue passed away today. I knew it wouldn't last, but I had to try. Ugh, I don't think I've ever smelled anything so bad...except maybe dying Xenia. __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/18/2010, 07:04 PM	#32
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	I have off and on...nothing too crazy. I've tried just about every "new awesome" thing for reefkeeping over the past 4 years, and some of it helps with certain things...some of it is just a joke. Unless I know there's an issue, I just do regular water changes and dose mag/alk/ca. Vitamin C dosing does seem to help corals that are getting pretty bad, but usually by the time I notice a problem, it's a bit late to start dosing (especially since Vitamin C needs to be ramped up). I also use amino acids...it helps getting rescue corals to open up and feed. __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/18/2010, 07:44 PM	#35
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	I agree - rescue corals respond better, and zoanthids definitely respond well to it. I've tried dosing my display tank (mostly SPS, some LPS, no softies), but I didn't notice a difference. I haven't tried vodka dosing, since...well...vodka belongs in my belly, not my tank. I use the Zeovit amino acids (only Zeovit product I use). I use it an hour before the lights shut off, and once the lights go out, I feed. The food I use is the "pappone" minus the HGH for the Blu Coral Method. Back when I had more fish, I followed the full procedure (minus the HGH), and I had amazing coloration and growth (more of the deep rich colors vs the light pastel colors of some of the vodka dosing, etc). Anyway, don't want to open the can of worms about which is better...I avoid all that. I just use the amino acids since it really helps open up the polyps and seems to encourage corals to feed. Anyway, I hope no one takes this as a "what is better than whatever else" spin-off. I only know what has worked for me...and I'm definitely not a biologist. __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/17/2010, 04:00 PM	#27
mrfish55 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 59	Great job on those rescues, I am cautiously optimistic I may have saved an elegance from the dreaded elegance coral syndrome, it was given to me as it was retracted and all puffy and pale with very short stubby tentacles, I placed it in my quarantine and did 75% water changes 3 times a day for a week, it did nothing for the first three days but it is now (2 weeks later) looking almost normal, the swelling has gone down and it is starting to have normal appearance,even got it's glow back under the actinics, I will try and get pics up to show progression as soon as my new computor shows up.

10/17/2010, 04:09 PM	#28
ReefRescue Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: los angeles Posts: 303	Nice job on the rescues. Every single coral in my tank is rescued. I came across this on a batch I got last week.....What do you think? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...0#post17796860

10/18/2010, 06:10 PM	#31
ReefRescue Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: los angeles Posts: 303	do you do vitamin C dosing in your tank?

10/18/2010, 07:16 PM	#33
ReefRescue Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: los angeles Posts: 303	I find that in my rescue tank the corals respond well to vitamin C during rehab period. I did however notice that a few zoas that was on the base of a torch coral really seem to like the High C dosage. but I have never dosed my main tank with Vitamin C since I am not sure how is everything else going to respond to the dosing?

10/18/2010, 07:17 PM	#34
ReefRescue Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: los angeles Posts: 303	What kind of amino acids do you dose....and what about B-complex dosing?

10/18/2010, 11:12 PM	#36
singold Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lake Saint Louis, Missouri Posts: 1,827	Great thread! Very cool that you were able to bring these corals back to their full glory. __________________ "If there is no wind.....row." Current Tank Info: 75gal Reef w/29gal Refugium

10/19/2010, 12:09 AM	#37
ReefRescue Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: los angeles Posts: 303	yeah... I wish more people would educate themselves about this hobby so there is less loss of nature as a result of some "ignorance" just to have a pretty tank...... I hear and see it to often....

10/19/2010, 12:18 AM	#38
stephenrsaiz Moved On Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 314	Very nice rescues, everyone. You're all a credit to the hobby!

10/19/2010, 03:36 PM	#39
jc-reef Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida Posts: 969	My rescue :) This is one of my rescue corals that was given to me from my LFS that about gave up on and said for me to try it in my tank. Sorry for the not so great pics...they were taken from my phone. Original Rescue - 'Red/Green Favia' - March 2010 (brink of death - only a couple partial eyes alive on a broken up piece of skeleton) Rescue Now - 'Red/Green Favia' - October 2010 (Doing well and grown to about 20+ eyes) And this one was given to me as a 'freebee' at a recent local frag swap. I will post back in a few months to see how it does. (Some kind of Favia? [I think] mounted on the round disk that is sitting on the rectangular marble). I too get a rewarding feeling when I can nurse a sure gonner back to health.. __________________ My Little Hobby FMAS - Member Current Tank Info: 300gal DD upgraded from 90 gal Mixed Reef Powered by T5 / LED

10/19/2010, 04:58 PM	#40
Rumplestilsken Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 34	Bubble coral freebie from the LFS. Sorry for the not great pics. Then And now When I first got it there were no bubbles. Good feedings and light and it is making its way back.

10/19/2010, 05:24 PM	#41
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	JC- beautiful favia!!! Your new freebie looks like it'll be a real winner! Rumple - I absolutely love bubble corals...especially feeding them. Great save! Keep 'em coming! Let's give hope to those corals that normally get thrown away and decrease the demand on the ocean!! __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/20/2010, 01:09 AM	#42
reefinmike Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 846	picked up a few scratch n dents today, would have certainly died if in the lfs another 2 weeks. The lobo did have 3 heads but I chopped off the third, dead head. __________________ 90g reef lit by 2 kessil 360's and 4 T5's. 55g sump/fuge, eshopps s-200 skimmer and slowly working on getting every apex gadget

10/20/2010, 01:19 AM	#43
ClownCrazie Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 18	Very nice guys, they look awesome now! __________________ 75gal Reef 55gal Mixed work in progress 37gal Reef More to come if I can find room in the house LOL

10/20/2010, 04:28 PM	#44
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	ReefinMike - that lobo is going to be a real showstopper! Looks like it'll recover pretty quickly too. Your other finds are great. Keep 'em coming!! __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/20/2010, 05:56 PM	#45
kingfisher62 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 4,972	Cool thread, the regenerating ability of corals are truely amazing with the right conditions. All they need is a little TLC. Love the before and after shots. I wish I had the foresight to do that. __________________ 55g Tank - 216W T5's Foxface, tomato clown, yellow tailed damsel, Starrie Blennie, LPS and softies 29G Biocube- 120W LED's 2 percular clown, Six line Wrasse , LPS and softies Current Tank Info: 55 gl. Reef tank ,29g biocube Reef

10/20/2010, 06:23 PM	#47
MechEng99 aka Reef'd Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,311	I try to take photos of all my corals each month (it's a daunting task really!) This allows me to notice problems in growth, color, etc when I can compare so easily. With "tagging" abilities in a lot of photo software, it's easy to organize too. Type in "blah blah acan"...and they all show up. Plus, every now and then you'll get that perfect shot. I'll try to get a new photo of that new acan I got. After less than a week, it's already looking amazing! __________________ See my homepage for more information on rescuing coral! PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Systems: 200g SPS-dominant, 75g Rescue, 30g QT, & 10g QT

10/20/2010, 08:32 PM	#50
ReefRescue Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: los angeles Posts: 303	JC-reef I agree its never too late to start..... MechEng99 I think this is gonna be a nice thread.... Good going man

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