Chalice help

goody

goody

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Since I didn't get any responses on my Bounce chalice thread, I wanted to try here since I may need to act quickly. In my efforts to catch my coral beauty, I must have nudge the bubble that had formed on my chalice. It took a couple days, but it eventually tore open. I was trying to get some quick advice on what to do but no responses, so I just moved it to a lower flow area of the tank. Yesterday, the loose flesh had detached. Now today there is dead skeleton so I dipped it in Iodine and moved it back to higher flow. Any suggestions for further action now or if it continues to spread?
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I had pretty similar issues with my raja rampage and skeleton was exposed, I ended up fragging up the Chalice to few pieces, excluded the dead area and now the piece recovered and doing great just have multiple frags
 
DP916 said:
I had pretty similar issues with my raja rampage and skeleton was exposed, I ended up fragging up the Chalice to few pieces, excluded the dead area and now the piece recovered and doing great just have multiple frags
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What did you use to frag it? I don't have a band saw.

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Bone cutter. I’m going to tell you once bone is exposed, day by day even it’s low flow it still peel. So I just decided to cut that piece out. Unlucky for me defect was in the middle so I gave to cut around it which left me few pieces
 
Often those bubbles can form on lps when the coral is damaged down to the skeleton, but then regrows over the skeleton without actually attaching. I’ve seen it with blastos and acanthos. Maybe the flesh popped and exposed the skeleton where the flesh was no longer attached ?
 
PatientZero said:
Often those bubbles can form on lps when the coral is damaged down to the skeleton, but then regrows over the skeleton without actually attaching. I’ve seen it with blastos and acanthos. Maybe the flesh popped and exposed the skeleton where the flesh was no longer attached ?
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That's interesting that the bubble might have formed because there was already skeleton damage. The dead skeleton now was not all part of the bubble though so I'm assuming an infection has spread and may continue as DP916 said.

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Dip it in chemi clean. It'll be a quicker solution than multiple iodine dips. If you're gonna dip it in chemi clean, do 1 scoop of chemi clean(10g dose) per 3 cups of tank water. Make sure it's all desolved and let the coral sit in there for 15-20 minutes. Gently move water around in the container as the coral is sitting in there. What ever you do, stay away from the BS dip kits and other solutions you might find as kits. Do chemi clean, and call it a day. Don't let 1 coral crash your entire system.

Also, if you don't want to buy a whole batch of chemi clean you can use mine. I have store bottles. You'll need literally 10 drops. Not a big deal


Cutting it does help but the tissue releasing is partly a colony response as well. So if you frag it, not all frags might make it. Obviously time is really important here so whatever you do, act quick
 
Chemiclean is erythromycin. It's a gentle antibiotic that's been used years to combat cyano and other bacterial issues. In the human side of things it's pretty good with skin infections. But either way it's one of the safer anti bacterials you can use as it's been proven to be safe long term in tanks with corals and fish. Not leading to decimating good bacteria in your system unlike other antibiotics.
 
PowayReefs said:
Chemiclean is erythromycin. It's a gentle antibiotic that's been used years to combat cyano and other bacterial issues. In the human side of things it's pretty good with skin infections. But either way it's one of the safer anti bacterials you can use as it's been proven to be safe long term in tanks with corals and fish. Not leading to decimating good bacteria in your system unlike other antibiotics.
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Thanks. I do have chemiclean but didn't see it until I did another iodine dip. The dead tissue did not spread much, but it did so I tried to frag it as soon as I got home. Unfortunately, I did not have the best tools for the job, especially with that frag tile it was on. A big chunk with all the dead tissue did break off of the tile so I was lucky there, but not sure how damaging that rough break will be. Hopefully, chemiclean will help me save at least a small frag of it. Do you think it will be fine leaving it in my display? You are worrying me with the comment about not letting one coral crash the whole system.
 
goody said:
Thanks. I do have chemiclean but didn't see it until I did another iodine dip. The dead tissue did not spread much, but it did so I tried to frag it as soon as I got home. Unfortunately, I did not have the best tools for the job, especially with that frag tile it was on. A big chunk with all the dead tissue did break off of the tile so I was lucky there, but not sure how damaging that rough break will be. Hopefully, chemiclean will help me save at least a small frag of it. Do you think it will be fine leaving it in my display? You are worrying me with the comment about not letting one coral crash the whole system.
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Yea just do a chemi clean dip on it to be safe. You'll be fine for the most part just don't do anything you normally wouldn't do. If it dies, it dies. Better to have one coral die than to do an entire treatment for your tank and mess up your bacteria/slime coats.


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