Hawkin's Echinata?
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Stephen Glover
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You may be blasting it with too much light. Hawkins is a deep water Acropora and should be started at the bottom of the tank and moved up as it acclimates. Do you know what your par is? it would also help if you posted your parameters and tank details.
Dburr1014
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Rapid tissue neurosis will not go away until the coral is dead.
What I would do if this is what you have is,
Cut off good fleshy frags, dip in coral dip, and remount on another frag plug.
Stephen Glover
Active Member
The second picture looks much worse than the first one unfortunately.
Dburr1014
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Oh my, flesh is gone, only a few polyps left.Ok, I will get a better picture. Will RTN go away? Should I put in tank lower?
Most likely will not recover but move it down to the sandbed and keep algae off of it. If it makes it, great. You will know in a week if its dead or not.
Stephen Glover
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I always use bayer dip and haven’t experienced any issues. What was your diping protocol.
Wasabiroot
Valonia Slayer
Lot to unpack here. Parameters fluctuating or being significantly different, lighting, placement; all can contribute to a coral dying, especially sps. I HAVE heard Hawkins is particularly sensitive to dips (along with many other "smooth" type acros). Rather than write them off entirely, you should attempt again later! I had a hawkins that melted, but I have other sps that are thriving. It's normal to feel discouraged but this is a learning opportunity
tmccaff
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I did the following:
I floated bags for 20 min with lights off
After that I dripped method for 30min; cut off frag plug
After that put them in another container and used 2 cups of that water to 20ml of Revive dip for 10 min
After that used new tank water 2 cups in another container with 20ml of bayer for 15min
After that used new tank 2 cups water in new container 15min
After that used another 2 cups of tank water in another container 15min. Put in display tank with lights off.
Next day I glued it to rock on top, at this point looked white.
Anything I did wrong?
I guess good time to check parameters
I floated bags for 20 min with lights off
After that I dripped method for 30min; cut off frag plug
After that put them in another container and used 2 cups of that water to 20ml of Revive dip for 10 min
After that used new tank water 2 cups in another container with 20ml of bayer for 15min
After that used new tank 2 cups water in new container 15min
After that used another 2 cups of tank water in another container 15min. Put in display tank with lights off.
Next day I glued it to rock on top, at this point looked white.
Anything I did wrong?
I guess good time to check parameters
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Dburr1014
10K Club member
Oh wow, that's a lot.
This is my method.
Float bag 20 mins.
Dip in coral revive.
Inspect with loop. If I see anything address with toothbrush and h2o2.
In the tank.
Can't remember the last time I lost a frag.
This is my method.
Float bag 20 mins.
Dip in coral revive.
Inspect with loop. If I see anything address with toothbrush and h2o2.
In the tank.
Can't remember the last time I lost a frag.
nothing_fancy
Active Member
I would second the notion that you started the frag up too high but also how old is your tank? I have had an issue myself with these smooth skin types of acropora when my tank wasn't mature enough. As far as your dipping method, for me that would be too much too long. I think there are a lot of opinions of dipping and acclimation, some do nothing, the frag goes right in, some do a lot. Personally I think I had some issues when I did too much so eventually I adopted a quick dip in revive, then in clean SW, no more than 5 min per, sometimes even less, then just a bit of observation of the frag and plug for pests and then right into the tank toward the bottom. If I have ordered say a handful of frags maybe 5 frags, my whole dip situation doesn't take me more than 15 or 20 minutes for all of them and have been very lucky with very few issues for sps.
tmccaff
Well-Known Member
Coral revive though don't kill correct? Bayer does. Reason I used bayer, I did see some questionable hitchhiker's present when I used coral revive. Maybe I should of took pictures of hitchhikers. Revive don't kill hitchhikers am I correct?
tmccaff
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what is loop? lol
Stephen Glover
Active Member
My preference is to keep it simple. I always test the water that the frag came from, if it’s close to mine I don’t do any drip method, only temperature acclimation. I then inspect the frag with a magnifying glass to check for eggs,etc. dip for 10 minutes in Bayer. I will only toss the plug if it’s questionable. 99% of my frags make it past 2 days. This frag may have been too stressed to begin with.
