Help Save this SPS!!

[Roboson]

I went to my LFS today to get some extra RODI water and all of their coral is browning out or bleaching or already dead! Only the mushroom corals seemed ok.

But this guy looked savable. And I was willing to pay $10 to save it from certain doom.

They woman working there didn't know what it was, but she said it was ORA.

What extra measures can I take to help this guy recover?

 

[eliramos]

Pics?

 

[Roboson]

Right now I'm just equalizing the temperature in the LFS water to my tank water.

 

[Mattrg02]

Looks gone to me. Total rtn

 

[Roboson]

Here it is under blues. The middle section is definitely gone, but I was hoping the sides were savable.

Even if it's almost certainly dead, I'm going to treat it as if it's saveable until I'm certain it's not.

 

[Roboson]

Could someone at least attempt an ID?

 

[Diesel]

That doesn't look like something from ORA.
http://www.orafarm.com/products/hardcoral/montipora/

 

[Roboson]

Yeah, I figured they were stringing me along. Still, I couldn't leave it there. I saved (what I believe to be) a tiny Duncan as well.

Ok so if it's not an ORA coral, what would you guess it to be? A montipora of some kind?

 

[Pruett-nc]

I think I would find another lfs . Sounds like they are careless and no clue what they are doing .

 

[Macdaddynick1]

sour apple monti and pocci on the side , so thats 2 corals =)

it could very well be ora green monti http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3352+3354+3363&pcatid=3363

 

[Roboson]

sour apple monti and pocci on the side , so thats 2 corals =)

it could very well be ora green monti http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3352+3354+3363&pcatid=3363

Thanks for the ID! It was once a very bright yellow, back when my LFS was doing SW right. Could the green one turn yellow under different types of lighting?

I think I would find another lfs . Sounds like they are careless and no clue what they are doing .

Yeah they have no clue what to do. Unfortunately they're the only one in town that even carries salt water.

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

Feed powdered food every few hours.
Good luck, always fun to see what grows back!

 

[Pruett-nc]

I feel ya on the lfs . I have to drive a minimum of an hour to one .

 

[Roboson]

As far feeding SPS, do you have any recommendations? Right now I just have pellet food that I've been breaking into tiny pieces for my rhicordia.

 

[Roboson]

I did a big water change earlier and will be doing another one tomorrow. The first one was 6 gallons.

I have the SPS about 7-8 inches under my compact floresent lights. It's in the middle of the tank so it gets decent flow. Should I point a small power head at it for direct flow?

 

[Roboson]

Also it's more brown today than it was yesterday. Is that a good or a bad sign? I thought the browning meant increased symbiotic algae levels. Which would be ok with me since I'm trying to keep it alive. Do I need to move it closer to the light in that case?

 

[Reefrookie220]

It's gonna take alot of compact florescent to grow any type of sps, look like a monti to me, I'd frag a few pieces of what's left and hope for the best. Algae love to grow on fresh white skeleton, it could cause death from smothering the already doing coral.

 

[Roboson]

It's gonna take alot of compact florescent to grow any type of sps, look like a monti to me, I'd frag a few pieces of what's left and hope for the best. Algae love to grow on fresh white skeleton, it could cause death from smothering the already doing coral.

So move it higher up in the tank then? And try and frag the good away from the dead?

What does the browning mean?

 

[Reefrookie220]

It's there still flesh in the middle? Or is the Skelton showing?

 

[andrewey]

I definately wouldn't feed it right now. It might make it, might not, but what it needs now is to relax in clean, stable water. Just make sure it's getting good light, good flow, and your parameters are stable and let nature take it's course. Blasting it with food every few hours could stress it out, dirty up the water, and increase the phosphates thereby making it harder to grow. I would just suggest patience with this guy.