Monti's dieing and not sure why

I lost some monti due to heat a while back when I had a digital thermometer problem. All I can say is they didn't look like that. First the polyps retracted all over then the entire colony bleached. That looks like something is feasting on it. JMO
 
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So i think im going to do a dip of all my monti's and scrub them. So these are the steps i found does this sound good to every one. Should i use the brightwell loguls solution i have here or go see if my lfs has revive?

Treatment

There are many treatments for this pest including Lugols dip, FW dip (not recommended), and Levamisole, but most of these can only eliminate the nudibranchs but not the actual eggs. Here's what I did::

1. Break the infested part and throw it away. No matter how clean the coral looks, the eggs are usually hidden in deep crevices so you can't take a chance here. ONLY KEEP the top part of the coral and throw away the rest.

2. After you cut the coral, again you will have to visually inspect it carefully for eggs. Remember you are looking for CLUSTERS of eggs. If you see them, you need to scrape these with a soft toothbrush and clean it with tankwater.

3. After the coral has been cleaned, prepare two containers - one with three cups of tankwater + 20 drops of Lugols and the other with just tank water. You will now dip the coral for about 10 mins while still inspecting for eggs

4. If you see more eggs, scrape it again with your toothbrush. When you are done, dip the coral one last time. This time into the clean tankwater.. this is to finally rinse it off.

5. You're done. Here's the actual piece that I treated-- This Confusa has grown way bigger than what's on this pic.

Also do you think i toothbrush should be fine and scrap the dead spots along witht he edges of the coral?
 
One diffrence from that pic and the real thing is the rainbow monti looks like it has just rtn'd, i han still see the holes where the polyps came from, or do the monti's just eat only the flesh no scelaton? also those steps i posted are they good? i found them on another site.
 
Ok im going to go get some revive and do a ten min dip in revive, a good inspection and scrub, ten min's in loguls then another inspection then 10 mins in tank water. Can i dip all my corals in on bucket of three cups of tank water 20 drops of loguls/revive? or does each coral get there own thing of solution and tank water?
 
Ok, i have all them diped right now, and not a single thing has come off besides a few little black specs.
 
Now there all diped and look VERY VERY pale and are slimming. If i did not dip them i would say the bleeched behond beliefe this has never happened to me before what does this mean?
 
I did what the thing told me to do. What happens if you over dip, can they recover?
 
I've been following your thread and I feel you need to take a look at your temperature again. The fact you were gone for 5 days leads me to assume you are unaware of when the spike occurred. If the spike happened quickly(1,2 days) your corals will have started to bleach themselves and begin to die off due to the abrupt temp raise. My heater went on the fritz a few weeks back and killed half my tank within 3 days before I realized my heater was boiling the tank.(Temp spike from 77 to 86) Your first pic appears to have die off from the bleaching. My Pokerstar monti looked the exact way.Eventually half the piece bleached and died off. I didnt use revive because I've heard its a finicky thing and can sometimes hurt rather than help. I would do a quick Lugols dip in order to help if the revive is appears to have paled them out, then place them in strong flow for a few minutes and finally place them in a dark shaded spot with very low light. This will help combat the bleaching and give it a chance to recover. Hope this helps
 
After seeing what comes i think it might of been that. Due to there was nothing in the bowls other then litle black speks.
 

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