Trachy healthy, but exposed skeleton increasing

[eqbal9947]

Hey guys. I have a rainbow trachy and it’s healthy except for this small spot of exposed skeleton that is slowly getting bigger. I glued it when it was small but still keeps receding.
Any tips of how I can stop the recession

 

[fishguy242]

Hi, my suggestion would be an iodine 15 min bath ,then double rinse w DT water. JMO
Lets get some expert opinions... #reefsquad

 

[Kellie in CA]

Are you feeding it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey guys. I have a rainbow trachy and it’s healthy except for this small spot of exposed skeleton that is slowly getting bigger. I glued it when it was small but still keeps receding.
Any tips of how I can stop the recession

Can you post a pic or two of the area under white lighting? Trying to determine if its recession, bacteria or ??

 

[dwest]

Sorry, I’ve never had long term success with these. I do know they are good fleshy LPS…the kind that coral nippers love. I would keep an eye on any fish that might be a suspect.

But honestly, looking at the affected area once again, I don’t think it’s a fish problem.

 

[eqbal9947]

Are you feeding it?

Yes. And it eats well

Can you post a pic or two of the area under white lighting? Trying to determine if its recession, bacteria or ??

Will do when I get a chance

 

[eqbal9947]

Can you post a pic or two of the area under white lighting? Trying to determine if its recession, bacteria or ??

Under whites
You can see the rest is nice and fleshy, good colour.
The purple part in the center of the recession is glue that has coralline on it

 

[vetteguy53081]

Under whites
You can see the rest is nice and fleshy, good colour.
The purple part in the center of the recession is glue that has coralline on it

I see the area. Its recession and I would revisit levels for: Salinity-calcium, phosphates and any fish or crabs that frequent the area of the Trachy. Adding lugols Iodine and Manganese will help it a little

 

[eqbal9947]

All my parameters are normal.
I feel like if the cause of the problem was parameters, the whole coral would not look good. The rest of the coral looks great though.
I

 

[exnisstech]

I had a lobo that had a very similar issue. One spot of recession and all other coral fine. I ground the skeleton down with a dremel to remove the sharp edges. Not sure thats recommended or not but it's growing back over skeleton. It was several months ago when did the
grinding. I wish i would have taken a before photo. This is it now with the recessed area marked

 

[Outlaw Corals]

KFC dip it ASAP