Tracyphillia not doing well

[Shadows Reef]

Hello all
I have a Tracyphilla ive had for two years, about 5-6 months ago I moved and he got injured in the move and his tissue in that area has been receding since, any idea what I can do to help it heal?

All the other corals in the tank are doing great, I currently the tank shown is a 40 Gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump, I know it’s small for the tang but it’s all I have while I’m finishing setting my 200gallon tank back up

my parameter are listed below and are fairly steady
I do weekly 15% water changes

ALK 7.5 DKH
CAL 440 ppm
MAG 1340 ppm
Salinity 34.5 ppt
PH 8.2 night 8.4 day
Phosphate 0.21ppm
Nitrate 3.2 ppm
Temp 78
At the Sand Bed he gets about 100 Par

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello all
I have a Tracyphilla ive had for two years, about 5-6 months ago I moved and he got injured in the move and his tissue in that area has been receding since, any idea what I can do to help it heal?

All the other corals in the tank are doing great, I currently the tank shown is a 40 Gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump, I know it’s small for the tang but it’s all I have while I’m finishing setting my 200gallon tank back up

my parameter are listed below and are fairly steady
I do weekly 15% water changes

ALK 7.5 DKH
CAL 440 ppm
MAG 1340 ppm
Salinity 34.5 ppt
PH 8.2 night 8.4 day
Phosphate 0.21ppm
Nitrate 3.2 ppm
Temp 78
At the Sand Bed he gets about 100 Par

Generally if skeleton is showing- dead area. Typically, what you can do is either cut out the dead area or what I do - place superglue on both ends where tissue begins, and the rest should do well providing youre giving it moderate light and water flow and its not being irritated by sand. feed 2X per week- mysis shrimp
and assure nitrates, phosphates, salinity, ph, and alk are not elevated

 

[Kellie in CA]

Lots of direct feeding of meaty foods.

 

[Shadows Reef]

Generally if skeleton is showing- dead area. Typically, what you can do is either cut out the dead area or what I do - place superglue on both ends where tissue begins, and the rest should do well providing youre giving it moderate light and water flow and its not being irritated by sand. feed 2X per week- mysis shrimp
and assure nitrates, phosphates, salinity, ph, and alk are not elevated

I’m nervous about cutting it if it was any other coral I would go for it but I if it’s the last resort I may, just not sure how well it could recover from that.

 

[Shadows Reef]

Lots of direct feeding of meaty foods.

I just started talking him last week and going to continue twice a week, I placed him in a bowl of tank water with some aminos and food for about an hour and then put him back in after

 

[Shadows Reef]

Generally if skeleton is showing- dead area. Typically, what you can do is either cut out the dead area or what I do - place superglue on both ends where tissue begins, and the rest should do well providing youre giving it moderate light and water flow and its not being irritated by sand. feed 2X per week- mysis shrimp
and assure nitrates, phosphates, salinity, ph, and alk are not elevated

Super glue on both ends could you clarify on that further please, that my be something I may try, would the tissue grow over or it would just prevent further recession?

 

[Lavey29]

Maybe some ciprofloaxin treatment? I have one that receedes down to almost complete skeleton at night but then poofs up huge in daytime. They can adapt to injuries or disease in some cases.

 

[ying yang]

I just started talking him last week and going to continue twice a week, I placed him in a bowl of tank water with some aminos and food for about an hour and then put him back in after

Coral whisperer hey ^_^
Maybe try" talking " to him every day

 

[Shadows Reef]

Coral whisperer hey ^_^
Maybe try" talking " to him every day

lol man I’ve been doing that for months! Seems it doesn’t like what I’m preaching

 

[Shadows Reef]

Maybe some ciprofloaxin treatment? I have one that receedes down to almost complete skeleton at night but then poofs up huge in daytime. They can adapt to injuries or disease in some cases.

That is exactly what mine does!
How would you use ciprofloaxin and where would I get it?

would it be like that antibiotic paste I’ve heard so many great things about?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Super glue on both ends could you clarify on that further please, that my be something I may try, would the tissue grow over or it would just prevent further recession?

Prevents further recession. While cipro May help anemones, I would not apply to Trachy or any other meat corals.

 

[Shadows Reef]

Prevents further recession. While cipro May help anemones, I would not apply to Trachy or any other meat corals.

Yeah I was checking Ciprofloxacin out and it didn’t seem like it would be my go to, my LFS ordered me some reef primer and I may try that but that makes sense

 

[Lavey29]

That is exactly what mine does!
How would you use ciprofloaxin and where would I get it?

would it be like that antibiotic paste I’ve heard so many great things about?

Allivet sells it. I've used cipro in my tank multiple times now when I suspect an LPS bacterial infection with great results. Just dilute it first and add at night. Some people use it periodically as a prevention measure.

 

[Shadows Reef]

I will look more into it, but do you have any links you can share with some instructions on uses ? All I’ve found were for anemones

 

[Lavey29]

I will look more into it, but do you have any links you can share with some instructions on uses ? All I’ve found were for anemones

It's primarily used for BJD in LPS but I view it like this. If you get a cut on your skin what's the first thing you put on it? Anti infection ointment. To me anemone have similar characteristics to certain corals to such as elegance corals. Trachys are not thar different with their soft outside flash. I have dosed 250mg pill 3 times over a 6 day period in my 80g system with positive results stopping BJD and or other bacterial infection.

 

[Lavey29]

Antibiotic options for treating relentless STN/BJD

Hi everyone, Back in January I noticed some Acans receding a bit from the edges of their colonies. After that, I lost two hammers that just sort of withered away, a Hollywood Stunner colony lost a ton of tissue, and the Acans eventually lost all of their tissue. I also noticed some slight...

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[Lavey29]

If you suspect vibrio as the source of infection then check out PNS probio. I have been dosing this for a month now and have seen very positive tank improvements also. It's a natural bacteria no chemicals. Treats vibrio infection and lowers nitrates and phosphate too.