will my chalice frag make it?

er1c.the.reefer · Feb 4, 2009

i just got my flamethrower chalice frag in today and it looks like its stressed pretty bad; some of the flesh is coming off. does it look like it'll recover?

i've put it in a medium flow, low light area of my tank and dosed some extra amino acids to see if it'll help. any extra suggestions?

iani · Feb 4, 2009

Dip the frag in two little fishes coral revive. That dip has helped me a lot.

Ian · Feb 4, 2009

Thats a terrible cut but it could definately make it. Id do low light/low flow and see what happens...

Doesn't look like it had proper time to heal, IMO...

mpoletti · Feb 4, 2009

Yep, I too think it has a good chance. I have saved less that that

I would definitly not be happy, as like Ian said, it looks like it was a fresh cut

Hypertek99 · Feb 4, 2009

It doesn't look like it was healed before it was shipped. Chalice like that are 50/50 on making it. When i frag a chalice the ones that have skeleton poking out usually don't make it. The ones that don't have skeleton poking out usually heals and grows.

coralfarm123 · Feb 4, 2009

It is a pretty tough chalice from what I've seen, but I agree with bigian the cut looks pretty fresh and probably should have healed longer if it was shipped.

AquaWorldPSC · Feb 4, 2009

A vendor should allow it to heal for at least 3 days or more!

KEEPERZ · Feb 4, 2009

Saved with less and lost with more- 50/50 is right-hope it lives E

DJreefer · Feb 4, 2009

I'd like your chances better if there wasn't skeleton poking through all the remaining tissue... good luck

coraldiva · Feb 4, 2009

AquaWorldPSC said:
A vendor should allow it to heal for at least 3 days or more!

More like two weeks or more, especially for frags that are hundreds of dollars

coralfarm123 · Feb 4, 2009

AquaWorldPSC said:
A vendor should allow it to heal for at least 3 days or more!

I agree with the "more" the better and think a minimum of 2-3 weeks healing time is necessary with chalice frags.

er1c.the.reefer · Feb 4, 2009

great, thanks for the advice everyone. i guess i'll just dip it, try to feed it, and leave it alone and hope for the best.

AquaWorldPSC · Feb 4, 2009

Well I agree but at the very bare minimum. Usually we try not to sell frags until they start to grow. Which takes 1 month or so.

P.S. I wish you good luck on bringing it back!

roshi719 · Feb 4, 2009

Eric. I will take care of you on this one. Just so everyone is clear on this. I cut the frag on Jan. 11th. That is three weeks healing time. More than enough in my book. As I said I will take care of it.

AquaWorldPSC · Feb 4, 2009

That's cool, that roshi is taking care of it.

Hypertek99 · Feb 4, 2009

how was it shipped?? double or triple bagged?? Was the heatpack still warm?? Might have been stressed from shipping.

roshi719 · Feb 4, 2009

It was triple bagged, and Eric told me in an e-mail that the heat pack was still warm. It was overnighted UPS and had a 40 hr Heat pack. Styro lined box. Unfortunately when you are dealing with a thousand variables some things just happen. This is why I am taking care of it.

Hypertek99 · Feb 4, 2009

roshi719 said:
It was triple bagged, and Eric told me in an e-mail that the heat pack was still warm. It was overnighted UPS and had a 40 hr Heat pack. Styro lined box. Unfortunately when you are dealing with a thousand variables some things just happen. This is why I am taking care of it.

Very nice!! That's awesome roshi719 will take care of you.

er1c.the.reefer · Feb 5, 2009

thanks roshi719.

it was shipped very well; triple bagged and the water was still warm. unfortunately what i think may have happened was that it might have tumbled around, which caused tissue trauma, but as stated above, there's many variables.

FaviaFreak · Feb 5, 2009

Coral revive dip then keep your fingers crossed, I have had worse looking rebound just fine, if it's hardy then a little TLC and time might do the trick