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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo
I think Princess Auto has their wet tile saw on sale again. $60 for a 7" saw that comes with four diamond blades.
What has occasionally worked for me is to just siphon off the infected area at least twice a day until the recession stops. However if you're not going to be able to access the coral until the next time you're home there may not be anything left.
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Dangit, too late to go get the saw from Princess Auto. The few days after Christmas Canadian Tire had their $149.99 Craftsman wet tile saw on sale for $45.99, but I talked myself out of buying it. I didn't even have corals on my mind otherwise I would have talked myself into buying it!
Ya, I'm not going to be around to siphon off the coral otherwise that's what I was wanting to try doing. Thankfully this disease is slow moving. It only moved about 1/4" in two weeks. I first noticed it in the first week of December I think it was, and in that whole time it hasn't even reached an inch of recession.
Anyway, I decided to take my rotary tool to the coral with a diamond wheel on it. It cut easier than I expected, and I used a chisel to pop each cut section off. I took off the dead tissue plus about 3/8" of healthy tissue. I hope that's enough. I noticed green on the skeleton where I cut, and I worry that the problem is actually a parasitic algae (other than dinos, which aren't alga anyway). Hopefully when I come back again in two weeks I will see healthy tissue on the cut edges.
Sorry Favia, I wish I didn't have to do it to you...
