Any way to stop RTN?

[fishytime]

a bath in a good coral dip can sometimes help.....frag off a good healthy piece and place it somewhere else in the tank.....cut out all the dead stuff and crazy glue the edge between the living and dead tissue, that can help too.....what are your parameters?.......perhaps spring run-off issues?

[chris121277]

I suppose it could be spring run off issue's as I don't have a phos test kit....but my other perams are
trates 0
amonia 0
ph 8.2
sal 1.026
alk 9
mag 1350
cal 400

I change 5 gals of water every week

As for trimming back that plate I just can't figure out how I would do that with out putting a saw in the the water.

[phi delt reefer]

what temp is your tank at? I read an article where they found that RTN was more likely happen in warmer tanks and may remain dormant in cooler tanks. Try lowering your tank to 75 degrees and see if it slows the process down.

[fencer]

I have noticed the spring runoff phenom in the past...colonies die off for no reason. You didn't do any moving of rock wok or anything that could of caused a spike in nitrates?

[chris121277]

Originally Posted by fencer

I have noticed the spring runoff phenom in the past...colonies die off for no reason. You didn't do any moving of rock wok or anything that could of caused a spike in nitrates?

Nope nothing, in fact I was a way for the weekend when it started......the only thing I could think of was that the Nem stretched up another inch and stung the Pocillipora.

[chris121277]

Originally Posted by phi delt reefer

what temp is your tank at? I read an article where they found that RTN was more likely happen in warmer tanks and may remain dormant in cooler tanks. Try lowering your tank to 75 degrees and see if it slows the process down.

It's at 78deg right now.....you don't think going down that low would hurt anything?

[chris121277]

Here's a shot of what I'm dealing with......it has been creeping across my monti for 3 days now and I'm starting to think I'm going to have to snap off some large chunks to try and save as well as yank the Stag off the rock and move it before it's to late.

[untamed]

IME, hack and slash... Remove any and all dead tissue. Dip any remaining healthy frags in an iodine based dip. My tendency is to wait too long...

[chris121277]

Originally Posted by untamed

IME, hack and slash... Remove any and all dead tissue. Dip any remaining healthy frags in an iodine based dip. My tendency is to wait too long...

as for the Monti...I can't remove it as it is actually part of the rock work now (it is firmly attached to 3 large rocks...maybe 60 pounds of LR)

I went in tonight snapped off the stag and turned it so it wasn't touching the monti....the gave it everything I had to break off either the monti or a large chunk...no go man (it's an inch and a half thick) so instead I broke off a bunch of healthy frags and apoxyed them to the rock work a little to the left of the mother colony.

Any tips on how to cut it wile still in the tank?