Aussie Lord Success Rates

[reefboy]

Just curious of people success out there with these corals I have had some weird stuff happen but the majority seem to be hardy I have had a few recede around each polyp to have them completely recede and others still doing great after almost a year anyone else dealt with the recession around the polyps and know why?

 

[Kigs!]

Same here. Maybe 1 out of 10 will just start receeding without any reasons and once they start, it doesn't seem to stop no matter what preventive procedures are carried out. The *only* thing I could think of that might trigger the recessions are sudden light shock, drastic change in temp, overbearing current or damage to the exoskeletons but these are just speculations based on personal observations.

 

[Hypertek99]

All mine are doing great. I get really good growth.

 

[Kigs!]

lol...

 

[Mr.Firemouth]

I believe these to be bacterial in nature.
I have seen it happen on Trachs, Lobos, euphylia, bubbles, Blasto Wellsi(but not on merletti), and Acans. They tend to either bleach or recede. The bleaching I believe is caused by too much light or the wrong color of light. Then once weekend, they recede and die.

That is why I do the hydrogen peroxide baths in SW. These baths seem to stop the recession dead in its tracks. It may take treating everyday or every other day for a week to a week in a half. then things seem to look better.
I always recommend a full barage of water changes and to change all chemical media. Just in case it is a concentration of heavy metals or something that we are not testing for.

I have been experimineting lately with this product, but still prefer the hydrogen peroxide baths....
http://www.twolittlefishies.com/documents/1187368847.pdf

 

[revhtree]

I believe these to be bacterial in nature.
I have seen it happen on Trachs, Lobos, euphylia, bubbles, Blasto Wellsi(but not on merletti), and Acans. They tend to either bleach or recede. The bleaching I believe is caused by too much light or the wrong color of light. Then once weekend, they recede and die.

That is why I do the hydrogen peroxide baths in SW. These baths seem to stop the recession dead in its tracks. It may take treating everyday or every other day for a week to a week in a half. then things seem to look better.
I always recommend a full barage of water changes and to change all chemical media. Just in case it is a concentration of heavy metals or something that we are not testing for.

I have been experimineting lately with this product, but still prefer the hydrogen peroxide baths....
http://www.twolittlefishies.com/documents/1187368847.pdf

Hey I just started using that coral cleaner myself. I dipped an aussie scoly that was receding bad. After about a week the recession has stopped! CROSSES FINGERS!

 

[reefboy]

what is your dosage on the peroxide bath?

 

[Gary Greguire]

I got about 20 Aussie acan frags off ebay from 3 or 4 different sellers and have had 100% survival so far.

 

[Mr.Firemouth]

what is your dosage on the peroxide bath?

I make a container large enough to hold the coral, then fill it with Sw from the tank, then I add 1 small piece fo rubble, then I add 1 cap full at a time at 1 minute intervals until a steady stream of bubbles begin to form from the liverock rubble in the container.

I then add the infected coral and leave it for 15 minutes.
I then rinse by shaking, rather aggressively, the coral to rid it of any infected loose flesh, then return it to the tank. I check the coral and continue this daily or every other day if things are looking better for about 2 weeks total. The coral will either rebound to healthy flesh and color, or it will succumb to the disease within that time frame.

#1 reason I have seen these infections is poor shipping. The frags are not tied to a styro block so that it will float submersed and there is usually not a heat pack or not enough heat packs. I know it is nice and sunny in Cali, but the rest of us are cold! LOL

I have only recently been using the coral Revive product.
So far it is a good dip. I use it rather strong with 2 capfuls per quart of SW.

For frags that come in on plugs, I highly recommend an immediate removal of the plug upon arrival. I always frag the coral no matter how healthy and discard the base and plug. (Bleach bucket to be used for later) I then reattach the frag to a piece of liverock rubble and then put it in my tank.

If there is a pest it will usually be hiding in the base of the plug until it feels safe enough to come out and begin its damage.(except for redbugs! They are all over the corals when dealing with SPS!)

HTH, Rich

 

[Burks]

I have only lost one head of Acan Lords for whatever reason. Here today gone tomorrow, thankfully it didn't take the other 3 heads with it. It was freshly fragged (the day before), so maybe stress?

Other than that I've had great luck with them.

I have never dipped them but might here soon (when I get more). I too will begin using the Coral Revive as a dip for all new arrivals, especially SPS with Interceptor.

 

[reefboy]

I make a container large enough to hold the coral, then fill it with Sw from the tank, then I add 1 small piece fo rubble, then I add 1 cap full at a time at 1 minute intervals until a steady stream of bubbles begin to form from the liverock rubble in the container.

I then add the infected coral and leave it for 15 minutes.
I then rinse by shaking, rather aggressively, the coral to rid it of any infected loose flesh, then return it to the tank. I check the coral and continue this daily or every other day if things are looking better for about 2 weeks total. The coral will either rebound to healthy flesh and color, or it will succumb to the disease within that time frame.

#1 reason I have seen these infections is poor shipping. The frags are not tied to a styro block so that it will float submersed and there is usually not a heat pack or not enough heat packs. I know it is nice and sunny in Cali, but the rest of us are cold! LOL

I have only recently been using the coral Revive product.
So far it is a good dip. I use it rather strong with 2 capfuls per quart of SW.

For frags that come in on plugs, I highly recommend an immediate removal of the plug upon arrival. I always frag the coral no matter how healthy and discard the base and plug. (Bleach bucket to be used for later) I then reattach the frag to a piece of liverock rubble and then put it in my tank.

If there is a pest it will usually be hiding in the base of the plug until it feels safe enough to come out and begin its damage.(except for redbugs! They are all over the corals when dealing with SPS!)

HTH, Rich

Great info thanks it's good to have another tool in the RTN arsenal.