Continuing RTN

[Huskymaniac]

Now going into week 3 of my RTN event. So far have lost 5 colonies and some of the minorly infected peices continue to randomly have a branch loss here and there. So far I have dropped the light intensity 20%, lowered the tank temp 2 degrees, used witch hazel, used tritons rtn-x, small daily water changes, 5% of tank volume, carbon/polyfilters, siphoning out the slime eating bacteria, fragged necrotic peices, and dipped peices. I am highly contemplating going nuclear here and dosing amoxicillin directly into the tank. I am not sure what the impact would be and I still have fish I don't want to kill. Right now I am just letting this run its course but its really getting to me. Years of growth and irreplaceable peices just down the drain. Its been a tough few weeks.

 

[ScottB]

Now going into week 3 of my RTN event. So far have lost 5 colonies and some of the minorly infected peices continue to randomly have a branch loss here and there. So far I have dropped the light intensity 20%, lowered the tank temp 2 degrees, used witch hazel, used tritons rtn-x, small daily water changes, 5% of tank volume, carbon/polyfilters, siphoning out the slime eating bacteria, fragged necrotic peices, and dipped peices. I am highly contemplating going nuclear here and dosing amoxicillin directly into the tank. I am not sure what the impact would be and I still have fish I don't want to kill. Right now I am just letting this run its course but its really getting to me. Years of growth and irreplaceable peices just down the drain. Its been a tough few weeks.

So sorry this trouble continues. Have you shipped out an ICP sample yet?

So you are thinking some bacterial pathogen is at work... I dunno an ideal way to selectively kill the baddies.

I guess I would be collecting some frags to move into a backup system somewhere. LFS, fellow reefer. Soak them in a little Lugols before they go.

I am getting a little edgy myself now given a slightly elevated level of frag mortality the past few weeks with no explanation. I beat aefw a little more than 3 months ago, but am seeing frags STN from bottom up. Some of the SPS gang suggested I dose Interceptor.

 

[Huskymaniac]

So sorry this trouble continues. Have you shipped out an ICP sample yet?

So you are thinking some bacterial pathogen is at work... I dunno an ideal way to selectively kill the baddies.

I guess I would be collecting some frags to move into a backup system somewhere. LFS, fellow reefer. Soak them in a little Lugols before they go.

I am getting a little edgy myself now given a slightly elevated level of frag mortality the past few weeks with no explanation. I beat aefw a little more than 3 months ago, but am seeing frags STN from bottom up. Some of the SPS gang suggested I dose Interceptor.

Don't get my started on the ICP stuff. Yes shipped out but they are so slow to get results. Has to be 100% bacterial with they it spreads from one corals
to another.