Help with LPS

Pizzapro83 · Dec 4, 2009

I have a white spot on my Tyree Kaliedascope Favia. I have been losing a few nice corals the last couple of months. All my par are good. I have grown this from one eye. It has been in the same spot forever. What can I do to stop the spread? I think I can see skeleton. Why does this happen? I grow corals from a tiny frag and this seems to always happen like a year down the road. What am I doing wrong?

CoralBandit · Dec 5, 2009

Spot feeding would help long term survival. As the colony expands it may demand more food, just a thought. Also it may have just gotten stung.

Pizzapro83 · Dec 5, 2009

I do spot feed. Is there anything to do to help it heal? Will it spread?

CoralBandit · Dec 5, 2009

I would just keep an eye on it, did it just happen? If so give it a day if its worse dip in Lugols if it gets better leave it. I wouldnt be too concerned about the speed I have not had LPS RTN on me like SPS tend to when too far gone. LPS are fighters

Breakin Newz · Dec 5, 2009

I'd interceptor it.. I would not use any other kind of dips atm on it, but thats me....

Pizzapro83 · Dec 5, 2009

I dosed intercepter a week ago. Everytime I dip something when its in bad shape it gets worse. Not sure why. I follow directions. How many weeks in arrow do you does intercepter?

Breakin Newz · Dec 5, 2009

Pizzapro83 said:
I dosed intercepter a week ago. Everytime I dip something when its in bad shape it gets worse. Not sure why. I follow directions. How many weeks in arrow do you does intercepter?

Well I find that if I use revive or any other kind of dip on a receding coral it worsens it.. Interceptor to me seems very gentle on corals..

I would take the coral out the tank and dip it in interceptor for maybe 30mins or so, if it heals up then you have some kind of pest (like the "LPS black bugs" for example) if it does not heal up then it is something with ur parameters or maybe something like a crab or fish nipping at it...

livingcorals · Dec 5, 2009

It almost seems as if it had Calk drip on it. Is that white spot tissue or skeleton?
As your at it you might just want to yank out the xenia and aptasia on the other plug.
Not saying there the cause but why take a chance and having it get bothered later.

Did you ever drop that frag or drop anything on top of it? Again it does seem to be a mark from another coral that stings.
Good luck tho!

jmuzzey · Dec 5, 2009

Favias, acans, chalices, and many LPS have very long sweeper tentacles. I can not tell by the photo exactly how close they are, but to me it looks like your piece got stung or partially eaten by a neighboring coral. I would give more room between them. I had an acan eat a blastomussa that was 1 1/2" away, and a chalice(dessert plate chalice) that puts out sweepers from each eye that are 4 inches long and it will kill anything. It ate half or a frogspawn in one night.