Is this Trachy salvageable

[JeanCG59]

Hi. I posted on someone else’s Trachy thread but haven’t really received any feedback so I thought I would just post a thread and ask.
Is this Trachy salvageable or is it a goner. It didn’t look the best after shipping and I was trying to save it. It was definitely eating.(once a week). But it seemed like everytime it ate, the next day would puff up really nicely but then receded even more than the day before. Just curious is I should keep trying or whatever is going on with it might affect my Trachy next to it. Parameters are good and you can see Trachy next to it is a happy camper. He came in a lot healthier.
Let me know your thoughts and if it is what do I need to do?

 

[BristleWormHater]

No experice with trachy specifically, but I've had a lobophyllia before. Look at the mouth of the coral, if you can still see it then it is salvagable, if you just see a hole that let's you see into the skeleton, its dead and all remaining flesh around the coral is just waiting to be blown away.
Hopefully someone with more experience with these corals will chime in soon.

 

[JeanCG59]

No experice with trachy specifically, but I've had a lobophyllia before. Look at the mouth of the coral, if you can still see it then it is salvagable, if you just see a hole that let's you see into the skeleton, its dead and all remaining flesh around the coral is just waiting to be blown away.
Hopefully someone with more experience with these corals will chime in soon.

Thanks so much for the quick response! I’ll try to look more closely tomorrow. Just not too sure what to do from here. Do I feed it. Do I not. Iodine dip, maybe not? I ruined a symphyllia before doing a quick hydrogen peroxide dip since the tips had algae. And the entire symphyllia just bubbled up. I was so sad.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Thanks so much for the quick response! I’ll try to look more closely tomorrow. Just not too sure what to do from here. Do I feed it. Do I not. Iodine dip, maybe not? I ruined a symphyllia before doing a quick hydrogen peroxide dip since the tips had algae. And the entire symphyllia just bubbled up. I was so sad.

To my understanding, feeding a stressed coral, can be harmful to them since they're digestive system may not be in good shape. Iodine dips can definitely help slow flesh recession but it may not fix the issue. I would avoid peroxide for now since it doesn't seem like algae is the thing causing the issue, it is normal for algae to grow on bare coral skeleton.
What are your water parameters and how long have you had this coral?

 

[JeanCG59]

Definitely staying away from peroxide. Algae is not the issue. I’ve had it for prob 3 weeks now. When it came, it was already thin. It never puffed up and it was bleached. It has always at the bottom of the tank but I didn’t feed it the first week thinking it might be stressed out. So I left it. Then I decided to feed it and it ate and I was super happy. The next day it puffed up super healthy then it receded and became even worse. All parameters are within range. Phosphate and nitrate may be a little high. Phosphate just slightly above 0.1 and nitrate at 15.
But all other corals are happy so I’m guessing it was just from the shipping and my tank isn’t old enough to revive a Trachy. My tank is still considered new to prob heal a Trachy.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Definitely staying away from peroxide. Algae is not the issue. I’ve had it for prob 3 weeks now. When it came, it was already thin. It never puffed up and it was bleached. It has always at the bottom of the tank but I didn’t feed it the first week thinking it might be stressed out. So I left it. Then I decided to feed it and it ate and I was super happy. The next day it puffed up super healthy then it receded and became even worse. All parameters are within range. Phosphate and nitrate may be a little high. Phosphate just slightly above 0.1 and nitrate at 15.
But all other corals are happy so I’m guessing it was just from the shipping and my tank isn’t old enough to revive a Trachy. My tank is still considered new to prob heal a Trachy.

Thats unfortunate, it looks like your other corals are doing good though. Sometimes things just dont make it in a new environment if they already weren't doing good in their previous one. I'd do some iodine dips using water taken from the tank, lowering your lights or moving this trachy to a lower lit area may help too.

 

[BristleWormHater]

@VintageReefer may be able to help more

 

[JeanCG59]

Thats unfortunate, it looks like your other corals are doing good though. Sometimes things just dont make it in a new environment if they already weren't doing good in their previous one. I'd do some iodine dips using water taken from the tank, lowering your lights or moving this trachy to a lower lit area may help too.

Thanks so much!!

 

[JonoH]

I would say that one is a little too far gone...

Personally i would remove it just in case it infects the one's adjacent to it.
I did have one that was badly eaten by a tang in my tank which has fully recovered - but it wasnt anywhere near that bad.

 

[JeanCG59]

I would say that one is a little too far gone...

Personally i would remove it just in case it infects the one's adjacent to it.
I did have one that was badly eaten by a tang in my tank which has fully recovered - but it wasnt anywhere near that bad.

I appreciate it. Yes, that’s what I was afraid off. And I was worried it might affect my other corals considering my everyone else is still super happy around it. I think it was just stressed from the shipping then prob the parameters were not perfect for it to heal.

Thanks so much for the advice!