Monti tissue recession

[Staghorn]

Sorry man. Last sps tank I had with montipora I had in it was devastated by those little evil creatures. I ended up removing all of them. The frag I got that I believe brought it in showed no signs, was dipped 3 times 4 days apart and months later I noticed all the Montis had signs of MEN. I went back to the vendor I got the frag from and all the montis in their display was riddled with them, and the shop owners didn’t even know. It’s something that sneaks up on you unless you are really looking and usually when you do find them it’s very advanced. There are lots of people that live with them and keep them at bay with dips and predators. You might want to give that a try. But I found that removing all Montipora for a year was what worked for me. Good Luck

 

[jdpeters]

Anyone that’s gone through a bout with MEN and subsequently lost allot of montis wouldn’t think twice about it. At least in my opinion, they are by far the worst coral predator.

As far as I can tell they only eat montis, is that correct?

 

[Kingsley_Reef]

Anyone that’s gone through a bout with MEN and subsequently lost allot of montis wouldn’t think twice about it. At least in my opinion, they are by far the worst coral predator.

I totally agree and that’s exactly why I quarantine every coral but montipora are pretty hardy and do bounce back that frag can definitely be saved

As far as I can tell they only eat montis, is that correct?

yes but the can survive months without eating

 

[jdpeters]

Sorry man. Last sps tank I had with montipora I had in it was devastated by those little evil creatures. I ended up removing all of them. The frag I got that I believe brought it in showed no signs, was dipped 3 times 4 days apart and months later I noticed all the Montis had signs of MEN. I went back to the vendor I got the frag from and all the montis in their display was riddled with them, and the shop owners didn’t even know. It’s something that sneaks up on you unless you are really looking and usually when you do find them it’s very advanced. There are lots of people that live with them and keep them at bay with dips and predators. You might want to give that a try. But I found that removing all Montipora for a year was what worked for me. Good Luck

It’s so heart breaking lol. I feel like so much of this hobby is just managing problems. Thankfully my system appears to have finally beat Dino’s after stubbornly waiting to move my UV to the display, cyano is nearly 100 percent gone. Yesterday not only I found MEN my bristletooth developed a hole in its abdomen. I can’t get him out

I tossed that first frag yesterday before finding the second one. I kinda wish I just hacked it up and kept a really small piece and just glue the entirety of the bottom. When I found the second frag with signs I cut it down nearly to nothing, cleaned it up and glued the bottom.

A early post Jack Adam’s reef builders video Evan talked about not eradication but management process. I’m going to try to get a yellow coris wrasses or maybe 6 line and just watch the pieces I have. At least remove the adults. I really like other encrusters so i will likely just shift the direction of this tank.

 

[jdpeters]

Anyone that’s gone through a bout with MEN and subsequently lost allot of montis wouldn’t think twice about it. At least in my opinion, they are by far the worst coral predator.

I totally agree and that’s exactly why I quarantine every coral but montipora are pretty hardy and do bounce back that frag can definitely be saved

As far as I can tell they only eat montis, is that correct?

yes but the can survive months without eating

I have a dedicated fish room. I have a new system that got wet recently but I think maybe setting up a stand alone 10 gallon with some flow and a decent light might be a good observation tank.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Often thee nudibranchs will leave eggs underside of coral and these eggs are Very tiny and you will have to check periodically to sure there are none

 

[jdpeters]

Often thee nudibranchs will leave eggs underside of coral and these eggs are Very tiny and you will have to check periodically to sure there are none

So upsetting! Often think of montis as being such an easy thing but man I forgot about how devastating men can be