Montipora possibly surviving tank wipeout

[luckylepgw]

It appears that my red Montipora has stopped receding after a recent tank crash. Does this give me hope for it surviving?

Any tips or suggestions?

 

[James M]

It could survive...

 

[P-Dub]

There is always hope! Might want to remove the skeleton without the tissue. It is easier for the coral to grow without having the dead skeleton in the way and the skeleton is a place to allow algae to propagate.

 

[luckylepgw]

It could survive...

Awesome, i lost almost everything. Glad the circumstances that caused tank swap/crash happend before i had gotten more,(even tho this was a $10 frag) at about $250 loss or so now.

 

[luckylepgw]

There is always hope! Might want to remove the skeleton without the tissue. It is easier for the coral to grow without having the dead skeleton in the way and the skeleton is a place to allow algae to propagate.

Thanks, i was actually wondering about that. The swap/ start of death happend 10 days ago. Should i wait a bit to avoid further shock?

 

[P-Dub]

Thanks, i was actually wondering about that. The swap/ start of death happend 10 days ago. Should i wait a bit to avoid further shock?

Wouldn't hurt to wait. Let the tissue edges heal up a bit but I've found so long as your parameters are and have been good since the crash and most importantly stable it should handle it.

 

[luckylepgw]

Wouldn't hurt to wait. Let the tissue edges heal up a bit but I've found so long as your parameters are and have been good since the crash and most importantly stable it should handle it.

Actually haven't checked parameters in a few days. Just plumbed in macro algae display tank yesterday and did about 20% water change. Was gonna check those here shortly.

Macro display

Reef

 

[Journeyman]

Red caps are like the roaches of montipora.

I had one grow from a sliver buried in the sand.

 

[SOCOM]

what caused the crash?

 

[Softhammer]

It will be fine. Maybe. I had 2 square feet of Montipora ( you read that right) on the back of a tank when I moved. Tank was bone dry for at least 12 hours. Most of it did not die. BTW, What kind of Rube Goldberg system do have running there? That looks excessively complicated. May want to re engineer all that stuff to prevent a further problem. Crashes should not happen.

 

[homer1475]

When I had my crash I lost everything except 2 heads if a 50+ head colony of candy cane, and a small sliver of red monti. It healed up just fine after I removed all the dead skeleton, and let it regrow. I even had a very small piece that floated away, It has now encrusted into my back glass and is about the size of a pie plate.

I would agree with the above that it's like the cockroach of corals. I've even gave a accidental "frag" away that I was sure was only going to die(hey my friend wanted to try it, I offered a nice new accidental "frag", but he wanted that piece) that I had sitting on my overflow for about 2 hours while I was doing maintenance once day. It survived just fine and is a very nice colony about the size of a coffee table in my friends 400G.

 

[luckylepgw]

what caused the crash?

Had to swap out tanks due to the now ex going bonkers

 

[luckylepgw]

It will be fine. Maybe. I had 2 square feet of Montipora ( you read that right) on the back of a tank when I moved. Tank was bone dry for at least 12 hours. Most of it did not die. BTW, What kind of Rube Goldberg system do have running there? That looks excessively complicated. May want to re engineer all that stuff to prevent a further problem. Crashes should not happen.

It only crashed due to swapping tanks, darn deep sand bed got me. It's actual pretty simple, diy overflow to diy protein skimmer and my ato

 

[luckylepgw]

Wouldn't hurt to wait. Let the tissue edges heal up a bit but I've found so long as your parameters are and have been good since the crash and most importantly stable it should handle it.

Ok, so here are my parameters the day after the swap and this morning. Stable as can be (dhk says different but i just forgot the .5 last time. Been 9.5 since testing began)

So now I'm confused, i expected some sort of change that would account for the crash. Must of been ammonia or nitrite, the test i don't have...

 

[luckylepgw]

So i went ahead and trimmed him up, we shall see what the future holds.

 

[P-Dub]

Ok, so here are my parameters the day after the swap and this morning. Stable as can be (dhk says different but i just forgot the .5 last time. Been 9.5 since testing began)

So now I'm confused, i expected some sort of change that would account for the crash. Must of been ammonia or nitrite, the test i don't have...

Your nitrates and phosphates seem a bit on the high side. I would try and get them lower over time. Nitrates around .2 and phosphates around .03 or lower, ideally. Nitrate level is not as important as your phosphate levels. A good read is here. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/

 

[luckylepgw]

Your nitrates and phosphates seem a bit on the high side. I would try and get them lower over time. Nitrates around .2 and phosphates around .03 or lower, ideally. Nitrate level is not as important as your phosphate levels. A good read is here. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/

Yea, i knew they were a bit high. But everything was thriving before the swap, the corals even had noticeable growth. Was working getting levels down, started filtering Water and reducing feeding amount/times and Water changes really wasn't working so I've gotten 6 red mangroves that I'm currently acclimating to saltwater and working on a macro garden. 3rd macro should be here tomorrow. I'm hopeing this will help my phosphate problem