Rescue coral ID

[Kradoc]

Hi all,

These may be a lost cause, but I'm going to do everything I can to get them back to life.

I picked up two bleached coral that looked rough, and I need some help IDing them to make sure I get their PAR needs, flow, food, etc right.

Let me know what you think! Edit: (Sorry for potato quality photos!!)

 

[Slocke]

The first looks like the skeleton of a goniopora or alveopora
Second looks like the skeleton of a micromussa

Both look dead

 

[Kradoc]

Real dead, right?

The micromusa has 3 tiny polyp clusters left.

The goni has something vibrant green in the top right, so seeing what it is.

 

[liddojunior]

Bad photos are okay if you use white lights.

Uh it’s a Goniopora and Goniastrea. You could try the KFC dip method and see if it’ll help. It’s brought back corals with barely any tissue.

The Goniopora looks like it still have 2 intact polyps

 

[liddojunior]

If you still have polyps on a Goniopora. I wouldn’t give up. I had a colony just completely turn into brown slime, you couldn’t even see the tissue under the ball of slime.
And it bounced back with the KFC dip method
I don’t have a photo but another Goniopora same time had only 5 polyps remaining and it recovered as well and now tripled in tissue

https://www.protocols.io/view/novel-ex-situ-stony-coral-tissue-loss-disease-trea-dm6gpzknplzp/v1
Here’s the protocol paper.

 

[Kradoc]

If you still have polyps on a Goniopora. I wouldn’t give up. I had a colony just completely turn into brown slime, you couldn’t even see the tissue under the ball of slime.
And it bounced back with the KFC dip method

Awesome, I'll google the kyc dip method. This is exactly what I was hoping to find out.

Thanks yall!

 

[liddojunior]

Awesome, I'll google the kyc dip method. This is exactly what I was hoping to find out.

Thanks yall!

The important part is having your parameters stable!!

I got a new coral from a frag swap and that coral bjd overnight and spread to some of my Gonioporas I had near by. So they got infected. So as long as your tank is coral friendly it’ll work! Out of the 5 that had symptoms only that new coral died. Important to qt ! It was my frag tank so my mistake.

 

[Kradoc]

Well, the goni does not appear to have made it through the kyc. Had 2 polyps hanging on, but it looks like they are gone now.

The other one (*atrea) seems to be doing well though!

As a followup, i got this mystery plug as well this week.

Definitely an lps, and ive seen a few polyps peek out, but anyone have an idea on exact species?