skin peeling off

[JGoslee]

I recieved a frag a few days ago and some of the skin is peeling. Its a cali tort. Is this normal for freshly cut frags? The peeling is only at the bottom. Also the polyps are extending at the top of the frag.

 

[Randy]

I recieved a frag a few days ago and some of the skin is peeling. Its a cali tort. Is this normal for freshly cut frags? The peeling is only at the bottom. Also the polyps are extending at the top of the frag.

Do you have pics?

 

[JGoslee]

 

[Randy]

I would frag asap looks like RTN. I have had some acros do this after fraging and shipping.Your chance of saving it is real low but I would try to frag it just above the white.I would not glue it down for a few weeks.

 

[JGoslee]

Here's the rest of the frags. Do these guys look healthy?

pokerstar monti

tyree idaho grape

german blue polyp digi

ora chips acro

 

[JGoslee]

silver and blue prostrata

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Is the Chips losing tissue too?

Tropoasis told our club in a lecture that he swears by SeaChem reef dip applied full strength to the affected areas.

Just dab a tiny bit on with a Q-tip and put the frag back in your tank. He said it works way better than fragging, and he loses a lot less frags that way.

 

[JGoslee]

Yes the chips is loosing some skin also. Is it common to lose sps frags?

 

[twon8]

it is not commond to lose ora frags/ acro frags, yes, you will loose a few from time to time, but if you are loosing all these at once something is amiss.

check alkalinity first, you seem to have enough flow for them. who/where did you get these frags?

did you glue them onto the plugs or where they shipped that way?

 

[JGoslee]

I got them from another reefer on RC on wed afternoon. I glued them to the discs. They actually looked like that when I got them. I just got done fragging the ora chips and cali tort. I cut right above the where the skin is peeling.

 

[JGoslee]

Also here's my parameters:
dKH IS @ 9.8
Ca @ 450
Mg @ 1260

 

[twon8]

I got them from --edited-- on wed afternoon. I glued them to the discs. They actually looked like that when I got them.

so the skin was peeling off when you got them? you need to let --edited-- know this. were they mailed to you?

 

[JGoslee]

Yes these were mailed to me by ups overnight.

 

[surfn]

they dont look too good.

 

[Randy]

What was the temp in the bag when you got them?

 

[JGoslee]

The temp was pretty cold. They had no heat pack.

 

[Randy]

That will do it.That is/was some nice sps I hope you can save them.

what is your temps up there?

 

[mecold]

Good luck saving them. As was said before, looks like rtn! You have/will have some awsome pieces there. I may can help you find a replacement or two in the spring

 

[Zoanuts]

Experiencing RTN. I have stopped it a few times by adding superglue just above the tissue that is recessing. Good luck!!

Dustin

 

[JGoslee]

Well everything is dead except the pokerstar and the siver+blue prostrata. The pokerstar appears to be loosing color on one side. Not sure if this is rtn/stn or something else. Im getting all the frags resent after the hollidays so hopefully the next batch will survive.