Treatment for rtn with witch hazel

[pitt]

I start used witch hazel 30 ml daily after light turn off . I dosing in the tank the stn and rtn stop and the coral begins to recovery everything look better is my 5 dose I plan to dosing for 14 days .

 

[DMG Reef]

Interesting. Following to see the results after 14 days.

 

[DarkSky]

Interesting. What made you decide to try this?

 

[pitt]

More pics I stop used amino and dosing dr Tim’s eco balance and aquaforest pro biotic bacteria and conect the intake of the skimmer outside for increased ph .

 

[pitt]

I try everything but olways return but when used amino the rtn go worst.

 

[pitt]

When finished my treatment I post the result and pictures from the corals

 

[pitt]

More pics

 

[DMG Reef]

I am able to see the pics in your first post, but not the ones in posts #4 and #7. Did you do something different in the latter posts?

 

[Entomophage]

Could you provide some more information about your starting conditions that led to the RTN event? Water params would be helpful, and anything that would allow others to repeat your test conditions.

 

[SecondCityCorals]

I would also suggest trying antibiotic dips. If you buy some fishmoxy or something like it online. All it contains is amoxicillin in capsule form. Break open the capsule and mix it in with some tank water in a glass or container. Mix it real well.

If you have a coral that is suffering from tissue necrosis I highly suggest this route. It is the only thing that has stopped RTN/STN dead in its tracks for me. I've tried all kinds of various dips. All of which had minimal varying degrees of success. The only success I had with RTN was fragging off a health section and moving that coral to its own plug.

Do this antibiotic dip for anywhere from 5-15 minutes for 2-3 days in a row. Afterwards my coral that had RTN had the craziest polyp extension I had seen since I bought it. It was clearly fighting off something for a year. The thing barely growed. And while its polyps would come out. It just seemed like the frag wasn't doing anything. In the week or two since I gave it an antibiotic dip not only did the RTN stop but its actually growing and re-encrusting areas it lost and new areas it never touched.

 

[OnPointCorals]

Can we get more details of your dosing plan? You said you’re dosing in tank? Do you shut flow off and squirt right on the target piece or broadcast feed. I would think both of these options would get Diluted way to quickly.

I have done a 50/50 witch hazel to tank water dip with some success. (Really too small of a sample to tell just yet).

 

[pitt]

I dosing 35 ml every day in the tank . Pick for coral 7 days treatment.

 

[pitt]

The rtn stop and corals slowed recovered.

 

[LARedstickreefer]

I wonder if this can be dosed, long term, as a preventative?

 

[Fishinwall]

How many ml do you dose per gallon?

or how big is your tank?

how many days straight do you dose every night?
do you turn off Skimmer or remove carbon or an other changes while you dose?

 

[crownsbroyal]

Following!

 

[CoralWealth]

lets bump this up. Who else has tried this?

 

[Jeto2004]

@pitt Really wondering if you have any updates and if you could answer the questions above.

 

[JCOLE]

I second this. Wonder if this could be set up as a daily dosing. If it actually stops RTN and heals the corals then it must be doing something really good for them. Interested to see if anyone has more info on daily dosing.

 

[92Miata]

What are you using as a control to validate that the witch hazel is doing anything and that things aren't just healing? (or that its not the alcohol in the witch hazel making the difference?)