Will these guys make it?

[skinz78]

I got these in from a sponsor Tuesday and the water was a bit cold but not cold enough to make me think it was the problem. I slow drip acclimated them and then placed them under a rock overhang in a low flow area of the tank. The Fungia was completely green and now showing skeleton, the Chalice has looked like this since it showed up.

I am contemplating on doing a ReVive dip or a Melafix dip on them, any suggestions?

 

[MoneyPit]

When my fungia started to look like that I fed it everyday for a couple weeks and it recovered. Mine was electrocuted by a faulty heater. Good Luck

 

[iReefer]

i think you should stop on dipping and just let it sit in the mid flow area. Seem like it saveable though. Eventhough, if anything happen, you should just leave the wholething there and you gona be surprise.

 

[drainbamage]

Id do a dip after they've sat for 36 hours, moving them around too much wont be beneficial right now, but I would do a revive dip if they're still showing life at that point. Considering the pics, I think they should still be ok.

 

[sexycorals]

when the plate shows that much bone then its a gonner.. and if thats also bones around the chalice eyes then its a gonner too but just take a little longer to die... just from my experience. Fedex messed up and delivered on of my package late a day and they came in looking like that and i just ended up giving the customer full credit..

Also i wouldnt dip it or mess with it.. if its gonna recover then it will to be dipping it or moving it will just stress it more.

 

[skinz78]

OK, I haven't moved or dipped them so I'll just let them be.

 

[MoneyPit]

At least try and feed it.

 

[seafansar]

I've had a chalice come back from worse. Actually looked like just a skeleton and I refused to take it out of the tank. Months later I could finally see a speck of tissue and now, a little less than a year later, it's about the size of a nickle.

Forgot to add, keep a look out for brown jelly. If you see that start to form, dip it like crazy and put it in fast flow. I saved a favia this way. Ended up losing a lot of it to brown jelly really quickly even with the dips, but it finally stopped and the coral eventually grew back.

 

[ashton]

I've had a chalice come back from worse. Actually looked like just a skeleton and I refused to take it out of the tank. Months later I could finally see a speck of tissue and now, a little less than a year later, it's about the size of a nickle.

The same thing happened with my friends My Miami, his tank crashed and so i took it home. It was down to just a tiny tiny speck of tissue and now its actually got color and is about 3/4 inch after 4-6 months.