Sick Acans?!

[cabrego]

What the heck is going on with these acans? They are showing tissue recession and bunch of weird crap is growing around them.

 

Upon inspecting them up close I did notice a couple of pod like critters running around the polyps very quickly. I do not know if they are harmful or not, but I have never seen them before. They were rather large for pods, if thats what they are.

 

What can I do to save these?

 

 

 

 

 

[reefmontalvo]

Check your salinity, if its less than 1.024 raise to 1.026 and they will bounce right back, and hit them with a little bit of cyclopeze's at night when there feeding.

[Jan]

That dosen't look good. I had one head from my acan brush up against frogspawn and then it looked like that. I took it out right away and flushed the dead tissue off with a turkey baster in a bucket before brown jelly set in. Then I dipped in Revive and then Lugols. I put it in a spot with high flow and the head healed. Damage control at this point. figure out the cause later.

 

Do a search for soft coral predation or something after you've treated.

 

What the heck is going on with these acans? They are showing tissue recession and bunch of weird crap is growing around them.

 

Upon inspecting them up close I did notice a couple of pod like critters running around the polyps very quickly. I do not know if they are harmful or not, but I have never seen them before. They were rather large for pods, if thats what they are.

 

What can I do to save these?

Edited August 5, 2009 by Jan

[lanman]

Pods eat dead coral tissue...

 

bob

[Boret]

Check your salinity, if its less than 1.024 raise to 1.026 and they will bounce right back, and hit them with a little bit of cyclopeze's at night when there feeding.

 

Can the same be true for Zoas? Do they thrive in higher salinity? I keep mine at 1.024 and SPS like it, but my zoas (at least some of them) are slowly melting. Maybe a should gradually increase to 1.026

[Jan]

You might want to ask these guys too..

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/daily_faqs3.htm\

 

What the heck is going on with these acans? They are showing tissue recession and bunch of weird crap is growing around them.

 

Upon inspecting them up close I did notice a couple of pod like critters running around the polyps very quickly. I do not know if they are harmful or not, but I have never seen them before. They were rather large for pods, if thats what they are.

 

What can I do to save these?

[cabrego]

Thanks for the info.

 

Do you know of any place local that has revive and lugols?

 

Is that all I can do?

 

 

 

By the way Boret, I am still not getting any notifications

[Jan]

BRK carries Revive I don't know about Lugol's. Call them. I got my Lugols at Wallies. Call different places in the area to see who has what and when they close. Ask them about this too. Good luck.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Do you know of any place local that has revive and lugols?

 

Is that all I can do?

 

 

 

By the way Boret, I am still not getting any notifications

Edited August 5, 2009 by Jan

[zygote2k]

Lugols and Betadine are Strong Iodine Solutions. Both can be found at your local pharmacy. Way cheaper than Revive and does the same job.

 

I do know that Acans will slowly starve to death if not fed on a regular basis. They need solid foods to survive. Cyclopeeze should work or even small pieces of shrimp.

 

I disagree that raising salinity from 1.024 to 1.026 will do anything noticeable. Mine runs as high as 1.032 and as low as 1.024 and I can't notice a difference in anything. Wide fluctuations like that from being lazy about top-off. Kinda like a rain/drought cycle on my little microcosm.

 

I wouldn't worry about the copepods either.

 

As far as zoas melting, maybe they are just in the wrong place in your tank. I have them scattered around and all of the factors like lighting, planktonic foods, current, proximity to other corals, and levels of trace elements affect their growth or shrinkage.

[lhcorals]

Can the same be true for Zoas? Do they thrive in higher salinity? I keep mine at 1.024 and SPS like it, but my zoas (at least some of them) are slowly melting. Maybe a should gradually increase to 1.026

 

I keep my tank at 1.024/1.025. All corals are doing great, even the Zoo's.

[lhcorals]

Lugols and Betadine are Strong Iodine Solutions. Both can be found at your local pharmacy. Way cheaper than Revive and does the same job.

 

I do know that Acans will slowly starve to death if not fed on a regular basis. They need solid foods to survive. Cyclopeeze should work or even small pieces of shrimp.

 

I disagree that raising salinity from 1.024 to 1.026 will do anything noticeable. Mine runs as high as 1.032 and as low as 1.024 and I can't notice a difference in anything. Wide fluctuations like that from being lazy about top-off. Kinda like a rain/drought cycle on my little microcosm.

 

I wouldn't worry about the copepods either.

 

As far as zoas melting, maybe they are just in the wrong place in your tank. I have them scattered around and all of the factors like lighting, planktonic foods, current, proximity to other corals, and levels of trace elements affect their growth or shrinkage.

 

I have never fed my zoo directly. I do put coral food in the tank ( Oyster Eggs, Cyclopeze, and a few others ). My Zoo's thrive in the tank.

[reefmontalvo]

I noticed with consistancy you get better results.

 

I found in my tank I riased the salinity to 1.026 and I have been having great results. I also am strick as H.ell when it comes to take tops offs of fresh water in the tank. And I did notice a nice growth in all my zoas after the salinity raise.

 

Also I never directly feed my zoas I generally will just mix a small dose of cyclopeze in a cup target feed a few things like the Acans and then just dump the cup in the water to natrually feed what ever else feed in the water column.

Edited August 6, 2009 by reefmontalvo

[cabrego]

Thanks for the replies.

 

Does anyone have an over the counter iodine recipe or link to one?