Sexy Corals Favia / Reef Odyssey Acan Blow-Out Grow-Out 2011!

[thewackyreefer]

Sounds like a awesome idea!!! Why didn't I think of that.. When in doubt I intercept !!! I do have some!! How many gallons do you have to treat?

Total ~85 gallons

 

[jdreef]

Cool send me your address and I'll send enough out to do 4 treatments or so today. Do you know how to use it? Make sure you put aside atleast 10gallons of your original tank water but more the better for back up. When you pull it out keep the water healthy with heater and pump for emergeny. I'll usaully pull out as many shrimp, star fish, some snails, arrow crabs all that stuff and set up a temp. tank..

 

[thewackyreefer]

I've got the instructions but that helps! I'll send you my address now.

 

[Tabasco1]

Hope that helps! Let me know if you need more. I don't have any, but I am in good with my vet and can get some from him whenever and would be happy to.

 

[jdreef]

In the mail. I sent 2 tabs!! One pill treats 300 to 400gallons so quarter pill should do it for each treatment if you do it 4 times.Left over one keep 4 back up..Let me know if theres anything else I can help with..Good Luck you have your work cut out..

 

[thewackyreefer]

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

From what I've read the melafix should draw the worms out of the frags and the interceptor will treat the whole tank. I REALLY REALLY hope this works, I'm sick of seeing corals die off...

I'm not sure the last frag I've been posting pics of will make it but I hope so!

 

[thewackyreefer]

Just in case you guys haven't seen the thread Kris wrote, here's the link: https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/ge...potential-large-polyp-stony-have-large-2.html

I wish I would have remembered this thread 3 months ago!! Aargh!!!

 

[thewackyreefer]

Well guys, the acan in the last couple pics is no more.

I pulled it out and chopped it and look what I found. This is one of 3 I found in the small frag.

 

[jdreef]

Dang thats nasty.. I'm glad those are out. I wonder if theres any more?

 

[Beerman]

So the problem was definitely bristleworms?

 

[thewackyreefer]

So the problem was definitely bristleworms?

I don't see any bristles on them...

We'll see after the melafix dip and interceptor treatment.

 

[Tabasco1]

WOW. Just read alpha's entire thread. RIP acan. So are there still some that are looking bad? Do you have things in your tank that you will have to remove before the treatment? Definately a learning experience.

 

[thewackyreefer]

WOW. Just read alpha's entire thread. RIP acan. So are there still some that are looking bad? Do you have things in your tank that you will have to remove before the treatment? Definately a learning experience.

I have a flame shrimp and an emerald crab to get out but that's about it. I may take out the snails I can find as well.

Right now there are a couple that AREN'T looking bad, the rest just look really unhappy, none as bad as the last one. I'll try to get a pic for you guys tonight when I get home from the office or sometime this weekend, I've been trying not to depress you guys any more.

I ordered the melafix from marine depot yesterday, usually stuff get's here overnight from them but it didn't arrive today. It's cheap so I may take a ride to Vivid tomorrow to pick up a bottle so I can get my dip on. That should help them temporarily while I wait for the Interceptor to arrive.

Never in 5 years have I seen this. As soon as Kris mentioned it and referred me to his thread (which I have read previously) it clicked instantly. The whole time it never made sense that the rest of my tank was thriving while my and our acans were being lost sometimes overnight.

I'm also assuming, like Kris mentioned, that the biting/eating of the polyps was causing infection...hence the bubbling I saw when I dipped them previously.

I know it seems like this growout is never going to end, and this is a major setback but I think once I get the treatments done we should be on the right track and can get these guys back in growout and not survival mode. At some point I've also got a TON of pieces coming from another acan growout I joined before I decided to go a different direction with the tank so I'll be able to compensate for the pieces lost in this one.

 

[thewackyreefer]

Just got done giving the pieces a Melafix bath...they look pretty po'd from the dip. Definitely a good amount of bristle worms and others dying so we'll see if it helps.

 

[Tabasco1]

How's everything looking? Thanks for taking care of everything!! I have been totally eying my acans and seeing if there are any worms!!! That thread you linked made it seem like they are everywhere!

 

[thewackyreefer]

Sorry, didn't get a chance to take a picture.

They're all looking like they did before the bath, it'll take some time to see if it really helped or not but most of them had their feeders out yesterday...

 

[thewackyreefer]

Here's a quick pic guys, sorry I was in a hurry. Not looking too shabby.

 

[Beerman]

Are the acans that were in trouble eating?

 

[thewackyreefer]

Are the acans that were in trouble eating?

Yeah, they take mysis and the pellets...

 

[Beerman]

Ok thanks, good news. I appreciate the updates unlike that other growout I just read about. Lol. I'm sure it's not funny to you or the other guys in it so I'm sorry for chuckling.