Please Help me to save this favia

[ironik]

Hi all!

Well here is the story :

I had been looking at a very beautifull favia in my favorite store two weeks ago...
But since 1 week it is receding quickly... So I bought it ... too sad looking it dying in the LFS...

Here is the favia :

It was under a 75w HQI (Metal hydrid) in the bottom of the tank...

I have a 150w MH 10.000K and 2 fluorescent bulbs of 18w each (1 actinic and 1 10.000k

What could I do to save it?
Where in my tank should I put it?
How powerfull must be the water flow?

I read many things on its maintenance but it's always like : "lighting: moderate - High , Water Flow : Moderate-high"

I guess feeding it will be better, isn't it?
If so how could I feed it?
I gave some artemias after the acclimatation but it wasn't showing any "arms"...

So any advice will be very welcomed

Thx!

 

[SnowManSnow]

just keep it in a nice clean environment with moderate lighting and moderate flow.

feeding it once a week wouldnt hurt. i personally like oyster eggs


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[SnowManSnow]

just keep it in a nice clean environment with moderate lighting and moderate flow.

feeding it once a week wouldnt hurt. i personally like oyster eggs

with your setup i would put it middle tank in full light. as far as the flow i wouldnt direct the flow ONTO the coral, but try to create a flow over or around it.

Ive brought one of these back and it takes about 3 - 5 months to start seing improvement. right now you just want to stop the bleeding.

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[Anonymous]

If mine started to look like that, I'd probably frag off (all the way around) the dead tissue & skeleton then keep it in the middle of the tank (with your setup that should be fine) in a spot with at least moderate (and alternating) flow.

As normal, mine mostly projects its feeding and sweeper tentacles at night (though it will "come out" pretty much anytime I feed anything finely chopped and meaty) so I would check to see if you can see it extending at night and maybe try to feed it then. - They're not really too much of an "active" feeder anyway, so don't expect to see much happening. - I have to really work at it to see any feeding activity and (luckily for me) mine looks great.

Good luck saving it!

 

[ironik]

Ok! Thanks guys!

I'm going to do that... But fraggin'it... humm I don't know how to do that and I don't want to stress it more... :?

I'll post more pics to follow the evolution!

I definitely love this forum even if it's not always easy for me to write in (good) english!

Thx again!

 

[ironik]

I forgot: my tank is a 25g with a 15 3/4 inches height

Don't know if it matters...

Salinity: 1026
Ca: ~400mg/l
Mg: ~1200mg/l
Ph: ~8.5
Kh: 8
NO3: 0
PO4: ~0

 

[Anonymous]

Sometimes a coral gets so far gone it has a hard time putting out it's tentacles to feed.

I have had good luck coaxing a feeding response out of a coral by covering it with thawed frozen brine at night. Frozen brine, while not a very nutritious food (soaking in selcon helps), really wets the appetite of some corals (and fish). Once you get it used to eating at night, start feeding something better for it, like finely chopped silversides or other fish or mysis.

This happened recently with my maze brain. I was spenign a lot of time getting ready to move and just wasn't feeding the tank like I should have. He seemed to take the move a little hard, and once in his new home was not putting out any tentacles to eat. The poor thing was looking worse and worse. I cut the top off a plastic soda bottle and put it over the coral at night. Into the open top, I used a turkey baster to squirt in a nice blob of brine shrimp and a few mysis, and just let it sit there for about an hour. The plastic bottle protected the coral from fish and from current that would wash away the food, and let it slowly eat some of the food. Wow! The "force feeding" really made the difference in the corals appearance, I was worried I was going to lose him for a while but he seems to be recovering nicely.

 

[ironik]

Sometimes a coral gets so far gone it has a hard time putting out it's tentacles to feed.

I have had good luck coaxing a feeding response out of a coral by covering it with thawed frozen brine at night. Frozen brine, while not a very nutritious food (soaking in selcon helps), really wets the appetite of some corals (and fish). Once you get it used to eating at night, start feeding something better for it, like finely chopped silversides or other fish or mysis.

This happened recently with my maze brain. I was spenign a lot of time getting ready to move and just wasn't feeding the tank like I should have. He seemed to take the move a little hard, and once in his new home was not putting out any tentacles to eat. The poor thing was looking worse and worse. I cut the top off a plastic soda bottle and put it over the coral at night. Into the open top, I used a turkey baster to squirt in a nice blob of brine shrimp and a few mysis, and just let it sit there for about an hour. The plastic bottle protected the coral from fish and from current that would wash away the food, and let it slowly eat some of the food. Wow! The "force feeding" really made the difference in the corals appearance, I was worried I was going to lose him for a while but he seems to be recovering nicely.

Usefull tip thx a lot!

Just one thing : what do you mean by "brine" and " turkey baster"?

 

[Anonymous]

Usefull tip thx a lot!

Just one thing : what do you mean by "brine" and " turkey baster"?

A turkey baster is a kitchen tool that people use for basting juice on a turkey or roast while it is in the oven. It also makes a very handy tool for directing food at corals or shy fish. Here is a picture.

You should be able to pick this up anywhere that sells items for cooking.

"Brine" refers to brine shrimp, sometimes known as Artemia. It is a common thing to buy for fish food here. If you can't get it where you live, there are other foods you can try. Any raw fish or shrimp that is very finely chopped is worth a try.

 

[ironik]

:lol:

Sorry for the stupid question

And thanks again