[zhenya]

Thanks for the tip Chuck.I don't think I'll buy another wild table ever again but your tip will come handy regardless of the type of coral you frag,so I thank you for it I still have another table in my 75g tank and it's doing good so far.I have a ton of flow on this one(the return pump dumps water in proximity of it and it;s very turbulent).I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed
This is a pic as of today and it's been in this tank since November.

[zhenya]

Well folks,the table is oficially dead
I have two tips that still living for now but I fear not for long.
It was a quick demise of a beautiful coral and a very sad lesson lerned.
Thanks all who replied and tried to help!

[MtnDewMan]

Sorry to hear it Gene ... RTN is a tough thing to remedy once it has started and even worse when it just seems to happen out of the blue ... Just one of those things you have to chalk up to basic reefkeeping ups and downs I think

Good luck with the rest of your SPS colonies.

[montepora]

Gene:

Ouch, is that the coral you got from Allen????

I only saved one wild SPS in my reefing career and boy, that was not easy. This is what I did and I hope it would help you, OK?? PS, I think mainly is because I caught it in time.

The first sign I notice when the coral is going RTN? I immediately brake off the infected area, then I dip the coral in Lugol's. I use 15 drops per liter and dip it for three days, each day twenty minutes. I increase the flow and change carbon after the first dip. I then start small water change, 10% a day for 10 days straight. After the water change I again change the carbon. I now change carbon every two weeks instead of the 1 month time period I used to do.

I think everyone else hit the subject correctly. We cannot increase the flow these corals was living in. I was a Navy diver and when we were in the water? Wow, those tides would knock you left and right.

I am sorry about your lost.

[montepora]

When I break off any branches from a coral that is RTN, those frags would be housed in a bucket with new saltewater. I usually use a power head and let the water circulate in the bucket. I will then start mounting them and again, leave them in the bucket until the glue is harden. Then I would prepare lugol's and dip them frags for fifteen minutes then place them somehwere else in the tank. Usually in area that is not that bright but with nice flow. I saved many frags from this huge colony FFexpress sent me during their brown SPS sale, the 3 for $55 deal??? I still have a big beefy frag today and have sold most of them to my club members. I even gave one to Joe from the Atlantis.

[zhenya]

Hi Andrew,
Thanks for all the tips,I can sure use it
I was unable to save anything from the table,even the tips I took off the opposite side from the affected area.They all gone within like two three days of each other.I superglued the heck out of it to put some sort of bandage but no luck
Well,I want let this bring me down though,got some new stuff that I kind of like(alot ).BTW,from Allen as well,no tables for me anymore though
Here's some pics I took today..

[zhenya]

And this one,pic don't do it justice.

[montepora]

Gene:

I myself got into clams lately, hey hey hey. I ordered farm raised clams from www.palmettoreefs.com

They are awesome but I do not have digital camera to show off like you

Yeah, those tips worked for me from time to time. I hope they will help you as well.

I was wondering who got thoe two show size corals, you were the first one I thought of but I guess I was wrong. However, you got some beauties there. FYI, I still got my stainless steel plier, LOL!

[zhenya]

Heck,talk to me in the spring If pink table lives by then,you welcome to bring those stainless still pliers.Hopefuly I'll have more then just that table by then
I could not see myself buying those show pieces,no room in my tank for those.