RTN or hopefully something else HELP

FragIt Dan · #1 03-15-2012, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by reefermadness

Also I've never had a acro RTN over redbugs.

Yeah, I was just giving some examples of some tank wide issues to illicit some more contextual information, but a fair comment

. I actually have no experience with red bugs, thankfully. PQTN...? Parasitic (Q?) Tissue Necrosis? Just a guess, it's a new acronym for me... throw me a bone

Reefie · #2 03-15-2012, 06:52 AM

My guess is going to be that the coral RTN'd due to stress from lack of light acclimation. LED's have a way higher PAR than MH's and other lighting. New additions to your DT should always be drip acclimated to match the "water" parameters, but what a lot of us (Myself included, until recently) fail to "light" acclimate and let the coral adjust to our individual lighting. It's a lot for a coral to go through to get it's arm cut off, glued to a plug, tossed in a bag of water, get driven or shipped to its new home, dumped into another tank, get blinded by a new light, and then be expected to grow.

bling_bling466 · #3 03-15-2012, 11:57 AM

Well the frags are all alive still with good PE. Im not to sure on the LED brand as i got them from a friend. but like i said ive got a clam at the bottom of the tank thats been there for 6-8months. and my other acros are growing. (maybe not a inch a month but there is growth.) i dip all my corals for about 30 min then do a coral rx dip. i hope ive got this issue undercontrol lol. i got some other corals from the supplier and there doing great lots of PE. i guess time will tell

bling_bling466 · #4 03-15-2012, 01:29 PM

One thing i did notice is the sps crab living with that coral jumped ship 2 days after i got this piece. maybe he knew something before me. lol hes no is my purple acro with green polyps.