Matthew Meyer
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I mean I cant believe that birdsnest is dead in one night where my other corals look happy.
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RE RTN vs bleach, hard to tell in the pic but looks RTN'ish. RTN by definition being rapid. I've had them flip from seemingly healthy to dead the quickly myself.
Matthew Meyer
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Dipped everything but my new clam. Definitely got water in the tank with that bag
I think I meant the opposite of what you might've interpreted. I meant any chance you didn't rinse the dip off well and got dip into the tank?
I've had issues in the past correlated with getting new corals, and I eventually assumed it was related to not doing a thorough enough rinse after dip. I started doing a more rigorous rinse process, and I haven't had that issue recently. However it might've been one of the 500 other things I do differently as well, including being more careful about the fresh saltwater's I'd be adding as part of offsetting the dips.
Regarding the clam, yeah, that's tricky. For my clam I went the route of doing a soak in a separate thing of tank water before adding it.
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Bleach is loss of color not flesh
Rtn or stn are tissue loss
Rtn or stn are tissue loss
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Matthew Meyer
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I am pretty strict with my dip/rinse process. But I did a very small rinse this time because I was lazy. Just a coffee cup full of tank water. I didn't think that a little dip dilute in the tank would show very much. I am starting to see the next coral go now
Highly recommend James Fatheree's clam book @Matthew Meyer . I'm up to almost a year now with my maxima, which is by far the longest I've been able to keep one in the post metal halide era.
The book dispels a lot of myths that lead to the lack of success people have had with clams in general. In short, it's a maxima or crocea, have it in a flat rock cradle, minimum 250 PAR, and leave it alone. Always use the rock to move it if you have to to protect the byssal organ.
Get some fresh carbon in there if you think some dip infiltrated your display. Also double check your salinity next time you go to the LFS just in case. Maybe grab the club's calibration thermometer if you want to verify your probes.
The book dispels a lot of myths that lead to the lack of success people have had with clams in general. In short, it's a maxima or crocea, have it in a flat rock cradle, minimum 250 PAR, and leave it alone. Always use the rock to move it if you have to to protect the byssal organ.
Get some fresh carbon in there if you think some dip infiltrated your display. Also double check your salinity next time you go to the LFS just in case. Maybe grab the club's calibration thermometer if you want to verify your probes.
Sympathies. Frustrating situation I think. I'd second adding some well cleaned carbon. Hopefully case it catches something weird in the tank. Dip related or not.
A water change with well calibrated water also rarely seems to hurt.
Matthew Meyer
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Matthew Meyer
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We don't say that. We just say he's cute.
derek_SR
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Oof, cute is not the word that comes to mind, poor thing. Is it treatable?
Matthew Meyer
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I think the right thing to do would be a lancet decompression. But i'm unwilling to do that. It doesn't affect his day to day life. He is a pretty happy fish
BAYMAC
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It sure looks like its struggling to me, and struggling to me doesn't equate happy. I'd look for someone to help you locally if you're not willing to do what's needed.
Matthew Meyer
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If you have a less invasive solution I am open to try something, but there wont be any invasive procedures done.
I'd post to humble fish and see what they think as the fish experts there. It might be as simple as using Epsom salts, mushed peas, or more fiber in food. But it looks like it's really struggling to stay afloat
Just have your girlfriend scan it.
Matthew Meyer
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Well, P² the yellow tang died he made it about 1.5yrs. Sad.
Kensington Reefer
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Sad...