Acan experts.. need some advice

[DaveJ]

I had a recent issue with the tank and its starting to show some side-effects. Due to a mistake while I was out of town, my T-5's ended up being left on for 2-3 days straight. Most things did fine... but I had a couple of issues with a couple of acans. They had been in the tank for a long time, healthy and perfect. One started receeding with a mucus like film.. I dipped it in Coral Revive and then cut it and put it back.. its doing okay, but started to receed again so I dipped it in TMPCC and will cut it again in the morning.

There is another acan, far away from that one that ended up with a polyp or two basically rotting out in the middle. I took that out and dipped it in TMPCC as well tonight and blew with a baster all the tissue and gunk out and set it back in. Another acan echinata showed similar die off in the mouths, but none of the mush... and appears to be doing okay.

My question to the folks here, I obviously had an issue with the light. Not some mysterious illness or bug... are the TMPCC and Revive dips the only thing I can be doing for these?

If so, how often would you dip, what concentration and for how long?

Currently the dips for TMPCC were in a large bowl with 3 squirts from the bottle and soaked for 5-10 minutes. The revive was similar time frame.

[OceansCoral]

Try interceptor. People seem to have success with it.

[juniormc8704]

sounds more like a bacterial infection. is the bare skeleton pink in color?

If thats the case, there is little you can do. Unless its a big piece, and you can cut far beyond the infection.

If not, i would remove it from your system.

sorry to hear about it.

[DaveJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13491553#post13491553 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by juniormc8704
sounds more like a bacterial infection. is the bare skeleton pink in color?

If thats the case, there is little you can do. Unless its a big piece, and you can cut far beyond the infection.

If not, i would remove it from your system.

sorry to hear about it.

Nope not pink... I read that other thread. I think its just stress loss, recession, nothing exotic.

[RandyO]

It could be a stress thing since they were under lighting for a few days straight. Unless they are showing brown jelly tissue necrosis, I wouldn't keep dipping them.

If it were me I would put them in the dark for a few days.

[DaveJ]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13491669#post13491669 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RandyO
It could be a stress thing since they were under lighting for a few days straight. Unless they are showing brown jelly tissue necrosis, I wouldn't keep dipping them.

If it were me I would put them in the dark for a few days.

I would describe it as a brownish mucus... not the same jelly looking stuff I have seen with hammers and such before, but its definitely recession. I'll drop the lights for a few days and see if that helps.

[sutec13]

If any tentacles are out on any of the polyps, feed them something meaty, mysis, etc. Feeding is the best way to propogate and to get recovery. I've had a few polyps die and got them to recover just fine.