Acans and Interceptor....

[whowadat]

Well, I recently had a couple of Acans apparently "dissolve" and I did some water changes and kept on top of my parameters which were all normal, nothing had really changed so I was stumped. Read about the chalices melting away a few threads down and realized I had/or still had going on, similar traits with two other Acans and a Goniastrea. (which you could watch the receding/dissolving of the coral along a white "line" slowly moving across a 6" in diameter or so coral)


I have not been able to see a single bug, be it black, red, purple, or any other hue in the rainbow on these corals using Walmart 3x reading glasses and a bright light. I went to my local Vet who did some research on her own and 24 hours later wrote me a 'script for a couple of Interceptor pills. Now I am reluctant to treat the entire tank as I don't want to move or lose any crustaceans at the moment so I just did a somewhat "experimental" dip of two acans and the goniastrea. In a 2 gallon bucket I dissolved some shavings of the pill, one pill treats 380 gallons so I figured some ground up "shavings" would be plenty. Six hours later while the coral soaked in the bucket with an air stone aerating the water, I still can't see a darn thing on the coral.

I took a few pics of what ended up at the bottom of the bucket, I am by no means knowledgable about parasites and worms but it looks like to me a few bristleworms and maybe two other types of tiny worms. I know the pictures aren't macro mode or highly detailed but does anybody see anything that might be eating my Acans and Goniastrea coral ?? (the oatmeal looking stuff is just sand/substrate grains) Any suggestions/comments about what I have already done or what I might need to do in the immediate future to keep from losing anymore coral ??

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[sportzfish]

My untrained eye sees one small bristleworm and one pod.

[Reef Bass]

+1 for bristleworms and amphipods, neither of which should be causing acan recession. They may clean up dead acan tissue, but they won't initiate its demise.

Parasitic arthropods can be really really really small. For example, you can't see (and were probably happy not knowing about) the eyelash mites (Demodex sp.) that the live in and around the hair follicles of your body. For sure they are some of the smallest arthropods known but my point is without lots of magnification, you may not see the critters that may have been causing problems with your lps.

If parasitic arthropods are your issue and your dip was successful in treating them, you should see the corals stop declining and recover.

[whowadat]

Well, I went ahead and treated two small acans and my prized Goniastrea with interceptor. Doesn't look like it did anything as all three are still receding/dissolving. Any other suggestions, I guess I'll try again with a larger dose, I've got nothing to lose really. Here's a couple pics of the Goniastrea....

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[Azar]

cut it..

[Mark426]

Cut it and dip in ReVive.