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Unread 02/01/2010, 11:35 AM   #276
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I am experiencing the same and I just did my first Interceptor treatment. I will report if the receding stops after 3 treatments.


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Unread 02/02/2010, 10:14 AM   #277
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Same here for loss on lps. I am planning on going to a fragswap in Chicago this weekend. Hopefully I can pick up some Intercepter there. Sara B. I know you're planning on being there and will talk with you in greater detail.


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Unread 02/02/2010, 12:54 PM   #278
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Where's the frag swap?


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Unread 02/07/2010, 09:39 PM   #279
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Any update from those doing the interceptor treatment? I did my second treatment this past Friday and the acans looked okay (the die off seems to slow down) but my prize winning blastos are all getting worse.... there are white line between the polyps and the tissues are just melting away.

I tried dipping them in API Melafix, Revive and CoralRx and I did not see any improvements. I am not going to buy another LPS until I find out what is the cause of this... I am so upset at this point. When I went to my local LFS today to get the Revive, he is experiencing the same with his Aussie blastos.

I love my blastos.................


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Unread 02/08/2010, 11:33 AM   #280
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Borrow a stray, feed it, get Interceptor, feed it again and go separate ways. Everyone wins! The Strays For Reefs Initiative.
lol, dont borrow one with the fancy little tag on the collar


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Unread 02/08/2010, 06:26 PM   #281
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I have had recession of enchinos and oxypora a few months ago , I read this thread found that there was a link to magnesium. Mag test was 1260 using salifert , even tried interceptor still recession. I increased the magnesium to 1400-1450 problem stopped in a week corals started growing new edges by week 2. Gonipora was also closed. A colony of cyphastrea almost completely wiped out . I went over to balling method to allow control of parameters , took a lot of magnesium to raise the level. Just a warning , when doing a water change check magnesium before adding new water to tank. Also noted that using salt free salt at 5mls of 25g/L solution colurs started improving. Current magensium usage on maily LPS mushroom system is 22 ml per day of 250g/L solution. My current theory LPS use far more magnesium than SPS and far more sensitive to low magnesium levels, they then become susceptable to infections. They become sick slowly , then as if they reach a level they start recessing. Since going over to balling method mainly to dose magnesium , corals have recovered, but they have less sweeper tentacles than before, hope this helps


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Unread 07/06/2010, 09:20 AM   #282
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For those who were doing 3 treatments to get the eggs, how long are you waiting in between doses? IE do you know how long before the eggs hatch?


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Unread 07/06/2010, 09:31 AM   #283
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Im with dn on this make sure your magnesium is in check, and of course your other parameters.... I'd double check with a friends test kit to make sure they are giving you accurate readings...


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Unread 11/11/2010, 04:47 PM   #284
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I have been losing acans and chalices for a few months now. I hope to start interceptor tomorrow if I can find some local. Like alot of people in this thread my SPS have been doing great and I can find any other cause.....


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Unread 05/04/2011, 01:25 PM   #285
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Any updates?

I've been removing receding acans and chalices, then dipping in a ziplock with interceptor for about 8 hours floating the ziplock in my sump. Seems to slow/stop the recession, but it picks back up in a month or so. I'm assuming eggs hatching is the cause.


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Unread 05/04/2011, 01:28 PM   #286
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I ended up completely emptying out my tank and rehoming a few of my prized LPS. They began regrowing while I did my reset and are doing great now. I still dont have a clue what the problem was.


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Unread 05/04/2011, 01:39 PM   #287
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I'm contimplating getting a biocube or something just to house my acans so they can be in interceptor 24/7 for a week or 2.

I just moved all my chalices to my new tank last week. The first week went great, then over the weekend recession started on one side of all of them except my oregon mummy eye. Whats really odd is that the opposite side of the recession has exploded in growth, like its trying to outrun the recession. I get a new eye on each chalice every day, while the recession takes out an eye every 3 or 4 days.

My acans get the white line, but i don't see anything like it on my chalices. So frustrating.


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Unread 12/11/2011, 08:41 PM   #288
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Unread 01/20/2012, 10:31 AM   #289
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Any updates on this? I've had a few chalices and blastos starting to melt away as well. The skeleton looks pink under the tearing tissue in areas and white in others. I've seen it start at the edge on some chalices and in the middle of the polyp mouths on others. It just starts falling apart from there. I've been testing my water parameters with multiple test kits every other day for over a month. My alk is steady at 10.6 dkh, salinity 1.026, Amonia 0, nitrate 5ppm, nitrite 0, PH 7.95-8.15, calcium 420ppm, Mag 1520ppm, Phosphate .4ppm. I've been running gfo and started dosing vodka to get my PO4 down but it won't get any lower yet. This system has been running for 7 years now. A friend thinks I may be having rock leaching PO4. I don't know if PO4 is the problem or if it's bacterial. Been fighting this since December. I've lost a few very expensive colonies. I'm thinking of trying the Intercerptor. Any thoughts?

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Unread 01/20/2012, 01:42 PM   #290
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Any updates on this? I've had a few chalices and blastos starting to melt away as well. The skeleton looks pink under the tearing tissue in areas and white in others. I've seen it start at the edge on some chalices and in the middle of the polyp mouths on others. It just starts falling apart from there. I've been testing my water parameters with multiple test kits every other day for over a month. My alk is steady at 10.6 dkh, salinity 1.026, Amonia 0, nitrate 5ppm, nitrite 0, PH 7.95-8.15, calcium 420ppm, Mag 1520ppm, Phosphate .4ppm. I've been running gfo and started dosing vodka to get my PO4 down but it won't get any lower yet. This system has been running for 7 years now. A friend thinks I may be having rock leaching PO4. I don't know if PO4 is the problem or if it's bacterial. Been fighting this since December. I've lost a few very expensive colonies. I'm thinking of trying the Intercerptor. Any thoughts?

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Here's a few shots of one of the pieces.





Anyone seen anything like this before?


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Unread 01/20/2012, 04:12 PM   #291
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I really wish I had an answer for you. Unfortunately i'm in the process of watching my last 3 acan colonies die away due to this, but my chalices have all stopped and recovered. I don't understand it.


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Unread 01/24/2012, 01:08 PM   #292
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I really wish I had an answer for you. Unfortunately i'm in the process of watching my last 3 acan colonies die away due to this, but my chalices have all stopped and recovered. I don't understand it.
Have you had any alk spikes? I'm not sure what the problem has been on my setup yet but I've been doing a lot of research and been talking to a few guys that sell coral and maintain very large tanks. They believe alk spikes can cause this type of damage on lps. Mainly chalices and blastos have been affected. Softies, zoas, acans, favias and Montiporas all have been doing well and have shown no problems. However, I have only a few favias and acans so perhaps the few that I have dealt with the high alk ok. I mainly have large numbers of chalices, blastos, monti's and zoas. Most of my chalices are ok but I have lost a few colonies due to this. I've lost a few blasto colonies as well.

They recommended to keep alk at 8-9dkh. They said in their experience some chalices and blastos don't do well with high alk and start to lose their tissue. I was running mine between 10-12dkh. I've since lowered it to 8-9dkh and things so far appear to have stabilized. It's been a few weeks now, lets see if things continue to do in the coming weeks.

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Unread 01/25/2012, 10:41 AM   #293
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No, i have always ran my alk 8-9dKH. I run a Bubble Magus triple doser so my params are all steady. I have 2 chalices that have the pink skeleton, but both are now regrowing over the pink area. But my acans with pink skeleton are losing flesh very quickly.

My only thought is my mag since its up around 1500ppm. I don't dose mag, I think its high in my salt mix and I do weekly WCs.


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Unread 02/01/2012, 12:40 PM   #294
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I just have bought 2 chalices again since 1 nice purple chalice has died. Hope it's ok this time.


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Unread 02/12/2012, 01:52 PM   #295
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I've been battling with Acan recession for over 2 years now and gave in last year looking around for Interceptor.

It seems that the recession ONLY occurs with my Aussie colonies. I had ZERO luck in getting Interceptor and I dont want to rely on this source that's such a PITA to get.

I am having an Acan now going through the recesssion. Visually, I dont see any bugs. My water parameter seems fine since I know that all of my other corals are doing well...... My next approach is testing a new salt mix (ESV brand). At the moment, I am really running out of patience with them and I've since stopped buying any Acans until I have a viable solution.

I had one acan that started receding a year ago. I dipped it in almost every single branded dips you can find in the market (melafix, Tropic Marine...etc etc). While it did stopped the recession, the Acan has never fully recovered...Ever since them, I has not grown and seems to be stunted.

So at the moment, I am kind of ****ed off at Acans. And if I ever do come across a solution that I can clearly show, I would love to share it with everyone. In the mean time, after keeping reef tanks for over 10 years, it is still a continuous learning experience for me...


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Unread 04/08/2012, 04:46 PM   #296
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Wow! This thread has been going on for a while. I'm thankful for all that documented their experience.

I currently have a mummy eye chalice that that has had its skeleton showing more each day and all parameters are stable. It's looking like interceptor is the answer.

Has anyone found an over the counter alternative? I don't own a dog :-(


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Unread 10/14/2012, 06:39 PM   #297
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I've lost 3 small chalice and a favia frag before I stumble across this thread. All my sps were unaffected. I tried the interceptor and it worked. Dose 2 times just to be sure.
Thanks sooo much for this information.


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Unread 08/02/2017, 03:55 AM   #298
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Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead but I'm having the same issues today tried all dips on acans , waterchanges , whilst living in the uk I can't get interceptor, the active ingredient appears to be praziquantel which is basically prazipro, could I dose this instead ?


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Unread 10/30/2017, 10:34 AM   #299
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Another necro bump for this thread, but I seem to be currently having the same issue. Will be trying the interceptor treatment here in the next couple days.


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Unread 11/17/2017, 11:09 PM   #300
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Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead but I'm having the same issues today tried all dips on acans , waterchanges , whilst living in the uk I can't get interceptor, the active ingredient appears to be praziquantel which is basically prazipro, could I dose this instead ?
thats only one of the active ingredients, I believe the more important one is milbemycin oxime.


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