Frogspawn and torch !

[Demetrio]

they were fine in my aquapod ...i moved to my 125 gal by the next morning they looked liked this (picture attached)..i quickly moved them back to the aqua pod.. are they dead or dying ? checked water all levels were fine.
what can i do to help them along ?
please i don't want this guys to die

thakn you
demetri

[Texreefer]

if your salinity and Ph were way different and you didn't acclimate it that could be the issue.. Looks like they are just really ticked off.. if all else in your system seems fine then they will probably slowly open back up

[subsailor]

if your salinity and Ph were way different and you didn't acclimate it that could be the issue.. Looks like they are just really ticked off.. if all else in your system seems fine then they will probably slowly open back up
I agree

[Demetrio]

i acclamated them to the other tank...and there ars pieces accually falling off .

[subsailor]

How did you acclimate them? WHat type of lights are on the 125? where did you place it initially in the 125 gallon?

[Demetrio]

i floated them for about 20 mins ...i have the corallight power compact in total there are 3 10,000k and two atcinic bulbs...place mid way up the rock face .opposite ends of the tank

[subsailor]

Here is a link to Acclimating Simply floating the bag is not acclimation enough if the water is diff in SG or in PH. http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=19

[JimD]

All floating does is temperature acclimate, you need to chemically acclimate as well...

[Demetrio]

well i have them back in the aquapod now where they were doing well in ...is there anything i can do to promote healing ..it really looks like they are died off over night

[Demetrio]

or in the proces of dying off

[txav8r]

Maybe an iodine or lugols dip. For now I would leave them alone. Moving them back and forth between tanks (especially without acclimating) is pretty rough on them. Give them a little time to relax and recover.

[Squiers007]

Like txav8r said a lugols dip may help with tissue repair, but I would leave them be for now so they can become less stressed. As was posted above you need to acclimate all corals/fish before placing them into a new tank to reduce stress associated from the move and make the transition easier for them.

[Demetrio]

thank you all for the advice !
i'll leave them be and hope for the best ..
i'll let you know how they are doing ..

[Bill S]

Well, I'll disagree. Sorry I didn't see this earlier.

I like Lugos dipping. 5 drops in 1 liter of tank water, for 10 or 15 minutes. They really seem to "like" the lugols.

[txav8r]

Bill has a TON more knowledge than me. I would follow his advice.

[Bill S]

Just to follow up on this:

With torch/hammer/frogspawn, bubble corals and others that start to "jelly": There is some thought that damage to them makes them susceptible to infection and/or parasites. A regular (daily) dip in the Lugos as noted above, seems to really perk them up. Since it's in tank water, it's quick and easy to do, and fairly stress-free.

[Crazyeyes]

hope they recover, did you let them schrivle up before pulling them out of the water, if they don't release all the water it could tear their skin and cause that to happen too. good luck.

[corkyGramma]

I would look up how to drip acclimate. I also move things around from tank to tank but I always drip acc. I've heard of adding vit c from the lfs to help heal corals after fraggin and boost fish defenses during illness(follow directions precisely).