Incomplete RTN?

[akm]

On the ocassion that one of my acros RTN's why is it that it only goes on for about a day then it just stops forever. I dont move the corals to a better place or mess with the skimmer or do a water change after I see it happen. So why does it never kill the entire coral?

[JimD]

Better knock on wood, Most of the time, unless you frag the healthy part, the entire colony's a gonner. RTN/STN is very complex and mildly understood in the home aquarium.

[NaCl_H2O]

Yea, find lots of wood to knock on ... my acros were doing that, turned out to be no big deal, just ...

REDBUGS :o :o :o

[akm]

:o :o From what Ive heard red bugs cant live without acros. I dont have a whole lot of acros so could I just take them out, dip them and put them in my other tank for awhile?

[NaCl_H2O]

Didn't mean to alarm you, just that there is always that outside chance. I was in denial a long time, and paid for it!

"IF" you have Redbugs, a full tank treatment is the only high probability cure. I wouldn't go through the expense & effort of the treatment unless you can confirm. Your RTN could be caused by a multitude of other reasons?

[akm]

Yeah, usually I just get RTN on just stuff that has fallen in some zoos or sand and had gone unnoticed for a cuple days. Thankfully I havent had it happen on anything just for bad conditions... Knock on wood

[JimD]

Yeah, usually I just get RTN on just stuff that has fallen in some zoos or sand and had gone unnoticed for a cuple days. Thankfully I havent had it happen on anything just for bad conditions... Knock on wood

What youre describing isnt RTN, if they fall into some zoo's or get buried in the sand, theyre gonna get stung or lose tissue on the part thats under the sand. Those conditions are usualy reversable as opposed to RTN/STN. Do you know what RTN/STN stands for? If not, "Rapid/Slow Tissue Necrosis".