☆☆ - Fall Grow-Out Contest - Corpse of Helltrollsman man Picture Entries - ☆☆

[alpacaman]

man that is just plain weird. dang it. Like it went dormant, completely. sorry to see it. anything else do this too, out of curiosity

Mine did, but now it’s slowly STNing over the last 6 weeks

 

[Z Burn's Reefing]

Just uploaded a little documentary on my experience...cheesy for sure, but I had such a fun time with this so had to do one.

 

[Battlecorals]

Just uploaded a little documentary on my experience...cheesy for sure, but I had such a fun time with this so had to do one.

heck yeah!!! this is awesome. any chance you could post this in that other winners announcement thread as well?

 

[Z Burn's Reefing]

heck yeah!!! this is awesome. any chance you could post this in that other winners announcement thread as well?

Yep will do!

 

[Z Burn's Reefing]

My helltroll started to look 'off' over the last 3-4 weeks. The yellow coloration I was pulling faded, the red color faded, the coral started to look a little drab, more brown/tan, and tissue looked a little thinner....was time for the flashlight and magnifying glass.

Sure enough, white bugs.

I had these suckers in my tank about a year ago. Did three rounds of interceptor, one week apart. They are somehow back. I don't think I have even added any corals for 8-9 months. Perhaps a reminder to you all - use that flashlight after lights out and see how your corals are looking. White bugs seems to be pretty prevalent in our hobby as of late.

 

[Nate Chalk]

My helltroll started to look 'off' over the last 3-4 weeks. The yellow coloration I was pulling faded, the red color faded, the coral started to look a little drab, more brown/tan, and tissue looked a little thinner....was time for the flashlight and magnifying glass.

Sure enough, white bugs.

I had these suckers in my tank about a year ago. Did three rounds of interceptor, one week apart. They are somehow back. I don't think I have even added any corals for 8-9 months. Perhaps a reminder to you all - use that flashlight after lights out and see how your corals are looking. White bugs seems to be pretty prevalent in our hobby as of late.

Pics of off?

 

[Z Burn's Reefing]

Pics of off?

Sure, here ya go. 1st pic is at end of competition. Second pic is today. Excuse the microbubbles...I run the skimmer with the cup off while dosing interceptor.

You can see as of today -> muted color, tissue health decline, polyp extension non-existent, color vibrance down, coral looks brown/tan. Darn white bugs.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Sure, here ya go. 1st pic is at end of competition. Second pic is today. Excuse the microbubbles...I run the skimmer with the cup off while dosing interceptor.

You can see as of today -> muted color, tissue health decline, polyp extension non-existent, color vibrance down, coral looks brown/tan. Darn white bugs.

Yowsa! Ty

 

[Z Burn's Reefing]

Wanted to clarify - my intention wasn't to post about this to imply that the white bugs came from Battlecorals. Just wanted to make that clear. Everything I have ever gotten from Adam has been very clean. I still dip, cut bases, etc. on everything I get from anyone, but nothing nasty have I ever seen on Adam's stuff.

My intention was just to post about this as an education point - especially if your specimen looks similarly drab - may be time for a flash light inspection. Or could be a plethora of other issues, lol. This stuff is just part of the hobby. Likely came in on some other pieces, or I've had them for a while and the population just recently got to a critical level to cause problems. The coral should bounce back in a few weeks after treatment. I'll post a follow up