Help......Did I Fry My Torches

[TooTall]

I noticed some Flatworms on the coral so I gave em a 10 sec. dip n shake in freshwater, lots of FW came off, but now the coral seems to be shedding?
Do you think its done for?

 

[dustin_P74]

10 seconds is no where too long in a freshwater dip. what was the pH of the freshwater

 

[TooTall]

8.0 on a API test kit

 

[ccCapt]

LPS corals do not take well to freshwater dips. They are not normally exposed to freshwater where as some SPS and zoa's actually get exposed to the air/rain at low tides and they can easily handle it.

 

[mng777777]

I hope they make it!

 

[yote]

+1 Capt

 

[cthegame]

+2 capt

 

[Bifferwine]

A better choice for LPS corals is an iodine dip. You can buy Lugol's Iodine at your LFS, or a special coral dip that contains the iodine in the right concentration already. Even so, I don't think the freshwater dip you did is long enough to kill the coral. At least, I hope not.

 

[BigH55]

Its probably just in shpck. They tend to slime pretty good when they are stressed. It may be a form of defense.

 

[dcantucson]

I vote: shock and slime. They just look very stressed. Give them a week or so and I bet they'll be back. I don't think 10 seconds was enough to kill them.