Help with dipping a scroll coral?

[Porky]

I have a scroll coral that has been in my tank for about a month or so and has recently began to lose it's "skin". Some of the scolls @ the LFS where I bought it are doing the same thing. We think it is RTN, because of the rapid loss of tissue in a short period of time. I have dipped the coral in Kent's Tech D, according to label directions, 2 days ago. The coral does not look any better today. My question is how long do I wait before I dip it agian? The label directions say nothing about the time to wait between "dippings". All water parameters are fine and other corals are thriving including sensitive gorgonians. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Anonymous]

what is in tech d?

 

[reefland]

If your talking a time scale of days I doubt it would be RTN. The "R" meaning Rapid is just that. Typically your aquarium sized coral (whatever that might be) turns white in a matter of hours to a day.. It is very rapid.

If you still have parts that are alive, I would suggest breaking it up and mounting it in several parts. Hopefully one will survive.

Do you notice any live tissue hanging off the coral or does only dead tissue come off? RTN is typically so quick that you can see healthy tissue with polyps still extended (sometimes) just hanging off the coral and floating around. Do you notice any bands near the line between dead areas and live tissue? (white band or a brown band?).

Any pictures would be helpful.