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Recently i've had a problem with a few chalices receeding. Originally 1 or 2 got stung by favia sweepers and they wiped out about 1/3 of the chalice. Since then I've moved the chalice to safe areas, however I believe both chalices are still receeding slowly and not recoving as I had hoped. The string was about 3 weeks ago and even not that they're safe they still seem to be dying. One of my favorites, a mycedium, has now receeded to a point where the mouths are almost gone. see pic below. Does it make sense to dremel the remaining good portion of it or should I just sit and wait and hope it reverses course?

 
I've partially nuked many chalices (they are so easy to!) and one thing has been universally true in my experiences. Toss a poor health chalice into low light with medium/low flow, and it recovers beautifully. Of course, it gets used to the low light and is easy to bleach ;) ymmv
 
I would frag it to good tissue, and give it a bath in providone or coral revive. A lot of times its a bacterial infection that causes the further recession.
 
tony's spot on with his assessment. my first chalices weren't well cared for but by some miracle throwing the little remaining tissue into "the abyss" brought them back to life
 
thanks guys for the responses. I'm leaning towards fragging the good tissue because I've already lost one by waiting for it to recover. I'm not sure what the prob is but waiting so far hasn't helped.
 
i never fragged dead tissue -just blew it off. blowing off dead tissue on chalices can be a problem though since it's so delicate.

i always fear the added stress of the dremel/saw when fragging off a sick coral but that's just me
 
reefdan said:
i never fragged dead tissue -just blew it off. blowing off dead tissue on chalices can be a problem though since it's so delicate.

i always fear the added stress of the dremel/saw when fragging off a sick coral but that's just me
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A lot of times the only way to save chalice/acan is to frag to the good tissue. I've done both ways many times, watch and see and fragging to good tissue. I always have better results when I am more agressive.
 
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