think something is wrong with my brain

[duke62]

well its been 9 days and it still is just looking bad,its flesh all around has recessed.its still alive but it just doesnt look well .

 

[Awibrandy]

Duke I feel your pain.;( My beautifull wellsies after being in my tank for a year and doing great, even growing suddenly started declining in health until they were gone. The only change to my tank at that time was the addition of 4 #3 Koralias. I don't know that the Koralias had anything to do with their demise since the wellsies were on the sandbed and the pumps were high up in the tank. At that time I also lost all of my frogspawns & torches.

I think you have done all that you can. I'm sure your water parameters are on point, you have been feeding it, they are on the sandbed. What else can you do? Perhaps you should shoot prattreef a PM.
Again, I'm very sorry!!!!!!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Duke sorry to say but it sounds like the brain is on it's way out. Could you post a newer picture? That might help out a little. If the flesh is receding that rapidly you may want to remove it to a hospital tank and see if that helps. If it goes bad in your tank it could foul the whole thing.

 

[KathyC]

If you can make the pic 640 x 480 it would be much easier to see what you are talking about.

 

[duke62]

here it is

poor thing

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Duke do you have a QT/HT set up? If I were you I would move it to there and spot feed it etc.

 

[duke62]

i broke my qt setup down since i added all the fish i am going to have in my 30.what would qting it do to help it anyway.there will be no sand.should i maybe put it in my fuge where i only have pc light.

 

[nanoreefer22]

j,

That doesn't look good at all. Is it getting a lot of flow on the side thats receeding?

 

[duke62]

no not at all.its weird when i first turn the lights on it is puffed out and u can only notice that side.by 4 hrs of light it looks like a crackhead.all sides are recessed.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Is everything else in your tank doing good?

 

[duke62]

everything is perfect.my clowns swimming having a good ol time 6 line great eating like pigs.all corals seem fine.got some growth out of mushrooms zoas and some smaller frags.im so confused by this brain though.maybe it just doesnt like me :irked:

 

[nanoreefer22]

maybe

I really hope it doesnt get worse, cause thats a really nice piece you have there...maybe someone nearby can help you nurse it back to health if they have luck with LPS.

 

[duke62]

thats what im hoping for.if anyone out here in long island can help that will be great.maybe teach me how to care for it better than i have

 

[nanoreefer22]

J,

I mighta missed it but what lights is it under? and what are you parameters?

 

[duke62]

its under t-5 and everything on money
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
ph 8.3
amm 0
calcium and alk were also fine last week ill check it again tomorrow i like to check it everyweek anyway.
salt is 1.024.

 

[wrasseman]

dude if you have a coral that was in a tank from australia you need to put it into a Q T and treat with INTERCEPTOR i saw the first and last pics and it looks like many of my 100 corals that died before i got help ! you have to go to your vet and purchase this , its prescription only ,1/8pill for a 50lb dog per 20 gallons . dissolve and put in w heater and powerhead ,a small on just to get air into water . leave for 48 hrs then do a 25% water change for the next 3 days . put back into display tank ,if it comes back probably the whole system needs to be treated cause the bugs are still in your tank in some form . they will come back ,you only treated the one coral ,so all will then need treatment . no carbon at all should be in sump etc.this will kill some of your crabs and possiably snails ,so do it in Q T first ! if you need assistence e mail me @ [email protected] i will explain every thing to you , may need phone call .do it soon ,or hope it goes away .i lost thousands of dollars in corals to this but i was able to remedy it with the help of others . my corals looked just like your photos ,if its got this it will take 3-4 wks and it will be gone 100% .its just my opinion but im trying to inform you what may happen too. good luck

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Duke if there is less flow in the sump put it in there with the pc lighting just put it as high as you can. Maybe the flow is too much.

 

[duke62]

calcium is 480 ppm
alk is 2.51 meq
just added 8 ml of B-ionic alk to try and adjust a little.