colt coral

[AnthonyAce]

I have a colt coral for several months that was thriving up to last week, during the last week or so the colt stays mostly closed and appears to be losing its branches.

Water prameters (sal, phos, nit, ammon, cala, alk) are all within range and the rest of the tank is thriving.

Any suggestions on how to save it?

 

[KathyC]

A pic of the coral would be helpful.

 

[ocholoco]

Hey

I had the same problem until I caught a damsel picking on it.

 

[AnthonyAce]

Sorry, i am unable to upload photos

 

[House of Laughter]

i think what you have is a sinularia coral and they do that often when they shed their skin to grow - here is a colt - does yours look like this picture when extended?

most sensitive to High PH, salinity or Alk

FWIW House

 

[JLAudio]

Mine tends to shrink up when its too high in the tank, try lowering it and see if it begins to extend again

 

[AnthonyAce]

It did look like your photo when it used to open up. The salinity has not changed and it has been and that spot for several months. I'll try moving it down to the bottom and see what changes.

 

[neptune]

nice

 

[tosiek]

whats within range on your parameters? Exact levels? people miss things sometimes. Hows flow?

 

[AnthonyAce]

Salinity 1.025, Nitrates = 00 amon 00 nitrites 00 Calc 425, Alk 5. Flow is great i turn over the tank at least 12x + two Tunze's

 

[Grizzlyreef]

have u checked the iodine sometimes the react to levels if there too low or too high

 

[michaelp]

I had the same problem. Same coral. People thought I was giving it too much light, so I moved it lower in the tank. I suppose it's better. It's certainly not worse.

It may take awhile to recover (it's basically bleached), so still not sure what happened. All measurable tank params are fine (Mg, Ca, NH4, etc).