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Agree with chimaera - I am no expert on these but I think a common cause for tissue recession like this is malnourishment.
What have you been feeding, and how?
What have you been feeding, and how?
I'm afraid I think it's malnourishment also. I was feeding it about 3 times a week with mysis shrimp, a marinara blend and coral snow which was about as much as it would eat. It fed the same for the last 6 months with no bad effects and only just recently took a turn for the worse. Sometimes it would eat, sometimes it wouldn't. I'll try and keep feeding it but I don't think it's accepting anything at the moment.
Are they a coral that is known to recover? Or once they get this bad it's curtains.
The tank was also getting Red Sea Energy AB.
Are they a coral that is known to recover? Or once they get this bad it's curtains.
The tank was also getting Red Sea Energy AB.
These are one of my blastos that have been with me from the start (1st coral I got actually) through all the drama of setting up a new tank and then moving to another with a dozen scape changes in between.
My question is, is there any way to frag them? they have smaller ones growing to the left, but the main ones seem to be getting really crowded or will they just keep growing new heads by themselves?
My question is, is there any way to frag them? they have smaller ones growing to the left, but the main ones seem to be getting really crowded or will they just keep growing new heads by themselves?
It's about 2/3 up the tank. I checked out some pics of an elegance and I'm not sure it is. The others in the LFS were bubble tipped like that also and the guy showed me a large one he had in the display tank and it was on the rocks and towards the top of the tank.(He told me the name of it, I've just forgotten :(). If it is an elegance they say to put in the sand and don't let it touch any rock.
I went back to the LFS to double check on what it is and it is an elegance (they said Jardini).
So I've done some research on them and have found conflicting reports on where to place them.
Some say they should always be placed in the sand and never touching any rock, others say they should be in rock and kept somewhat vertical. The (large) one in the LFS was half way down a rock face in the display tank.
Mine is placed towards the top of the tank, should I place it lower?
Also is there any reason why it's not fully extending at the moment? It's been in the tank since friday.
As you said it looks very healthy, is there something I'm missing?
So I've done some research on them and have found conflicting reports on where to place them.
Some say they should always be placed in the sand and never touching any rock, others say they should be in rock and kept somewhat vertical. The (large) one in the LFS was half way down a rock face in the display tank.
Mine is placed towards the top of the tank, should I place it lower?
Also is there any reason why it's not fully extending at the moment? It's been in the tank since friday.
As you said it looks very healthy, is there something I'm missing?
If it won't open up, it's not liking the placement - try different flow and lights for a day each spot until you find somewhere it likes. In the wild they are usually in the sand in mild/medium flow, but depending on your lights it ay need to go higher - I've seen a pvc pipe capped and filled with sand placed up high on rocks work too. Try to feed it a little something, maybe brine shrimp or mysis. I use a small pipette and gently squeeze out a few bits onto each head, closes over them and hoes it down.
Honestly Dave, I think it is very healthy - it is just not fully extended. You can put them on the sand or on the rock work, its up to you and upright is best IMO. Just give them enough space from other corals as they have a decent sting on them. It is uncommon, but they can also sting people too and have been known to on the odd occasion. They can handle lower light levels and also higher light levels - to me that means I can take advantage of that and have prime spots for the higher light loving corals. Main thing they are touchy about is flow - they prefer lower flow or indirect flow.
Dodged a bit of a bullet today. I had some live rock in my backup tank that I've had for 8 months that was left over from my last aquascape.
I decided to break it up into chunks that will fit in the middle chamber of my refuge, just to put it to good use. I tested the water it was in before I broke it up and all the stuff like ammonia and nitrates were good. I broke it up and put in back in the backup tank (luckily) and when I tested the water this morning the rock had released a fair amount of nitrates. I'll have to wait until the levels come down before I put them in the main tank. Lesson learnt.
I decided to break it up into chunks that will fit in the middle chamber of my refuge, just to put it to good use. I tested the water it was in before I broke it up and all the stuff like ammonia and nitrates were good. I broke it up and put in back in the backup tank (luckily) and when I tested the water this morning the rock had released a fair amount of nitrates. I'll have to wait until the levels come down before I put them in the main tank. Lesson learnt.
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