ColonialReef Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Was doing great for quite a few weeks and then started to deflate a little more each day, till now it's one quarter the size. It would always deflate at night and then re inflate during the day, now it just seems to be deflated all the time. It still looks like it healthy, but deflated. Any ideas what I could do to make it happy again? Link to comment
Rememberme Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 how's the flow? I know some soft corals like toadstools tend to like higher flow and get upset when it's too low Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 My kenya tree loves high flow. I have it almost right in front of my RW-4 and it still tries to bend itself directly into flow. Link to comment
ColonialReef Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 I do have it it the highest flow in the tank. I have also started 20% water changes every day now, for the last three days. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Do you feed any types of food for the kenya tree? They are filter feeders so they do require phyto/zooplanktons in the water. I'm assuming you have good water conditions (nitrates < 10, phosphates < 0.05, alk/calc/mag all normal reef levels) if you are keeping coral. Link to comment
ColonialReef Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yes, I use a combination of Marine Snow and Roti-Rich, on different days. Was doing so good and then just seemed to slowly stop opening up. each day. Still looks healthy, no sign of it starting to rot or anything. Link to comment
PiscesFish Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 How long has it been deflating? Does it look shriveled up? How's your salinity and your alkalinity? When I neglected my tank for a bit, my cabbage coral was shriveling and it was basically dying, until I fixed the salinity and alkalinity. But, if it is just closing up or shriveling up and it hasn't been for long, then it might be that it's going to shed off its outter layer in the near future. Link to comment
ColonialReef Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 My salinity is right on and I don't know about my alkalinity. Everything else in the tank seems to be doing just fine. I am hoping it is just a phase. Link to comment
markalot Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 If you find a way to kill a Kenya Tree let us know. It may be reproducing by leaning down onto another rock and dropping an arm. Link to comment
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