newreefers Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Help, losing hammer coral help, don't know what happened, yesterday am it was fine, did water changes, tonight I get home from work and it is shriveled up, major skelatin showing, some death on it. all other corals fine, everything opened up. used same water in all 3 tanks, no problems in any other tank. it is about 9" from 72w of pc on a ten gal tank water tests ammonia 0 trite 0 trate 0 calc 450 alk 9.1 ph 8.3 salt 1.023 temp 78 mag 1465 Link to comment
Xavier Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Does it look like it was nipped at? How long have you had it? Link to comment
newreefers Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 it hasn't been nipped at, been in the tank for a couple of weeks now and doing just fine. Link to comment
Xavier Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 where do you have it placed in the tank?.. high/mid/low light and flow? do you dose additives? if so, what, how often, at what dosages? Link to comment
newreefers Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 high light, med flow, dose with reef builder. Link to comment
sjpresley Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Do you have any leathers in there? Sinularia, Capnella, Lemanlia, Nepthea, etc....these are very toxic genera that have chemical defenses to which Euphyllia are VERY sensitive. Link to comment
The Unit Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 so r u saying i cant get a tourch with my capnella?..... Link to comment
newreefers Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 no leathers like that, nothing was near the hammer at all. Link to comment
sjpresley Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 You can, but don't be surprised if the Euphyllia stops opening and dies. They are among the most sensitive LPS to leather chemicals. Link to comment
The Unit Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 really......i didnt know that...so what can i have in my tank?....shrooms ok?....ricordea?...is that what is affecting my yellow poylps? Link to comment
sjpresley Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Ricordea are indeed pretty nasty little creatures. Do a little research on chemical defenses and aggressive corals. The interactions are pretty complex. In general leathers and coralimorphs are among the most aggressive. Link to comment
chvynva916 Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 IMO once euphyllia detach even a little bit from their skeleton, they are goners. If I buy another Euph sp, I'm going to buy a specimen with at least a few heads for insurance. Link to comment
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