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05-19-2006, 08:51 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Nov 2005
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|  Branching Hammer Coral Dying?
Hey guys,
Hope all is well with everyone's "mini ocean".....have a bit of an issue with one of my corals...
I have a branching hammer coral, 3 branches to be exact....they have been beautiful, purchased them over 4 months ago or so....all has been well except a couple of days ago....the middle branch shriveled up quite a bit.....then the polyps began to slowly break away from the branch, or the little cal. plates holding them in...and now all the soft tissue has washed away......my question is ...is there a chance that it might grow back in the same area, or should I attempt to remove that branch end? The other branch ends are doing fine....a little retracted but doesn't look like cause for concern.
The only thing I can think of is that a few days prior, while cleaning my tank, I accidentally must have knocked the temp gauge on the heater, which raised the water temp a couple degrees....from 78 to 80-81....I noticed about 24-36 hours after I think it actually was bumped..and slowly brought the temp back to 78...all water per. are A+...
anyone have any suggestions as to what to do, if anything for this coral?
Thanks in advance guys! _________ 20 Gallon Reef Tank
Berlin System
15lbs Live Rock w/ Live Sand
Coralife Lunar Aqualight
(1x Actinic and 1x 10,000K, 2x 3/4W Blue LEDs)
2 False Percula Clownfish * Blue/Green Reef Chromis * Fire Shrimp * 1 Halloween Hermit Crabs *
2 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs * 4 Turbo Snails * 5 Bumblebee Snails
Green Star Polyps * Yellow Polyps * Pink Eyed Zoanthids * Branching Green Hammer Coral *
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05-19-2006, 10:33 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Don't know much about it, but I've heard they (forgot if it's frogspawn or hammer or both) will drop polyps under stress. It is also a way of reproduction. The dropped polyps will grow under the right conditions.
Right guys?
GKW
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
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05-20-2006, 06:15 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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That is true...I had a frogspawn do the same thing. I would just leave it alone. If you see it begin elsewhere, go ahead with a lugol's iodine dip per instruction on the label. Other than that, I would just leave it.  _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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05-20-2006, 11:06 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Be careful, I had a torch and one of it's heads shriveled up and starting reseding and then well... died. I would do as Birdlady sugggested... Iodine dip.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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