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07-21-2008, 06:35 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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|  Bubble coral in Trouble?
I've had my bubble for only about a week and now it looks as if one half of it isn't opening up. The half closed in the pics still does open some what, but not as much as the side currently opened. It was opened fully before. These pics are with only actinic lighting towards night time. There are some long filament looking things also hanging off the closed end. Maybe sweeper tentacles, mucus? Any suggestion, comments, ideas greatly appreciated. I hope nothing too bad, it's my favorite coral. BTW, this is the only coral not fully opening as of now. params are as follows...
temp- 77F
ph- 8.3
ammonia- oppm
nitrite- oppm
nitrate- 0ppm
phosphate- 0ppm
ca- 420ppm
Mg- 1250ppm
dKH- 9
Salinity- 1.026   
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Equipment: 55 gal, Remora Skimmer w/ maxi jet 1200 pump, 4x54w T5 lighting, 2 super actinics, 2 12,000K actinic white bulbs, 55+ lbs fiji live rock...
Inhabitants: Ocellaris Clownfish, Yellow Tailed Damsel, Six Line Wrasse, Yellow Watchman Goby, 3 Chromis, Crocea Clam, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Corals: Zoas, Yellow Fiji Leather, Pineapple Brain, Frogspawn, Pearl Bubble, Blastomussa Merleti, Monti, GSP, Green Psammacora | 
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07-21-2008, 06:42 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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Your parameters look ok. You mention the coral is a week old. For how many days has it been half closed?
Do you run carbon? Phosphate media? How do your other corals look?
Hopefully it will correct itself.
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90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Coralife 225 Skimmer. Wet/Dry converted to 10 Gal Sump w/ auto topoff float valve connected to Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI. Little Giant inline (external) return pump. Coralife 2x150MH, 14K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. | |
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07-21-2008, 07:52 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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It's been closed like this only for today. That half has been not as opened as the other half though for several days. I am running carbon, no phosphate media. My other corals are doing great, look normal and growing. I have just changed bulbs, maybe an answer? Also, I found some nudibranches in my tank, removed one, but saw another today. I believe they are the algae eating type, only seen them on the glass and lr eating algae. But may be not, could they be eating/harming my bubble? | |
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07-21-2008, 08:21 PM
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Is it being hit to hard by a jet of water maybe ? The Ca and DKH levels as well as the salinity look a little off from where I'd keep them at. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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07-22-2008, 03:58 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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where would you keep those levels? and that part has very low flow. i have been reading up and maybe it is a bacterial infection? Maybe injured on the way from lfs to tank. There are those long filament looking things hanging off of it sometimes | |
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07-22-2008, 04:43 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA
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the filaments are waste. Mine expels waste pretty regularly, along with all of it's water mass. Then it takes up new water and looks fantastic in a day or so. It's possible yours is just expelling all of it's old LFS water and slowly taking in a fresh supply from it's new home. _________ Supposably Is a word in the American language that is often wrongly confused with the word 'supposedly'. 'Supposably' can be used only when the meaning is 'capable of being supposed,'"She was supposably going out to the windswept steppes with her friends, but she's really cheating on me."  | |
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07-22-2008, 05:10 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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The filament's may just be the sweeper tentacles or early signs of brown jelly disease ? You can try a iodine dip . Could be some bacterial infection in and on it ? I see some darker looking brown stuff on the corals skeleton on a few spots it looks like to me. Photo's are a tad blue to really say what the coloration is .
The Salinity is a bit high I think ? I like to keep mine around 1.24 or so and the DKH around 12 and the Ca around 450 and mag at 1400.
I Just had a 2nd though do you have a urchin in the tank ? I have seen them poke and damage these types corals
Last edited by Tangster; 07-22-2008 at 06:37 AM.
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07-22-2008, 08:21 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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no urchin, but brown jelly was a thought, maybe it was injured in transit from lfs to my tank. I will see what it looks like today when the lights come on. Then I will decide what do do. I think i may try a iodine dip, is there any specific product or will an iodine additive work? Thanks for the input | |
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07-22-2008, 08:36 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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I just use lugols iodine at 60 drops to the gallon for about 15 to 20 minuets | |
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07-22-2008, 09:12 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Chester, Pa Age: 23
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thanks, will see how things go, then maybe try it | |
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