Galaxea, Help!!!!!

[antonym518]

I moved my galaxea about a week ago and now part of it is dead. I guess that the part had been blocked from light. Will the tissue grow back? I moved it under better lighting again. I just noticed today when the back was starting to spit stuff out. This thing is a slow grower. I thought that I had learned when I did this to my birds nest.

[Otty]

You need to make sure you keep this coral in a high flow area or blow it with a turkey baster every few days or particles will build up in it and slowly kill it.

[antonym518]

Its in high flow, everything I read said low to medium flow. I also blew off all the slimy dead stuff too. I will continue to do that as it accumulates?

[missionsix66]

How are your parameters?

[missionsix66]

Originally Posted by antonym518

I moved my galaxea about a week ago I moved it under better lighting again.

Galaxea should also be acclimated to more intense lighting. Meaning, don't take it from the bottom and place it at the top directly under brighter lighting. Just an idea. Not quite sure of the exact scenario.

[antonym518]

My params are fine. But I did move it into an area at the same height, that had apperently cut the back side from light. Not a whole lot though. Thats what I can't understand. Now back to where it was before, it looking like the rest is going down hill. I have had this guy for a while, and being a slow grower, it has really done well. I don't know what happened, because the light really wasn't that much less. Mayber brown jelly developed.

[omard]

Dude, you need to do some serious and frequent waterchanges in that tank.

Has to be some mega chemical warfare going on in there.

Something you can't test for, but always something to consider if corals start going doing poorly or going belly up for what seems to be no reason at all.

Mixing softies, SPS can always be hazardous.

In my softie dominated tank and I come to learn overtime that toxins are building up by keeping close eye on my Kenya trees, which universally start to get very "wilty" looking.

They always perk up just fine after a water change.

A regular routine works best...

Good luck.


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[antonym518]

I do water changes all the time. I will do another. I believe it has gotten brownjelly. I am going to get rid of my monti digata. It too is starting to act funny. I will keep my birdnest only. This does include LPS when the chemical warfare goes on right? Everything else is doing fine. The digata was a gift from my dad, but I just don't like it. I have a monti cap that is doing fine. I have read about softies especially zoas releasing toxins to increase there space.

[YellowBelly]

Run some ROX 0.8 carbon to get rid of any toxins. My Galaxea is in the middle section in my tank under 250w MH's and medium flow. Never had skeletal losses like you are describing.

[antonym518]

Actuall I think it is all over. I am going to give it till tomorrow. It does have brown jelly. I moved it to a different spot. Less flow and half of the coral blocked from light =tissue death. I am lossing all tissue. I moved it back to a good location, but after half of it dying, its too far. This is only the second coral I have ever lost, also lost my 1st zoa colony, funny that they are my domonaiting my tank now. I moved my lightings on mounting legs, spend light out more more. Since I am running out of room, stuff started getting pushed back. All the way back and high. I will pick some of the chemical absorbing material for my canisters. LFS has it. Also wouldn't have access to an coral type iodine dipping chemicals for a few days. I hate to see it go, one of my favorites and grew it from two or three little polyps. I think I will be getting rid of my monti digat too, I don't want anymore chemical warfare. If I see any other hard corals getting sick I will look to trade them in. I really love zoas and think I am going to just try and fill my tank with MORE of them. I am going to all get a halide or t5 24" strip with individual rflectors for my clams.