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03-07-2008, 08:06 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: mesquite texas Age: 14
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|  help i dont know what is wrong with my leather
i got a small leather coral about 3 weeks ago and the first couple hours it was fine but the next day the polyps went away and it got smaller. now the tank 2 months old and i have a diatom problem i guess it is because it is a ne3 tank | 
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03-07-2008, 08:10 PM
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| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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how big is your tank and what are your parameters?, lighting, placement, filtration, feeding, livestock.....everything _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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03-07-2008, 08:11 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Welcome to 3reef buddy!
So how old was the tank when you added the coral? What are your water parameters? Based on the info you provided, you added that coral to a 5 week old tank. Probably a little too soon, since your cycle was still in its last stages.
Give us a little more info and we can work this one out. And yes your diatoms are due to the newness of the aquarium. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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03-07-2008, 08:12 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Wow, it could be so many things. They dont like direct flow at them, they love light, what are your parameters? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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03-10-2008, 03:49 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
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well i have a red sea max which is a 34g tank the lighting are two 55 watt t5 power compact fluorescent i have tried diff. placements in the tank parameters every thing is zero. i have about 40 pounds of live rock in their and i added some damsels early and the tank cycled very quickly and i forgot about the diatoms but the diatoms are going away now. _________  | |
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03-10-2008, 04:02 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Do you have a pic of the leather. Maybe its shedding...
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03-10-2008, 04:31 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Orland IL Age: 34
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Leathers tend to shrink & close up often... and as baugherb said shedd
My spaghetti and devils hand close up almost daily and shed once in a great while..
A pic would really help... | |
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03-10-2008, 05:56 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: mesquite texas Age: 14
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heres a pic | |
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