Utter Chaos fighting to live

henergizer

henergizer

Supporting Member
BARcard
The frag was opened partially once since I got it about 2 weeks ago.

It’s shrunken a lot in size and has lost majority of its color and has stayed closed until now.

Does it still have a chance?

1d6e50dbf6d6c420783e7bcb8b30d9e8.jpg


Everything else I’ve gotten, green hammer, green frogspawn, florida ric, rastas, have been fully opened, just this one frag.

Tank temp is 77
pH 8.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Sg 1.025

Will be getting an alkalinity test kit soon.



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Nice, my tank currently has no fish. Some spot feeding should get some nutrients in the system.

What are your guys’ preference for coral food?

I’m leaning towards reef roids or coral frenzy


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
If everything else is doing well, then this paly probably has a pest. Probably best to chuck it now before it infects other things. Or dip it and check for bugs.
 
If you have not been feeding anything and have no fish that is a big reason why they are closed. just feed any fish food
 
The only pest that I saw was a large pod crawl around the base as I was moving it around.

It is currently placed directly under an Asta 20 (Kessil knockoff) about a foot away. It was initially off to the sides a bit where it wasn't getting too much light.

Might have also been too much flow in the tank. I was running 2 mp10w's just for the hell of it. I have since removed one of the mp10s and ramp down to the first light on lagoon mode.
 
henergizer said:
The only pest that I saw was a large pod crawl around the base as I was moving it around.

It is currently placed directly under an Asta 20 (Kessil knockoff) about a foot away. It was initially off to the sides a bit where it wasn't getting too much light.

Might have also been too much flow in the tank. I was running 2 mp10w's just for the hell of it. I have since removed one of the mp10s and ramp down to the first light on lagoon mode.
Click to expand...
Check the stalks for lighter colored dots? Sometimes a transient pest or nodule of something will irritate a paly/zoa and cause it to close. If your other corals are ok it’s probably a local irritant. Easiest thing is to re-dip it and check for pests.
3f318faea5499f5bddbbd51545077dcf.jpg
 
henergizer said:
@Chromis are these the light colored dots you’re talking about?

5dbd2751a489d05e9c91453e86de71a4.jpg


Decided to pull the frag and dip it in Revive
Click to expand...
Yea - could be little paly pests or just something else irritating the paly. At least this way if you dip and it still doesn’t open in a couple days, you’ll have eliminated one possible cause :)
 
Wanted to thank everyone that helped me with my struggling utter chaos.

After about a week with two feedings of reef roids, they are making a strong come back!

d7b828cf09b3e082d90e89bf153c3212.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
That’s awesome! Yeah they are likely not changing back to the normal color, but wait for new heads to grow


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top