Leather Coral Sliming Constantly

[Rumpy Pumpy]

Hi folks, I wonder if someone can cast some light on this.

I have had a leather finger coral (Devils finger I think) for two or three weeks and it has not stopped producing brown slime in that time.

I have moved it around, more flow, less flow, more light less light, but it continues to produce brown slime.

All water parameters are good but there is brown slime everywhere (I'm fishing it out with a net)

I currently have it low down in lowish flow, positioned right away from everything else.

The only other corals are a Kenya Tree, some Zoas and some mushrooms.

I added some activated carbon yesterday but it seems to be worse if anything.

I'm now at the stage where I am seriously considering getting rid of it.


Any ideas?

Pictures of the tank (a week ago, with much less slime) are here http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/331128-my-five-week-old-reef/

 

[simonas]

stick with it mate mine did the same for about 2 weeks and itbecame the best coral in my tank

 

[Rumpy Pumpy]

stick with it mate mine did the same for about 2 weeks and itbecame the best coral in my tank

Maybe I've been moving it round too much?

I assumed something was irritating it, but everything else seems ok.

I'll leave it be for a bit longer and see what happens.

 

[-Nemo-]

I wrote a similar topic maybe 2 or 3 months ago, only my corals were not new. I ended up discovering my protein skimmer had not been working properly. Always worth a check.

Any kind of stress can cause them to keep shedding. I would just leave it in an area of very good flow (they love flow) and give it time.

 

[Morri]

Moving it around will cause it a lot of stress do you have any other softies in the tank if so place the finger where you want it add a golf ball size lump of carbon into the tank and see what happens over a few days to a couple of weeks the chances are that it could be growing/changing shape to get the most out of the light available?

 

[Rumpy Pumpy]

Moving it around will cause it a lot of stress do you have any other softies in the tank if so place the finger where you want it add a golf ball size lump of carbon into the tank and see what happens over a few days to a couple of weeks the chances are that it could be growing/changing shape to get the most out of the light available?

It hasn't changed shape or grown as far as I can tell. Certainly not grown anyway.

Still sliming.

 

[seffieuk]

As Morri said, you need to stop moving it around, everytime you touch it, it will shed again. Make sure it is in high flow, they dont care so much about light levels just leave it alone Could take a week or more to stop now that it has been moved so often

Seffie x

 

[Rumpy Pumpy]

It's stopped sliming and gone grey & shrunken now, I think it's dead.

Removed it to quarantine yesterday, didn't want it rotting in the tank.

I'll give it a chance on it's own but I reckon it's a gonner.

 

[seffieuk]

That is a real shame - they really do not do well when handled too often

Seffie x

 

[Rumpy Pumpy]

That is a real shame - they really do not do well when handled too often

Seffie x

Yeah. It looked a little better just now though. A bit less grey and a bit plumper. Maybe it's not quite dead.

I did leave it alone for the first week or so, but as it didn't stop producing brown slime I started moving it around. I think there is just something in my tank that it didn't like.

If, by some miracle, it recovers, I'll probably move it on.

 

[-Nemo-]

When mine close up they turn purple and slump down. I wouldn't necessarily take that as a sign of death.

 

[Rumpy Pumpy]

When mine close up they turn purple and slump down. I wouldn't necessarily take that as a sign of death.

You may be right, it's perked up quite a bit now, not so grey and a lot plumper

It's starting to slime again a little bit too. Must be feeling better!

 

[Rumpy Pumpy]

Update, it looks a lot better today, but there was a little ammonia showing in it's tank water so I've decided to give it another try in the main tank.

Still a bit grey but miles better than it was a few days ago.


I'm going to call it Lazarus.