FreshandSaltowner
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I've had my tank runnig for about six months now with no significant problems. I have about 30kg of live rock. and a protein skimmer. I do have some cyanobacteria at the moment which has been in the tank on and off for a couple of months, not a large amount though and i get rid of it when i can. My levels of nitrate, nitrite, amonnia and phophate are usually good. I tested the tank a few days ago, and a week before that.
About a week ago my tree like soft coral shrank, as it does from time to time, except this time it has not inflated again for a whole week and has been looking steadily worse. To begin with, after it shrank one part of the coral looked a little white, and then the whole coral grandually began to be covered in a brown coloured mucus. Now it seems that the external layer of the coral, the part with all the polyps, on the opposite side to where it was white at the begining, has come off, leaving fleshy white branches. This is starting to happen more and more across the coral.
I also have a leather coral which shrinks from time to time going green, once for almost a week, and then it was perfectly fine. It was green and looked really bad yesterday with no polyps extended, but a little better today with the polyps out.
i told my lfs about the tree like coral shrinking a few days ago, before the flesh stated falling off, and they said that their one in their display tank shrank for a week and they were very worried, but it recovered to perfect health.
Help! i don't know what to do now?? to make matters worse i'm going away tomorrow for four days, leaving relatives to take care of the tank. i'm going to do a water change and have a look at the filter before i go though.
About a week ago my tree like soft coral shrank, as it does from time to time, except this time it has not inflated again for a whole week and has been looking steadily worse. To begin with, after it shrank one part of the coral looked a little white, and then the whole coral grandually began to be covered in a brown coloured mucus. Now it seems that the external layer of the coral, the part with all the polyps, on the opposite side to where it was white at the begining, has come off, leaving fleshy white branches. This is starting to happen more and more across the coral.
I also have a leather coral which shrinks from time to time going green, once for almost a week, and then it was perfectly fine. It was green and looked really bad yesterday with no polyps extended, but a little better today with the polyps out.
i told my lfs about the tree like coral shrinking a few days ago, before the flesh stated falling off, and they said that their one in their display tank shrank for a week and they were very worried, but it recovered to perfect health.
Help! i don't know what to do now?? to make matters worse i'm going away tomorrow for four days, leaving relatives to take care of the tank. i'm going to do a water change and have a look at the filter before i go though.
