Acan Hillae Receeding

[ChimolaFish]

Hey, all, there was a calcium deficiency in my tank (got down to 380 for a week, maybe two) and it ****ed off my Acan Hillae, which is now showing skeleton aroud each polyp. Everything else in the tank was not affected at all. Calc and Alk are back to normal ranges


Tank Parameters:
90g with two Jebao RW-8s on 30percent pulse mode resulting in a moderate flow throughout the tank. The acan was placed near the bottom of the tank off of the sand bed fairly vertical. Light is a Reefbreeders Photon48 that ramps up to 30percent.
-Alk is 8.3 right now, but tomorrow is my water change day, so it'll bump up a little bit
-Calc: 430
-Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0
-Phosphate 0
-PH: 8.2-8.3
-Temp: 80.5-82 (think this might be the problem as it has gotten up to 82.5 for a brief period of time when my roommate messed with the AC)

Anyone think that it might recover? Any advice? I've moved it so that its flat, but in the relative same position still off the sandbed. It doesn't seem to be getting worse, but it's not recovering it seems.

 

[ChimolaFish]

Meh?

 

[LittleBurger]

Hey, all, there was a calcium deficiency in my tank (got down to 380 for a week, maybe two) and it ****ed off my Acan Hillae, which is now showing skeleton aroud each polyp. Everything else in the tank was not affected at all. Calc and Alk are back to normal ranges


Tank Parameters:
90g with two Jebao RW-8s on 30percent pulse mode resulting in a moderate flow throughout the tank. The acan was placed near the bottom of the tank off of the sand bed fairly vertical. Light is a Reefbreeders Photon48 that ramps up to 30percent.
-Alk is 8.3 right now, but tomorrow is my water change day, so it'll bump up a little bit
-Calc: 430
-Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0
-Phosphate 0
-PH: 8.2-8.3
-Temp: 80.5-82 (think this might be the problem as it has gotten up to 82.5 for a brief period of time when my roommate messed with the AC)

Anyone think that it might recover? Any advice? I've moved it so that its flat, but in the relative same position still off the sandbed. It doesn't seem to be getting worse, but it's not recovering it seems.

dun think 380 will cause th recede. Likely the acan didn't swell up so u see the skeleton.
Maybe u can try target feeding the acan to see if it will swell again.

 

[organism]

It wasn't the calcium, your water gets too hot though and if you don't have it on the sand bed then it might be burning from too much light as well. I'd put it in the shade and get your water to 78-80

 

[ChimolaFish]

I didn't think 30percent for the reefbreeders was really that high. Its also a 90, so its a little deeper than the average tank, and it is partially shaded. I fed a lot today (it was wc day so why not, right?) and it seems to have plumped up a little. Still a lot of skeleton showing. Also turned down the heater a little, but honestly I can't go lower because of my equipment and the room stays hot. House is at 69, but room stays around 73, according to my glass thermometer, its about 80 degrees in the main tank (my electronic thermometer, which is probably crap, is in my sump, so it stays a little warmer).

My other coral seems happy, so hopefully it recovers. I'll try feeding it heavily for a little while and see if that helps. I usually do a light feeding once a week so maybe it just wasn't getting enough food?