my yellow milli colony is falling apart....the flesh on the colony is coming off... i have had it for over a month it was just fine...i recently swithched to a 225 from a 100 and now its falling apart...what should i do?? right now only half is gone...i don't want to lose it ....if i do this is my first one that i will lose...plz help thanks
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ostrow
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Frag a piece ASAP and get it in a frag tank isolated from the main system. Then figure out what's up with your water parameters, if anything.
Likely something is unstable/shocking the corals after the upgrade. Could be something as simple as change in lighting (position of the coral in the tank, though I assume you changed lighting altogether)...
Likely something is unstable/shocking the corals after the upgrade. Could be something as simple as change in lighting (position of the coral in the tank, though I assume you changed lighting altogether)...
ONEMANBAND
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Frag it. What kind of temp difference are you talking?
pk1
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What lighting was it under before, and how close was it then, and now? Frag a few pieces as said, and raise the temp slowly. RETEST your water...salinity and PH most important, (of course Am, Ni and and NO also) make sure you instruments are reading correctly also. Post your parameters again...healthy corals don't RTN for no reason...
examiner
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I'd frag as many pieces off as possible, leave them unmounted and scatter them around the tank. Then get rid of what's left of the colony, get it out of your tank.
Make sure you frag into good, strong living tissue. Anything else and you might as well write off the frag too. If the frags don't RTN on you in the next week or so, I'd mount some of them at that point.
A single 1" frag that survives is better than nothing. And it sounds like you are having a RTN episode, and nothing is what you will soon be left with if you don't frag it.
As to what causes it, who knows. Probably a combination of all of the factors you mentioned resulting from the move....stressed the colony, and allowed some type of infection-type "bug" to attack the colony. (total speculation on my part, nobody's been able to really nail down the cause of this......it even happens occasionally on stable tanks/colonies). good luck!
Make sure you frag into good, strong living tissue. Anything else and you might as well write off the frag too. If the frags don't RTN on you in the next week or so, I'd mount some of them at that point.
A single 1" frag that survives is better than nothing. And it sounds like you are having a RTN episode, and nothing is what you will soon be left with if you don't frag it.
As to what causes it, who knows. Probably a combination of all of the factors you mentioned resulting from the move....stressed the colony, and allowed some type of infection-type "bug" to attack the colony. (total speculation on my part, nobody's been able to really nail down the cause of this......it even happens occasionally on stable tanks/colonies). good luck!
it was under a 175 in the 100...now its under a 400...thats cause i got a 225 so i needed more light ....ill retest the water...now when i frag it can i put it back in the tank or do i really need a frag tank...??? i know the ph and alk is good....i tested that like 4 times...i did put a cal reactor on the tank...but the effulent water test good also...so ill do what you say to do .... ill post the results later....what a mess.....thanks.
tweety69711
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keep ur sons tank fresh water... lol
ONEMANBAND
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you dont need a special frag tank
tweety69711
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get a heater... for the 225
examiner
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I agree that healthy, *stress-free* colonies don't RTN.
But in this case, there's lots of things going on to stress the colony - a tank upgrade (with a bunch of new water), more intense lighting, temp below what *most* reefers maintain their SPS at. And the colony has only been in the tank a little over a month....not enough to really be established IMO.
I think those things alone are enough to push a marginal colony into RTN....and that's without even knowing some basic things like alk (which, in my experience, is the most critical component of water chemistry for SPS...lack of stability can be devestating).
But in this case, there's lots of things going on to stress the colony - a tank upgrade (with a bunch of new water), more intense lighting, temp below what *most* reefers maintain their SPS at. And the colony has only been in the tank a little over a month....not enough to really be established IMO.
I think those things alone are enough to push a marginal colony into RTN....and that's without even knowing some basic things like alk (which, in my experience, is the most critical component of water chemistry for SPS...lack of stability can be devestating).
~ChrisB~
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Also remember that a bigger tank does not equate to needing bigger lights. More of them, yes. But not more individual wattage unless the tank is deeper.
I would assume that the depth that you set the coral is almost the same as in the old tank. You will need to acclimate the coral to that much more intense lighting. The depth of the tank dictates your lighting needs, not the volume of the tank.
Of all the stressors involved here I would be most concerned about the lighting change. I would recommend that you frag a few pieces and move the whole colony lower and place the frags near the bottom of the tank.
All of that being said. If you are experiencing RTN the coral is a gonner. If however it's a situation of STN you my be able to save some frags.
This probably came too late, but a lesson learned I suppose!
Chris
I would assume that the depth that you set the coral is almost the same as in the old tank. You will need to acclimate the coral to that much more intense lighting. The depth of the tank dictates your lighting needs, not the volume of the tank.
Of all the stressors involved here I would be most concerned about the lighting change. I would recommend that you frag a few pieces and move the whole colony lower and place the frags near the bottom of the tank.
All of that being said. If you are experiencing RTN the coral is a gonner. If however it's a situation of STN you my be able to save some frags.
This probably came too late, but a lesson learned I suppose!
Chris
