Degenerating Corals???

[JohnnySquids]

The coral picture two posts up looks like green star polyps. Those are IMO one of the fastest growing softies I've seen.

If you believe you may have flatworms, try googling some images of marine flatworms to identify the species you may have. You can also read about their behavior and characteristics. May help you PID what it is.

As for sand, you can try using nassarius snails, cerith snails. The white leg hermit is a pretty good sand sifting crab. They look pretty funny as they sprint around the tank. You can also look into brittle stars and serpent stars, although you probably wont see them out and about. In terms of vacuuming, if your sand bed is over 3 inches deep, I would suggest that you do not vacuum it and for the most part leave it alone.

I would also look into upgrading the lighting to at least power compact lighting. Oh btw, what is your water temperature at and how much does it fluctuate during the day?

ok one thing at a time... yes my sand bed is thicker than 3 inch.
i got a new light about 2 weeks ago, its a quad T5 high output.
i have 3 turbo snails and 6 smaller black snails.
i dont think the temp fluctuates by more than 2 degrees, its a small tank and its only 25 gal. the heater is pretty large, more for like a 50 gal so it keeps it under control well.

 

[JohnnySquids]

ok guys, 2 questions.... but before i start im going to say that the bubble coral is making a nice little come back =) i also want to say that the yellow polyps that mostly died off (i had only 4 left for the longest time) so i begun to target feed them with a turkey baster....im having great success with them, now almost all 4 of them are splitting and creating another polyp =D

now here comes the problems..booooo.....
first i want to ask your opinions on this green stony sps, i had inadiquit lighting for the first 3 or 4 weeks of its like and it almost completly rotted away.... is there any chance that this coral will come back and be as vibrant as some of its parts???

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&...&th=12ca1a7ef733c8ff&attid=0.0&disp=inline&zw

now the next question is a little odd...iv been noticing these red things on some of my corals?? they dont look to freindly nor healthy... you can spot them clearly here....

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&...&th=12ca1a9788c1cd3b&attid=0.0&disp=inline&zw

and a cluster of them here

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&...&th=12ca1a7dad245ec7&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

what the fudge are these things??? circle worms???
thx for the help guys... appreciate it

 

[JohnnySquids]

i have better pics of the red things....

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&...&th=12cabfad7ed9fbf6&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&...&th=12cabfa510bde747&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

 

[Blown76mav]

can anyone tell me wat this coral is??? its been doing wonderfull in my tank for the last 4 months... this is when its not opened, as soon as the light goes on. you can see what it looks like when it is opened at the very top picture in the first post of this thread, its sorta in the back

Those are the Green Star Polyps (GSP) I mentioned in the other thread.