Favia looks weird...

[Jblank44]

It looks very scaly and there is brown stuff coming out of it. Is that waste?

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[Jblank44]

Favia looks weird...

Also, it could be very mad because it fell off the rock three times in the past week.


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[Jblank44]

any help? :uhoh2:

 

[Almondsaz]

Do you test your system? What are your parameters and how steady has your salt been?

 

[Jblank44]

Do you test your system? What are your parameters and how steady has your salt been?

All my params are good other than nitrates they are sitting around 5-10 ppm but I just checked on it and its looking better. It was deff pooping but I didn't know they would shrink up a lot when they pooped so it scared me! Here is a pic of it now.

He puffed back up!


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[Jblank44]

Params are:

Sal: 1.025
Temp: 79.8°F
Calcium: 410
Magnesium: 1290
Alk: 8.9
Nitrate: 5ppm
Phosphates: ~.03
pH: ~8.0

All tested with salifert


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[Reef Frog]

I can't tell for sure about scaliness or waste from your pic. I did see a brownish color on only one pic on a few of the tiny ridges on the outer ring of the polyp if that makes sense. I figured that was natural coloration. Hard to tell the pic. Your colony looks healthy to me. If its waste, it should move around or blow off if blown with a turkey baster or pump.

 

[BCAqua]

Yeah. I don't think falling in sand is a big issue. Unless it was upside down for awhile.

 

[Jblank44]

I can't tell for sure about scaliness or waste from your pic. I did see a brownish color on only one pic on a few of the tiny ridges on the outer ring of the polyp if that makes sense. I figured that was natural coloration. Hard to tell the pic. Your colony looks healthy to me. If its waste, it should move around or blow off if blown with a turkey baster or pump.

I feed them twice a week I've just never had it release it's waste in that way so it freaked me out!


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[Wills612]

Is the color normal? Could have released zooxanthellae.

 

[Jblank44]

Is the color normal? Could have released zooxanthellae.

Yep! Ill take an updated picture tomorrow! I think so atleast but I'll see what you guys have to say

 

[Wretched]

Stressed, releasing zoox.