Hello,
I recently moved (3 months ago). After moving my tank, I was obviously distracted with my new house, and my tank suffered a bit for it. After a month in the new house, I noticed some excess hair algae and red slime. I used red slime remover, changed the water exactly as the directions tell, and that helped with the red slime. I picked out the hair algae, and have been much better with water changes. I also noticed the extra sunlight that was hitting the tank, and tried to be diligent to close the drapes to prevent the hair algae. All this time, NONE of my corals seemed worse for the wear. I have in the tank and open brain coral, some candy canes, a plate coral, xenia, various mushrooms, and my z's and p's. I noticed about 2 months ago, that my button polyps were not extending, all 3 colonies. I thought nothing of it since my water seemed to always test fine. After another 2 weeks all my zonathids closed up for good as well. Since then, they have not opened at all!.
I have not had any melt away like they were dying, and in the past ~2 months, they all just stay fully closed. I also cannot prevent some small amounts of hair algae from growing on these guys. I do water changes, dose Calcium and alk, test all my parameters, and everything seems to be ok. I have done dips in coral revive, Iodine dips, even tried hydrogen peroxide at the suggestion of my local salt water store (only 1 button polyp colony). I have not seen any nudibranch's, nor any other pests in my dips. I also do not have any fish that would be nipping at them to keep them closed. All were in my tank for ~1 year before this issue, and were always open and happy.
Can anyone suggest anything to check? I know water temp is constant at 76, my salinity is always ~1.025-1.0255. I checked my hydrometer with my LFS, and it is in line with their water.
Thanks in advance
I recently moved (3 months ago). After moving my tank, I was obviously distracted with my new house, and my tank suffered a bit for it. After a month in the new house, I noticed some excess hair algae and red slime. I used red slime remover, changed the water exactly as the directions tell, and that helped with the red slime. I picked out the hair algae, and have been much better with water changes. I also noticed the extra sunlight that was hitting the tank, and tried to be diligent to close the drapes to prevent the hair algae. All this time, NONE of my corals seemed worse for the wear. I have in the tank and open brain coral, some candy canes, a plate coral, xenia, various mushrooms, and my z's and p's. I noticed about 2 months ago, that my button polyps were not extending, all 3 colonies. I thought nothing of it since my water seemed to always test fine. After another 2 weeks all my zonathids closed up for good as well. Since then, they have not opened at all!.
I have not had any melt away like they were dying, and in the past ~2 months, they all just stay fully closed. I also cannot prevent some small amounts of hair algae from growing on these guys. I do water changes, dose Calcium and alk, test all my parameters, and everything seems to be ok. I have done dips in coral revive, Iodine dips, even tried hydrogen peroxide at the suggestion of my local salt water store (only 1 button polyp colony). I have not seen any nudibranch's, nor any other pests in my dips. I also do not have any fish that would be nipping at them to keep them closed. All were in my tank for ~1 year before this issue, and were always open and happy.
Can anyone suggest anything to check? I know water temp is constant at 76, my salinity is always ~1.025-1.0255. I checked my hydrometer with my LFS, and it is in line with their water.
Thanks in advance
