Fiji Yellow Meltdown?

[afelder]

My fiji yellow leather which was growing very quickly went into a shed. After the shed it began to extend it's polyps. Then a couple of days later it began to shed again. This time the slime is eating holes in the leather. I am going to do a lugols dip when I get home but dose anyone have any suggestions as to what may have caused the meltdown.

Thank You

Ariel

 

[jbittner]

incease in light and flow. My yellow loves to be right below my Koralia 3 and is about 10" below my t5 lamps. This is the same area I have my SPS and clams in. Keep an eye on Alk and pH numbers.

 

[afelder]

Thank you. It is already about 8" below the lights, but I am planning to add a koralia 4 to the tank in the next couple of days.

 

[jbittner]

Yeh, just make sure not to order the 3's or 2's as they are on back order because of the recall. I have 2 3's. I just hope nothing goes wrong with them untill I get my new ones. On your tank you might see better results waiting for a couple of 2's and set them on opposite ends of your tank JMO. What type of lighting are you using.

 

[afelder]

2x55 pc lighting. I am thinking it is a bacterial infection because my coral disinfectant seems to be working a little bit already.

 

[jbittner]

Gonna need more light for that yellow. If it is a bacterial infection, it was caused because the leather is weakened. S elegans needs intense lighting.

 

[afelder]

Several people who live around here have been very successful with pc lighting for fiji yellows. I suspect that I had a ph spike because I haven't been able to get a consistent reading. I will be doing a 16 gallon water change today and another on Friday. That should help as well.

 

[afelder]

Day 4 I am beginning to see polyp extension again. The brown "melt" is not gone but is disappearing slowly. A 10 minute iodine dip seems to have helped a lot.

 

[jbittner]

good deal!