Green Slimer

[Adam76]

I've had a green slimer for about a month now and the base seems to be losing the green color it had when I got it. It still has its green polyps out but the body of the coral is fading. Is that a sign of to much or little light. Its the only sps having an issue.
Water tested out good
Alk 9
Cal 430
Mag 1350
Ph 8.2
Temp 78
Thanks

 

[larrynews]

what kind of flow, i had one that was doing great for almost a year and the body started turning brownish so i moved it to the other side of the tank with other sps that were doing great and it has fully repaired itself, its taken about a month or so. i would try to move it.

 

[Adam76]

It has decent flow maybe i'll move it to an area with more flow and see if it helps out at all. Thanks

 

[craps_dealer]

High flow and high light, mine grows pretty slow tho.

 

[Gills 619]

I have a blue tip green slimmer and it needs MH, if its under t5, that is likely your problem. I have a friend with the same coral and in his tank it is almost white with no growth. Only the polyps show some green colour. He runs 8 ATI t5's. I run 2 400w 20k BLV's and 6 54w t5's and the colour is great and so is the growth. My tank is 700L (about 180g)

 

[fishyfish8]

slimmer is supposed to be fast growing. I have mine under 250w radiums and high flow and it retains the green and blue tips...growth is good as well.

 

[rtparty]

I have green slimer in 2 spots in my tank. One gets more light than the other but not by much. They both receive high flow and my lighting is an ATI Sunpower in the 4x24w version over a 40 gallon breeder.

I can literally watch my green slimer grow. It is so fast. I was gone for 4 days and when I came back there were new branches on the new branches! I couldn't believe how much it grew in 4 days.

So to the above poster who says you need MH, I disagree 100%. Mine has done MUCH better under T5 compared to my old 150w MH running a Phoenix bulb.

 

[hypersonic85]

I have one too blue tip slimer and since i've had it has double, its definitely a fast grower and by the way I have mine under a Current T5 setup with 2 blue plus,aquablue special and aquasun.

 

[dixiedog]

I have green slimer in 2 spots in my tank. One gets more light than the other but not by much. They both receive high flow and my lighting is an ATI Sunpower in the 4x24w version over a 40 gallon breeder.

I can literally watch my green slimer grow. It is so fast. I was gone for 4 days and when I came back there were new branches on the new branches! I couldn't believe how much it grew in 4 days.

So to the above poster who says you need MH, I disagree 100%. Mine has done MUCH better under T5 compared to my old 150w MH running a Phoenix bulb.

I'm interested in this light/tank arrangement. Do you have a tank thread, or could you post a FTS I could look at? I run a 4x24 TEK over a 29 gallon, and have always wondered if I had enough light.

My slimer isn't doing especially well lately, which is what got me on this thread. It did great for the first few months, but now I'm not so sure.

 

[myaerica]

Mine is top and heavy flow I swear I can see it grow daily.

 

[hypersonic85]

mine is at the top and i have 4x39w T5 setup on a 30 gallon tank

 

[Gills 619]

I have green slimer in 2 spots in my tank. One gets more light than the other but not by much. They both receive high flow and my lighting is an ATI Sunpower in the 4x24w version over a 40 gallon breeder.

I can literally watch my green slimer grow. It is so fast. I was gone for 4 days and when I came back there were new branches on the new branches! I couldn't believe how much it grew in 4 days.

So to the above poster who says you need MH, I disagree 100%. Mine has done MUCH better under T5 compared to my old 150w MH running a Phoenix bulb.

Sorry bud, Im not bashing t5 as I have 6 54w t5's over my tank as well as the MH's

 

[hypersonic85]

Theres are a lot of things that go into getting a coral to grow fast for example water parameters ...I dose calcium and hardness constantly 24/7 .25ml an hour I think that has help me a lot. I use am old medical pump from the hospital which allows me to do this. calcium and DKH are constant everyday day. Nitrates are low and so are phosphates I also dose magnesium and I test for all of them once a week and i also perform 15% percent water change a week.