Help out a new user.

[Laguna kid]

I just joined this forum today so If I did this wrong in sorry. I joined because I'm having some problems and have some questions. My lobo over night has two big chunks missing for it's side. Also I have this small thing with tenicals growing pretty fast and I don't know If I should kill it or not.



Thanks for all the help.

 

[Thisseemsfishy]

Welcome to RC!!

I personally do not have a Lobo, but possibly something in your clean up crew munched on it....Really the first thing I thought of was a hermit crab died or was killed, fell on it, and something got on top of it and used your Lobo as a dinner plate. Just thinking aloud.....

The second pic looks like an Aptasia, I cant be certain, the pics a little dark. Google Aptasia or Glass Anenome and look at some pictures, that should help. If it is then yes you want to get rid of them. There are products to use, do not just go in cutting or pulling. They can release spores or something like that through out the tank, then you will have a real problem bc they will be every where. I have used Aptasia X and believe it works pretty good, others chime in please!

One other thought...If that is an Aptasia, is it close to your Lobo?

 

[Laguna kid]

I do have alot of hermit crabs but no shrip. I do have a naughty humu though. It is a glass anemone I think. It's kinda of in a cave or hole. Will the lobo ever recover.

 

[lgull1]

Get the real peppermint shrimp. Works every time. I have tried other methods but the shrimp eat the Aptasia. i never a few for my tank. I have one in my tank now and they spread fast if you don't get to them. The Lobo will recover but they are slow growers so don't expect anything like you would see on a sps or anything. Looks like something stung it. Thisseemsfishy could be right also. Something might of tried to eat it. Don't know what's in your tank though. Triggers can munch on coral. Watch him. Triggers and reef tanks. You have to be careful with some species.

 

[Thisseemsfishy]

You should get rid of it if you think its an aptasia, better safe than sorry. Some animals will eat aptasia, but like other things...it's hit or miss and might not eat them. Then you have something in your tank that you might or might not want. lgull1 mentioned certain fish that are not reef safe, what do you have in your tank?

Like I said earlier, I do not have a Lobo, but I would imagine like any other LPS, give it sometime and the right conditions and it should recover.

How long have you had the Lobo? Have you added anything (fish, CUC, etc.) in the past couple of weeks? Do you dose? Do you feed your coral?

 

[Laguna kid]

I have 1 humu 2 leopard wrasses 1 flame fish 1 flame angel 1 naked clown 3 green chromies. My mandarin just died. I feed my corals with phytochrom and reef chili almost every day

 

[jeff@zina.com]

If you're talking about a Humu Picasso Trigger, it's definitely eating your corals. That's what it does. It has those big solid teeth for one reason, biting coral and eating polyps. The lobo won't recover if you have a trigger in the tank, it's there as food.

Jeff

 

[bobbychullo]

the flame angel may pick at LPS too, if i am not mistaken.

 

[Laguna kid]

I have a humu humu nuku nuku apua'a

 

[organism]

I have a humu humu nuku nuku apua'a

Well, you can either have that or corals, but not both. Also, what size is your tank?

The second pic is aiptasia.

 

[Laguna kid]

I have a 34 gallon aqua euro. The humu has been with the lobo for over 4 months with out any problems till now. I hope it will give it a chance to re grow.

 

[Laguna kid]

So long time no update but the verdict is that it ended up getting 1000 times worse and I had to give up on it. It was my first coral loss and one of my first that I bought. I guess it's just the way it goes.

 

[organism]

I think humu triggers need way more room than 34 gallons, same with leopard wrasses. Flame angels are kind of in that cutoff range but might not be too happy in there. Not surprising the mandarin died in a tank that size, you really need to start doing a lot more research before buying anything for your tank. Research first, buy later.

How are your testing your salinity, and when was the last time you calibrated it? My guess for your issues would be a) too many fish, b) water quality issues from way too many fish, c) salinity is off, d) water quality from overfeeding, e) water quality from feeding any phytoplankton at all (unnecessary) and f) all of the above.

You need to read the stickies here

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=104

Stop feeding phytoplankton, get and calibrate a refractometer with calibration fluid, and find a good home for the fish your tank is too small for.

 

[Laguna kid]

Ever seance I've joined here i have been reading a lot and posting hardly any. I got most all of those fish before coral and didnt understand te side effects. Now I want to lean more towards the coral side. I'm using the container with the swing arm to calibrate my salinity and do water changes frequently(almost weekly 5 gallon).

Now for the hard part. Catching all these fish and finding more oppriate kinds.