HELP!!! Whats going on here
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Tripod1404
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Polyp bailout.
Never hear anyone being able to keep the bailed out polyp alive and polyp developing a new skeleton.
Never hear anyone being able to keep the bailed out polyp alive and polyp developing a new skeleton.
Getting it to regrow skeleton is tricky but can be done if your parameters match mine, and if you can keep the polyp in a shallow glass bowl to protect it from drifting in current.
Sometimes, too, old coral skeleton will hide life in its depth and regrow as conditions improve.
Suggest you imitate those parameters asap, as there may be more bailout: it's a sign of water problems or incorrect lighting, usually too little [too much just tends to bleach a coral.]
Sometimes, too, old coral skeleton will hide life in its depth and regrow as conditions improve.
Suggest you imitate those parameters asap, as there may be more bailout: it's a sign of water problems or incorrect lighting, usually too little [too much just tends to bleach a coral.]
garygonzales
Member
hmm mine just did that two...had 3 heads ..now just one...following along
derektedrow
New member
Same here. Have a feeling mine may have been due to a salinity change happening too quickly.
NOthing good happens fast in this hobby. Change salinity only via topoff, slowly. Salinity change can rupture tissues due to different salinity pressure internally vs externally. Like bloodpressure for us, only with marine critters, it's not veins, it's thin membranes and water exchange. Slow is the word. If it's still alive when you find a problem, it's adjusted to the bad situation---don't make it worse by a sudden change even in a good direction---go slow.
Things that can cause bailout: too little lighting; too much flow on the piece; alkalinity outside the range of 7.9-9.0 on the DKH scale; salinity change; salinity being off; lack of calcium
Things that can cause bailout: too little lighting; too much flow on the piece; alkalinity outside the range of 7.9-9.0 on the DKH scale; salinity change; salinity being off; lack of calcium
Bobbitworm13
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Excessively high nitrates and phosphate can also cause polyp bailout (speaking from painful experience). I lost around $250 in lps a few months ago due to nitrates being ridiculously high (40+). Go slow and you may be able to save the coral
thaitopher
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Its probably a goner. Hard to recover coral that look like that. Monitor closely for brown jelly disease
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monkeysee1
Member
May have had too much light, perhaps?
Could be too big of a fluctuation in salinity....
The LPS corals like the one you got (looks like a hammer to me anyway) don't like high nitrates AT ALL, either.
Could be too big of a fluctuation in salinity....
The LPS corals like the one you got (looks like a hammer to me anyway) don't like high nitrates AT ALL, either.
