New Brain Coral Secreting Mucous?

[ssick92]

Hey everyone,

So I picked up a new Open Brain Coral from my LFS today. Well, I got it in the tank in the sand bed, medium/low flow, and I noticed it is secreting mucous now. From my understanding, this means it is stressed/very unhappy. I also picked up 1 polyp of a new zoa, 1 emerald crab, and 1 peppermint shrimp. The zoa seemed stressed at first, but has opened up since. The crab started eating some of my feather dusters and pineapple sponges immediately, and the peppermint shrimp hasn't really moved much from the back corner behind a piece of LR.

Well, it is a very hot day today at around 100 degrees outside. I am assuming that they warmed up considerably even in the 10-15 minutes on the way home. Could this be a long term issue or should the brainiac get over the move and become a happy addition to the tank? Does this just sound like a stressful move or is he doomed?

My parameters are as follows:
Salinity - 1.026
Temperature - 83.5 (If this weather becomes regular I will probably have to get a chiller, but I have turned off the lights for now to help keep temp down)
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
pH - 8.3
Phosphate - 0
Alk - 8 (slowly raising it to around 9.6 is my target)
Calcium - 420 (slowly raising it to around 450 is my target)
Magnesium - 1200 (I've never ever dosed anything for Mg)

 

[mayjong]

normal, give it time...

 

[tekjunkie28]

? Why are you slowly raising alk and calc? Do you do water changes?


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[ssick92]

? Why are you slowly raising alk and calc? Do you do water changes?


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I do water changes, probably less often than I should. I do a 20% about once a month right now, but I'm gonna start doing 15% twice a month.

I just feel that those levels are too low to sustain any significant growth, especially now that I got a clam.

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[kurt_n]

In my opinion, those cal/alk levels are just fine - assuming that you can maintain those levels. Just realize that the amount you're trying to elevate your levels are within the margin of error of most test kits. You might be at 450 in real life, even though your kit reads 420. Just food for thought...

 

[ssick92]

In my opinion, those cal/alk levels are just fine - assuming that you can maintain those levels. Just realize that the amount you're trying to elevate your levels are within the margin of error of most test kits. You might be at 450 in real life, even though your kit reads 420. Just food for thought...

True, but in real life it could also be 390, so I'd rather err on the high side because 450 is much better than 390

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[sqwat]

He will be fine he is stressed from the move so you answered you're own question.the crab and shrimp are very sketchy to have in a reeftank.I hope they don't go rogue on you.I ha e seen both kinds rip threw corals like kids opening presents on christmass.they seemed to enjoy it to.tl the brain will be just fine he is cleaning himself off from the trippe the use a slime coating to remove sand and feed.

 

[ssick92]

He will be fine he is stressed from the move so you answered you're own question.the crab and shrimp are very sketchy to have in a reeftank.I hope they don't go rogue on you.I ha e seen both kinds rip threw corals like kids opening presents on christmass.they seemed to enjoy it to.tl the brain will be just fine he is cleaning himself off from the trippe the use a slime coating to remove sand and feed.

I knew the emerald crab was a risk, but never heard of a peppermint doing any damage to corals? So far neither have touched anything, but that is probably just because there is plenty of food for them in the tank already. I'll have to be cautious once their existing supply dwindles a little bit.

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[sqwat]

They are more dangerous then the crab and they all love to munch on tentacled and they eat the poop commingled out when the coral is pooping that whenthey take bites of the coral find out its tasty and that's ut.the emerald is the safest of them all I have only seen them go after palys and xenas

 

[kurt_n]

... and they all love to munch on tentacled and they eat the poop commingled out when the coral is pooping that whenthey take bites of the coral find out its tasty and that's ut....

I'm glad the three peppermints I've had didn't know this! They never bothered a thing.

 

[ssick92]

I'm glad the three peppermints I've had didn't know this! They never bothered a thing.

Thats what I heard previously..

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