Please look at my plate coral
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jarrodsanborn
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Phosphate problem too little light acclimation or alk issue. My guess is phosphate
Thanks,
We moved it from a nano to a 150 tank about 3 weeks ago.
PH is 7.9(at full light stage)(air con may be a factor for the low ph)
Nitrate is .25
Dkh is 146.9
I will need to check the phosphates, always a bit skepticle of the phosphate tests.
Salinity 1.025
Flow was a bit strong but we reduced it to moderate.
Any input is welcome.
We moved it from a nano to a 150 tank about 3 weeks ago.
PH is 7.9(at full light stage)(air con may be a factor for the low ph)
Nitrate is .25
Dkh is 146.9
I will need to check the phosphates, always a bit skepticle of the phosphate tests.
Salinity 1.025
Flow was a bit strong but we reduced it to moderate.
Any input is welcome.
kingfisher62
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Looks bleached to me . Did you have an issue with heat in the nano or maybe some new lights.
kingfisher62
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I have to admit I never had a plate coral but if by chance it does not suvive make sure you leave it in the tank . I have seen others sprout babys from a seemingly dead skeleton.
best of luck with it.
best of luck with it.
kingfisher62
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Thats amazing! I really stinks when a coral that you have obviously nurtured for quite some time goes south. Hopefully it will turn around for you!
It looks like potentially some algae growing on exposed skeleton, but it's hard to tell from the pics. Fungia have a hard time fighting off algae growing on their skeleton. The LED lighting may be making the flesh recede, or it may be the param swing from the move. Either way try to keep enough flow on it that algae is not growing, and feed it at night so that it can regenerate the flesh it's lost.
If it makes you feel better, I have a gorgeous orange plate that looked fantastic in my BC14 until the day it tried to eat a kenya tree frag. Within a matter of hours it shriveled up, eventually sprouted rows of reddish algae on exposed ridges, etc. I kept my params in check but didn't do any feeding until recently, and now suddenly it is starting to puff up, put out tentacles during the day, and generally get back to looking like its beautiful initial self. It's been at least a year since it went downhill and the simplicity of its recovery after all this time is really kind of amazing. I've had to trim some of the ridges to get rid of the algae but that doesn't seem to have hurt it at all. Long story short - feed and keep params up (esp. alk and mag) and feed when you can, and it'll come back for you!
If it makes you feel better, I have a gorgeous orange plate that looked fantastic in my BC14 until the day it tried to eat a kenya tree frag. Within a matter of hours it shriveled up, eventually sprouted rows of reddish algae on exposed ridges, etc. I kept my params in check but didn't do any feeding until recently, and now suddenly it is starting to puff up, put out tentacles during the day, and generally get back to looking like its beautiful initial self. It's been at least a year since it went downhill and the simplicity of its recovery after all this time is really kind of amazing. I've had to trim some of the ridges to get rid of the algae but that doesn't seem to have hurt it at all. Long story short - feed and keep params up (esp. alk and mag) and feed when you can, and it'll come back for you!
nope, dark color is not really a problem. can be a sign of high phosphates as mentioned previously. the skeleton will be pure white if the tissue recedes and exposes it. The skeleton will turn brown over time but this is from algal growth and wouldn't be mistaken for anything else if seen...coral looks pretty healthy to me....
