trachyphilla and spider sponge

[trev 2410]

hi im new to marine and the forum... i have a trachyphilla that is losing tissue and can seee skeleton and i have a spider sponge that is red but turning a browny colour but polps really nicely stil....any advice plz:

 

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We will need a lot more information about your system before anyone can answer. How old, how big, what kind of corals, fish, do you feed and what, What are your current parameters?

 

[trev 2410]

hi matey i have them both for about 2-3 months..... param are ph 8.2 /kh 9/ n02 0/n03 5/ p04 0.03/cal 400/mag 1350..... fish wise ihave 2 clowns /goby/2 blue demsels/ i have few hermit crabs / boxer shrimp /2 turbo snails...... corals i have are:: toadstall/leather/brain/pearl bubble/ yellow sun coral/black sun coral and a clam... food i put in flake/phytoplankton/ and just started putting frozen food in there

 

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Hmmm. In my experience s Trachy will lose tissue from too much light, fish picking on it or not enough food. Everything you describe sounds good, maybe too good. In nature they are not found in the cleanest environments. Try feeding it more often.

The sponge seems to be the way they go. You need to be feeding a lot of phyto even then most wither away and die leaving behind a pile of Zoas.


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