Ok I do not have pics as its already gone. I would like to know what may have happened, I had a huge 2' bubble gum chalice that has done good for years. Until 3 weeks ago I noticed in a couple spots the flesh started to just peel off. I trimmed it up and it wouldnt matter. So I decided to try and save it by cutting it up, but no luck the last frag was a victim.
What I noticed was that the flesh would become detached from the skeleton. I thought maybe brown jelly, but it took weeks for it to die off. The flesh would either peel off or just disappear slowly and leave the dark brown under flesh. Then that would be gone. I thought maybe I saved 4 pieces because they started to heel and blow up. Wrong some thing would happen.then I noticed a couple of my hammer coral heads doing the same thing, xenia stocks started shrinking. Then while my 1' long elegance coral at night was retracked I noticed a 1/4" section was doing the same thing. The hammer coral stopped, and the elagance coral is healthy and eating now. But my xenia farm doesnt seem to recover.
My nitrates are 0-5ppm, salinity 1.026-1.029, PO4 always reads 0-.005(something like that). Dose lime water every night to make up for water loss.
I juat want to know what killed off a 10 year old chalice. Never add anything new in years.
What I noticed was that the flesh would become detached from the skeleton. I thought maybe brown jelly, but it took weeks for it to die off. The flesh would either peel off or just disappear slowly and leave the dark brown under flesh. Then that would be gone. I thought maybe I saved 4 pieces because they started to heel and blow up. Wrong some thing would happen.then I noticed a couple of my hammer coral heads doing the same thing, xenia stocks started shrinking. Then while my 1' long elegance coral at night was retracked I noticed a 1/4" section was doing the same thing. The hammer coral stopped, and the elagance coral is healthy and eating now. But my xenia farm doesnt seem to recover.
My nitrates are 0-5ppm, salinity 1.026-1.029, PO4 always reads 0-.005(something like that). Dose lime water every night to make up for water loss.
I juat want to know what killed off a 10 year old chalice. Never add anything new in years.
