Squidmotron
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Two days ago, I plopped a yellow fiji leather in my tank that I got from LiveAquaria. It was a beautiful vibrant yellow. The next day, I noticed that half of it had turned black and was peeling. Today, all of it is black and peeling.
I had not yet lost a coral and have a couple of SPSs (top level), LPSs, and soft corals in my tank doing well right now.
Is this thing for sure a goner? I noticed that underneath the outer layer that is pulling off there is an inner layer. Perhaps that part can survive.
My parameters are:
0 ammonia, 0 nitrities, very faint nitrates, 0 phosphates, 1350 magnesium, 460 calcium, 8 kH, 0 plutonium, 0 unobtanium.
I have the AquaticLife fixture that's the 3 150 watt metal halides mixed with 8 actinic T5s across the the top, however I was still in light acclimation mode and not running lights much.
I am aggressively running both GFO and biopellets right now to fully rid my system of hair algae, and made great progress on that front in the previous weeks.
Before putting it in, I may have exposed it to air for a minute or two. I just read that wasn't necessarily a good thing to do with Fijis, but I did not realize it at the time.
I put it right in the middle of the tank with medium light and in a medium flow area.
I had not yet lost a coral and have a couple of SPSs (top level), LPSs, and soft corals in my tank doing well right now.
Is this thing for sure a goner? I noticed that underneath the outer layer that is pulling off there is an inner layer. Perhaps that part can survive.
My parameters are:
0 ammonia, 0 nitrities, very faint nitrates, 0 phosphates, 1350 magnesium, 460 calcium, 8 kH, 0 plutonium, 0 unobtanium.
I have the AquaticLife fixture that's the 3 150 watt metal halides mixed with 8 actinic T5s across the the top, however I was still in light acclimation mode and not running lights much.
I am aggressively running both GFO and biopellets right now to fully rid my system of hair algae, and made great progress on that front in the previous weeks.
Before putting it in, I may have exposed it to air for a minute or two. I just read that wasn't necessarily a good thing to do with Fijis, but I did not realize it at the time.
I put it right in the middle of the tank with medium light and in a medium flow area.
