Colt coral dying, WTF please help

Heymybigfish · 10-27-2007, 01:31 PM

ok, my small colt coral died....it shrivled up and hunched over, the next day it was covered in goo and basically disintegrated....

my LARGE, EMORMUS HUGE colt coral did the same thing, except it ended up no getting covered in goo and it stood back up but it will no longer expand all its little tenticle arm things....

i did a 40% water change, and all my lvls are perfect......0 ammonia, good ph, no nitrites no nirates......

i did tests before and after the water change and everything is still good, all my polyps and brancging hammer and mushrooms are big as ever, but the colt simply wil not expand.

should i try moving it into more flow? its a 55g tank, 60lbs live rock, 2 clowns 1 pearly jaw,

i REALLY don want my prize colt to die..help...i JUST started using supplements 4 days ago when i told the people at the LFS about my problem...
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**Damon** · 10-29-2007, 01:16 PM

Have you tested your alk? Many more tests required than the standard Nh3, No2, and No3. Calcium levels? Proximity to other corals. Many hunt at night and sting others nearby.

**TheOldSalt** · 10-31-2007, 02:35 AM

How can your levels be perfect after just having a coral melt?

Anyway, yeah, like Damon saud, look around at night for some critter munching on or stinging your colt. Those other corals you mentioned could well be the cause if they're too close to it.

Heymybigfish · 11-06-2007, 02:54 PM

that what i said....the lvls have to be off but i tested out normal on al, and had the lfs test them and they said everything looked great.....anyways, since then my bigger colt coral...has come back fully bigger than ever too....its like while it was shrivled up, it grew or soemthing.

leveldrummer · 11-06-2007, 09:32 PM

many leathers will shrivel up and look pretty nasty for a few days, then they kinda shed and spring right back. that doesnt explain why your other one melted though, but i hope you get it worked out.

10-27-2007, 01:31 PM	#1
Heymybigfish Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 69	Colt coral dying, WTF please help ok, my small colt coral died....it shrivled up and hunched over, the next day it was covered in goo and basically disintegrated.... my LARGE, EMORMUS HUGE colt coral did the same thing, except it ended up no getting covered in goo and it stood back up but it will no longer expand all its little tenticle arm things.... i did a 40% water change, and all my lvls are perfect......0 ammonia, good ph, no nitrites no nirates...... i did tests before and after the water change and everything is still good, all my polyps and brancging hammer and mushrooms are big as ever, but the colt simply wil not expand. should i try moving it into more flow? its a 55g tank, 60lbs live rock, 2 clowns 1 pearly jaw, i REALLY don want my prize colt to die..help...i JUST started using supplements 4 days ago when i told the people at the LFS about my problem... __________________

10-29-2007, 01:16 PM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Have you tested your alk? Many more tests required than the standard Nh3, No2, and No3. Calcium levels? Proximity to other corals. Many hunt at night and sting others nearby. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

11-06-2007, 09:32 PM	#5
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	many leathers will shrivel up and look pretty nasty for a few days, then they kinda shed and spring right back. that doesnt explain why your other one melted though, but i hope you get it worked out. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

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10-31-2007, 02:35 AM	#3
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,343	How can your levels be perfect after just having a coral melt? Anyway, yeah, like Damon saud, look around at night for some critter munching on or stinging your colt. Those other corals you mentioned could well be the cause if they're too close to it.

11-06-2007, 02:54 PM	#4
Heymybigfish Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 69	that what i said....the lvls have to be off but i tested out normal on al, and had the lfs test them and they said everything looked great.....anyways, since then my bigger colt coral...has come back fully bigger than ever too....its like while it was shrivled up, it grew or soemthing.

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