No its not cycling ammonia. The coral was doing absolutely fine it was growing and even eating meaty foods. The little white strings is what's worrying. Im not sure of its some sort of pest or something the coral is releasing. I can't find anything on it.
Ive been told a lobo and wellso. Im assuming its some type of brain coral. I did recently move it to different water so it might be stressing due to the change, i didnt take the time to acclimate it properly.
youve seen it in chem warfare I belive
Yes, definitely when I once saw an acan attacking a nearby sprig of halimeda! LOL
IDK. It really looks more like an acan to me, but I didn't see it fully inflated. If the lighting hasn't changed, it must be water conditions or flow that is irritating. In my humble opinion, while it doesn't look happy, it also doesn't look all that bad to me. I don't really see any evidence of tissue recession, just irritation at this point. The entire skeleton appears to be covered with flesh.
It could be the lack of acclimation. How different was the water in each system in terms of water quality? Are you running GFO, activated carbon, or something else in the new system that wasn't present in the old system?
Im not running anything new. I basically had my rock in a temporary 20 gallon so it could cycle the live rock I received. Once it finished and I managed to take care of some aptasia, bristle worms, and some other hitchhikers I decided to move the rock including the water to its actual tank. Id I used like 70 percent original water that it was originally inwith 30 percent new water that I had mixed. Same temp same salinity. Its not a old reef tank either. Im think its stress like you said. I looked up those filaments mentioned and has a close resemblance of what im seeing. I have a Duncan coral and its doing great has full polyp extension and is doing fine I wonder why this ones off.
If that's what you did, it's probably just stress from the move or changes in lighting. I think the coral will be fine if you give it time. On the otherhand, if you start seeing exposed skeleton, it may be time to take a more proactive approach.
Coral came with the rock. It's from florida. It was in some pretty ruff condition with a lot of exposed skeleton but started to grow back. Heres a pic I literally took a couple of days ago of it.
Then it is definitely NOT a lobophyllia or wellsophyllia. It is most likely a species of diploria, but the exact species is difficult to determine with only one or two polyps in the colony. Most species pictures are of larger colonies which can look quite different. I'd say if it survived all of that, it will probably be fine. I wish some had survived on my live rock. None of my diploria made it through the curing and shipping process :/Coral came with the rock. It's from florida. It was in some pretty ruff condition with a lot of exposed skeleton but started to grow back. Heres a pic I literally took a couple of days ago of it.
Looks fine, a little stressed. That last pic, its feedingCoral came with the rock. It's from florida. It was in some pretty ruff condition with a lot of exposed skeleton but started to grow back. Heres a pic I literally took a couple of days ago of it.
For the uninitiated (like me), Renee, please point out the hydroids you mentioned. I don't see anything!
