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[robanister]

Well I left the lepard wrasse a little hungry he is sitting right below frags in question. All morning.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

You always have that many brittle worms? @stoney7713 should send you a trap for Christmas...

Yes? I have an arrow crab who enjoys them. They only really come out at night.

 

[BasementBox]

Well I left the lepard wrasse a little hungry he is sitting right below frags in question. All morning.

Do you have sand in a bowl for it? Those wrasses use sand to sleep and relax.

 

[jpshoemaker46]

Well I left the lepard wrasse a little hungry he is sitting right below frags in question. All morning.

Can’t even find mine…

 

[robanister]

Do you have sand in a bowl for it? Those wrasses use sand to sleep and relax.

Not yet he will go in main tank . For now it sleeps on the bottom and doesn't have much of an issue with it. I know what they say but. It does not seem stressed.

 

[Kasrift]

Sand bed below mp10. Center of tank sandbed. Currently it bleached in middle of tank sandbed, around 100 par. Moved to rear middle, half shielded by a cave/overhang, around 75 par.

I’ve lost 3 others this year, they do great for 2-3 months then decline and bleach, and start exposing skeletal bones

Their care should be no different than scolymia, Cynarina, and other meat/donut corals, which I have plenty of

This one I’m losing now

Other donut type corals doing fine

This massive gold one I had for a few months, nearby are Cynarina and scoly doing great. And it was doing great also

It randomly started receding, I suspected sand irritation and elevated it

It still continued to bleach and recede.
Started bleaching in the mouth area

Sometimes it would inflate nicely

It just continued to recede and waste away. This has happened 3x to me with 3 different acantho, and every time I have no other corals with issues

Hm. I think they like a little more flow than you'd think. I like mine because it is the best visual indicator if something is off. If I see it a little deflated, I check my alk immediately and then test other things if needed.

I'll be honest though, I'm not sure if mine is an acantho or an indophyllia.

 

[robanister]

Lepard was playing with Tammy tomini tang not to long ago

 

[SBB Corals]

@SBB Corals can't get magnification down but it's this darker spot where flesh is receeding.

There is nothing there i don' see any black bugs

 

[robanister]

There is nothing there i don' see any black bugs

Ok I'll keep kcl dip up for now ..and see how it goes. Keep exodus just in case. If it's flatworms only I'm on week 5 so don't expect to see those.

 

[banik]

Dreaded cloves?

There isn't any color to them.

Yeah tiny faeather duster. You can break them off.

Interesting, they aren't like the ones I've had on corals I've bought. They seem to spread reasonably quickly...

 

[robanister]

They can be white red or brown. I have red..I'll let you know if the flake kills them

 

[VintageReefer]

Hm. I think they like a little more flow than you'd think. I like mine because it is the best visual indicator if something is off. If I see it a little deflated, I check my alk immediately and then test other things if needed.

I'll be honest though, I'm not sure if mine is an acantho or an indophyllia.

I’m not sure what it is either. Encrustingacro could ID if you tag him and ask

I was always told low flow, but I tried low and medium and it didn’t seem to care.

I have a biome microbial testing kit from aquabiomics and explained my situation and loaded them with photos - they say it sounds like it’s bacterial. They gave me a bunch of extra stuff so I can take samples from affected corals to have them directly tested, for free, in addition to the typical water biome test. Soo i need to do that

 

[jpshoemaker46]

What’s everyone’s most treasured sps coral with pictures?

 

[robanister]

@Kasrift these are brown now as should be. Green is Rhoda...hard to turn back red

Tetra banging.

Nanno on par

 

[Thuan]

What’s everyone’s most treasured sps coral with pictures?

I would be at this a while. All my corals are my treasure because I give them my best care I can

 

[Thuan]

Amazeball no longer a booger

 

[stoney7713]

Amazeball no longer a booger

 

[robanister]

What’s everyone’s most treasured sps coral with pictures?

Bc reverse mother ship

or rocky balboa .

.. can't decide

 

[billyocean]

Ok I'll keep kcl dip up for now ..and see how it goes. Keep exodus just in case. If it's flatworms only I'm on week 5 so don't expect to see those.

All his comment means is your picture is not good enough. Not confirming you dont have black bugs.

 

[Kasrift]

I’m not sure what it is either. Encrustingacro could ID if you tag him and ask

I was always told low flow, but I tried low and medium and it didn’t seem to care.

I have a biome microbial testing kit from aquabiomics and explained my situation and loaded them with photos - they say it sounds like it’s bacterial. They gave me a bunch of extra stuff so I can take samples from affected corals to have them directly tested, for free, in addition to the typical water biome test. Soo i need to do that

That is a super old photo. I'm not near my tank, but when that expands it's maybe 9-10 inches. The reason I was confused about what it is, is that the skeleton is SUPER tall. Taller than any acantho I've seen. It's buried in the sand and only then does it seem to have a skeleton that is like other acanthos I've seen.