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Posted: October 09 2008 at 11:40pm |
Hello,
I bought a sun Coral a few weeks ago. It has never opened up and I feed it regularly. weel recently it has started turning white. Well, What can cause this and what do do about it? Please Help!
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Matt
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Posted: October 09 2008 at 11:55pm |
Where do you have it placed in your tank?
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 9:21am |
I have it placed in the bottom of my 24 nano. Its half hidden under a rock.
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 9:31am |
Can you explain your feeding process?? I think it might be turning white due to lack of flow and feedings. 
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 9:37am |
Here's my old thread on my ole' sun corals - hopefully it help: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16462&KW=I don't have the corals anymore - after I upgraded to the 90gal tank, I started the care less and less for the nano.
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 9:50am |
Feeding:
I feed it Mynis Shrip everynight. I turn off my daytime PC so my Athenics is the only ones on. I use a syring to get the all he heads covered in food. My clowns like to peck at the tube. Its funny they think they can get in lol. Anyways i try to do it around 9 or 10 everynight.
Flow:
I have a Korillia nano powerhead on the right side of the tank. My pump in the back of my aquapod is the stock pump. It runs into a chiller then into my tank. So there not a ton of flow on my left side of the tank. Is that the problem? I have tested my water water at all. I make sure that my salinity is crrect when I do 10 percent water changes weekly.
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 1:55pm |
I'm sorry to read that they are turning white, but all is not lost. They can be saved.
One important note, if the polyps don't open up then feeding is of no effect.
Also, if a coral has not opened up within ~2 days I move it to another place in the tank. If it stays closed for a week then I search for problems with the tank.
How about a full tank pic and a close up of the area with the Sun Polyps?
Do you check Alk and Ca?
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 2:26pm |
I will get a tank pic later tonight. I don't test for Alk of Ca. What would be the best to test for that?
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Posted: October 10 2008 at 4:20pm |
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Salifert is what I use, it is pricey but u get 50-100 tests. and at once a week they last for a year or more.
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