candy cane coral
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Topic: candy cane coral
Posted By: hydro phoenix
Subject: candy cane coral
Date Posted: August 22 2013 at 11:00am
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So my candies are constantly out feeding day and night. I feed them oyster feast every other day. Is this normal? Are they just opportunistic? ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
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Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: August 22 2013 at 1:35pm
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I have soem that do that (the feeding thing) all the time and some that hardly ever do it.
I would say it is normal. ------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: August 22 2013 at 1:42pm
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It's the best!
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Posted By: hydro phoenix
Date Posted: August 22 2013 at 3:13pm
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alright then, normal it is! ------------- recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies |
Posted By: shipdawg
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 5:01pm
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I have a question on candy cane corals i have one doing awsome the other one is 3-4 inches away from it and not looking so good any ideas. ------------- Eagle Mountain 120 reef |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 9:02pm
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Is there possibly a stream of territorial chemicals from another coral flowing toward the distressed Candy Cane but is missing the happy one? OR Were they from different colonies? If so, that is an example just how different each individual is within a single species. OR Was the stressed coral from another tank with slightly different parameters/conditions or where it may have been hit with territorial(allelopathic) chemicals? Aloha, Mark  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: shipdawg
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 10:23pm
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The stressed collony is diffrent and from a diffrent tank it was doing awsome for a couple of weeks it was full and feeding during the day. Then it stopped and did not inflating and has stated not looking good at all. ------------- Eagle Mountain 120 reef |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 02 2014 at 9:46am
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The first thought that comes to mind is that a fish has been nipping at it, though a stream of allelopathic chemicals could have had a cumulative effect that the coral has finally given in to. You didn't say whether it is directly downstream from another coral, perhaps even the other Caulestrea? Have you moved it since the trouble began? What fish are in this tank, may we see a pic of the tank and maybe a close-up of the two Candy Canes? ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: shipdawg
Date Posted: April 03 2014 at 4:43pm
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I tried to upload pictures but it said i allready did. I did do a 40 percent water change last night and it looks a lot better today. ------------- Eagle Mountain 120 reef |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 04 2014 at 2:58pm
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The system cannot accept a pic that has the same file name as one already uploaded. Change the file name by just one character and it will probably work. Again I ask, Is it directly downstream from another coral, perhaps even the other Caulestrea? Have you moved it since the trouble began? What fish are in this tank?  Why a 40% water change? That's pretty drastic. What is your usual water change amount and schedule? Seems like a lot of effort to do water changes like that, just to keep one coral looking better.You probably notice that I take the resolving of problems for reef hobbyists pretty seriously. I don't just make a few comments and walk away to let you fend for yourself.  Mark ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: shipdawg
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 5:38am
Thanks Mark the fish i have are a blue hippo tang, yellow eyed tang, maroon clown, lawn mower blenny, yellow wrasp, chromis. I have not moved it yet but will try a new location it has been looking better. I have been doing a 10-15 persent water change every other week. ------------- Eagle Mountain 120 reef |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 10:40am
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Most likely it is being nipped at by one or more of the fish. Several reasons for this: - tasty slime coating, different than coral already in the tank - algae or other tasty growth on the skeleton, the tank has almost no grazing algae for the 2 & 1/2 major grazers - a fish(maroon clown) does not like it's placement and wants it moved, fish know that coral can be moved, they see it done  Come by and get some edible Macroalgae from me. Aloha 808-345-1049 call/text/visit anytime ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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