acan dying

[lirrgirl]

I have an acan with 2 heads. ive had them for 1yr. no growth.And one of the heads detached itself from the skeleton and floated away. there is a red bubble on the side of the plug and tiny tiny little fast mite looking things that come out when I feed. whats happing? why did it detach itself and are those mite looking bugs bad?

 

[lirrgirl]

here it is

 

[lirrgirl]

and a red bubble under him. he is very flimsy and not attached to his skeleton much.

 

[SamsReef]

hello there, the picture seems to be of a blasto. hopefully, I will be able to help once I have more information about your tank - size of the tank, how long it has been setup, what kind of lighting do you have water parameters....the red bubble seems like a red bubble algae. do you have any tangs in the tank? it should take care of it. more information will be required to help.

Sam.

 

[lirrgirl]

I have a 16 gallon innovative marine aio. its been runnin for 3yrs now. lightin is led stock 2 heads with white and blue. I only have 2 clowns and a peppermint shrimp. just started wih corals a yr ago. everyone is doing fine. Ive had this blast? for 1yr. they were doing fine. Now not so much. Can one head still produce babys. they haven't yet

 

[mrcoffee2]

Yep Blasto! The are slow growers can take a long time to sprout a head! Large clusters are worth buko some times!

 

[lirrgirl]

sal..1.026
alk..8
cal.. 500
ph 8.2

 

[lirrgirl]

Yep Blaso! The are slow growers can take a long time to sprout a head! Large clusters are worth buko some times!

really?

 

[SamsReef]

to answer your question, absolutely one head can become a colony provided it has the right parameters...i will post picture tomorrow of the same blasto and you will see how the babies sprout around the blasto head....

now, here are a few things to look for:
1) do not trust peppermint shrimp with any LPS. it can very well be the reason...
2) check your nitrates and phosphates. anything higher than 0.08 phosphate on salifert can inhibit coral growth
3) can you post picture of the rest of the tank...do you run carbon and GFO?


Sam

 

[lirrgirl]

I do run carbon. although I haven't changed it in awhile. and I don't know what gfo is? IM also having alttile issue with red algae