Anthelia Care

[Kay_C_Oh]

I have I believe what is an Anthelia coral in a tank that I have adopted. It was doing really well and thriving and growing and spreading. It all of the sudden seems to be withering and dieing and falling apart. We've had a few cold snaps after a heating elemen malfunction, but that's since been stabilized. The chemical levels appear to be good. I'm doing a water change tonight as I missed my usual one last weekend to see if that helps. But would there be any other reason that I should look into what's happening???

 

[ThisIsTheWay]

Do you have a picture of your coral as well as tank parameters/info?

I have some anthelia and it seems to be pretty hardy and grows readily even with higher nutrients (50-100ppm NO3 and 0.5 PO4) Ive got it higher up in the tank where it gets good light and flow.

 

[Kay_C_Oh]

Do you have a picture of your coral as well as tank parameters/info?

I have some anthelia and it seems to be pretty hardy and grows readily even with higher nutrients (50-100ppm NO3 and 0.5 PO4) Ive got it higher up in the tank where it gets good light and flow.

I don't have a current picture at the moment, but I'll post one after the water change this evening.

 

[Kay_C_Oh]

Here are some photos, as far levels the color chart said around ph 8, and near 0 ppm on the other stuff. I'm still new at figuring that part out

 

[ThisIsTheWay]

Here are some photos, as far levels the color chart said around ph 8, and near 0 ppm on the other stuff. I'm still new at figuring that part out

Definitely looks like anthelia. If your Nitrates and Phosphates are at or near 0 then thats probably a big factor. An easy way to bring those up would be to feed more food and see how the anthelia reacts over the next few days.

 

[OZoned]

Definitely looks like anthelia. If your Nitrates and Phosphates are at or near 0 then thats probably a big factor. An easy way to bring those up would be to feed more food and see how the anthelia reacts over the next few days.

True.

 

[Kay_C_Oh]

I've actually been working on increasing the feeding lately. Did another test and the ammonia levels might be a little high. I think the hiding goby isn't hiding. Hopefully the water change can help balance things out and it can bounce back.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have I believe what is an Anthelia coral in a tank that I have adopted. It was doing really well and thriving and growing and spreading. It all of the sudden seems to be withering and dieing and falling apart. We've had a few cold snaps after a heating elemen malfunction, but that's since been stabilized. The chemical levels appear to be good. I'm doing a water change tonight as I missed my usual one last weekend to see if that helps. But would there be any other reason that I should look into what's happening???

This one needs nutrients but assure medium flow, salinity 1.024-1.025 and phosphates not highly elevated