Can someone PLEASE HELP me save my Turbinaria!

[Fred5612]

Hello, I’m quite desperate.

I’m relatively new to the hobby and since a month or two my poor turbinaria coral is going in decline. Every day I wake up and it’s missing more and more polyps, leaving behind naked coral and a hole. What is wrong with it?

I tested all parameters and they’re fine, no one I’ve asked knows what’s wrong with it. I posted here once already and received 0 responses...

I will attach some pictures of my coral, I will do ANYTHING to save it.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Parameter list first and is any other coral showing signs of distress?

 

[Fred5612]

Parameter list first and is any other coral showing signs of distress?

What parameters would you like? I’ll test them right this moment. And no, my other corals are thriving

 

[Simsung]

Test for everything that you have a test for.

Are you dosing anything?
Any changes done to the tank recently?

How old is the tank?

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Just your last readings should do. alk, nitrate, phosphate and salinity.

I know they need a fairly high flow and lighting.

 

[Fred5612]

Test for everything that you have a test for.

Are you dosing anything?
Any changes done to the tank recently?

How old is the tank?

Tank belonged to a guy who had it for 5 years, it and everything with it was moved to my house about 4 months ago.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Tank belonged to a guy who had it for 5 years, it and everything with it was moved to my house about 4 months ago.

Good piece of info but also makes it harder as we can't use historical information. Lets get those test numbers.

 

[Fred5612]

Just your last readings should do. alk, nitrate, phosphate and salinity.

I know they need a fairly high flow and lighting.

Kh: 8
Salinity 1.024
Ph: 8

I will have nitrate in 20 minutes

 

[Fred5612]

Kh: 8
Salinity 1.024
Ph: 8

I will have nitrate in 20 minutes

Nitrate 5-6 mg\l

 

[Fred5612]

Test for everything that you have a test for.

Are you dosing anything?
Any changes done to the tank recently?

How old is the tank?

Not dosing anything

 

[Simsung]

Not dosing anything

What's your routine with the tank?
How often do you do water changes and how large?
Do you have a phosphate test?

Can you take more pictures of your tank?
Are you using the same lights and same light routine?

 

[Fred5612]

What's your routine with the tank?
How often do you do water changes and how large?
Do you have a phosphate test?

Can you take more pictures of your tank?
Are you using the same lights and same light routine?

I’ll have to do phosphates tomorrow morning, as I have to rebuy the test kit. Same lights and same light routine as the previous owner. 10% water change weekly

 

[Fred5612]

What's your routine with the tank?
How often do you do water changes and how large?
Do you have a phosphate test?

Can you take more pictures of your tank?
Are you using the same lights and same light routine?

What would you like the pictures of? I can take some but I also have a lot

 

[Simsung]

What would you like the pictures of? I can take some but I also have a lot

Just in general of your tank, corals, rockwork and substrate, we may spot something out of place

If I see correctly there's a bit of brown algae on your rocks. Has it always been there?
It could be dinos, which usually show up when there's an imbalance of water parameters
I suspect you may be running the tank extremely low on nutrients and the coral is starving

Also, is there any chance something is picking on it?
how many fish you have and what they are?

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Is the placement the same from original owner? Do you ever feed your corals?

 

[Fred5612]

Just in general of your tank, corals, rockwork and substrate, we may spot something out of place

If I see correctly there's a bit of brown algae on your rocks. Has it always been there?
It could be dinos, which usually show up when there's an imbalance of water parameters
I suspect you may be running the tank extremely low on nutrients and the coral is starving

Also, is there any chance something is picking on it?
how many fish you have and what they are?

I’m not sure if those are dinos, I’ve been considering it a possibility. That algae definitely hasn’t always been there and it could very well be what’s causing the damage. Nothing is picking on it; my fish are a yellow tang, fox face, 2 clowns 2 damsels and a yellow wrasse, I’ve watched them for hours and hours and they never pick at it.

 

[Fred5612]

Is the placement the same from original owner? Do you ever feed your corals?

Placement is different, as rock work was redone. I sometimes feed reef roids, very sparingly though.

 

[Fred5612]

There has to be SOMTHING I can do for this poor coral, it pains me so much to see it wither away day by day.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Tank was brought over 4 months ago. What type of water was he using and water are you using?
What test kits are you using?

For this coral, they do best with moderate light (50-150 PAR) and good water flow across the coral and your lights seem a bit bright which may be affecting it. ideal location is mid tank. They do have polyps, that when irritated can produce a hefty mucus net. If this mucus comes in contact with other corals, it can damage them.
These are parameter values you should be at below:

Temp 77-79
salinity 1.025
ph 8.1-8.3
Nitrate < .04
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mag 1300
CA 440
Alk 8-9

Calibrate your salinity gage if you are able to as a false reading with high salinity will cause similar issue.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Let’s get #reefsquad involved. My last guess is it’s either a pest or flow/lighting issue. Could we get a FTS? What lighting do you have?