Candy cane coral head doesnt look right

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This is my two head candy cane coral. The head in the back doesn't look right to me. Just fed the tank not to long ago and noticed the candy cane corals head looked funny. What causes this and what can I do? I've try feeding the coral but it doesn't take the food. I use a mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and phytoplankton frozen food mixed from petco.

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Following. Doesn’t really look like any sort of feeding response. Almost looks like the skeleton is showing through. Any chance you could snap a pic at an angle where the polyp in question is in the foreground?
 

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Also, might be a non issue but what’s your flow like? Any chance your candy cane is getting a direct blast inadvertently?
 
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These guys like low light, low flow. Is that what it’s getting in your tank?

Water parameters?

Fish stock?
It's in a low light and low flow area
October 24, 2021
- PH 8.3
- Nitrate 50
- Phosphates 0.03
- Calcium 500
- Alk 9.3
- Magnesium 1500
Theres parameters just tested
 
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Also, might be a non issue but what’s your flow like? Any chance your candy cane is getting a direct blast inadvertently?
Following. Doesn’t really look like any sort of feeding response. Almost looks like the skeleton is showing through. Any chance you could snap a pic at an angle where the polyp in question is in the foreground?
 

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Definitely looks like tissue recession. Low flow huh? Have you noticed any buildup of detritus on that polyp?
 

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High nitrate not helping causing the tissue recession you see. Moderate light and water flow and location in tank important (lower third ideal)
What test kits are you using ?
 

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No detritus

do you have any inverts that irritate your corals? If not it might be microbial.

also, fwiw, everyone I know who reefs has success with candy canes with medium light and flow to high of both. The polyps aren’t as big as a candy cane in the traditionally accepted flow and light, but they’ve all grown like gangbusters with higher than expected f & h.

the above is just an anecdote. Back on topic maybe a dip would be a good next step?

edit: missed the high nitrate. That’s going to be a big part of this.
 
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do you have any inverts that irritate your corals? If not it might be microbial.

also, fwiw, everyone I know who reefs has success with candy canes with medium light and flow to high of both. The polyps aren’t as big as a candy cane in the traditionally accepted flow and light, but they’ve all grown like gangbusters with higher than expected f & h.

the above is just an anecdote. Back on topic maybe a dip would be a good next step?

edit: missed the high nitrate. That’s going to be a big part of this.
The only invertebrates I have are snails and I ordered some coral rx pro and two little fishies revive. The dip I have is seachem and uve had this coral for 6 months I think. I've had it for a
 

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The only invertebrates I have are snails and I ordered some coral rx pro and two little fishies revive. The dip I have is seachem and uve had this coral for 6 months I think. I've had it for a
Nitrate alone won’t cause tissue recession like this. See mine below. My nitrates routinely run that high with bo issues. You have something either picking at it causing it stress or you had the same problem I had where you have some kind of parasite inside the coral skeleton.

It looks to me like it’s just stressed out. If it doesn’t have feeders out stop trying to feed it. Your stressing it out worse. Feeders look like the 3rd and 4th picture I’ve attached.

you don’t need to move it if you don’t want to. My green ones are literally 2” from the waters surface in my biocube and getting hammered from my pump and they’re doing better than they ever have.

The only fish you have that I would even worry about messing with it would be your wrasse. I had a green corris and he could be a turd sometimes. But that doesn’t look like the issue.

Candy canes can regenerate tissue loss. My huge colony straight up died down to bare skeleton and came back to turn into this. Leave it alone and let it get used to your tank and get healthy

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Nitrate alone won’t cause tissue recession like this. See mine below. My nitrates routinely run that high with bo issues. You have something either picking at it causing it stress or you had the same problem I had where you have some kind of parasite inside the coral skeleton.

It looks to me like it’s just stressed out. If it doesn’t have feeders out stop trying to feed it. Your stressing it out worse. Feeders look like the 3rd and 4th picture I’ve attached.

you don’t need to move it if you don’t want to. My green ones are literally 2” from the waters surface in my biocube and getting hammered from my pump and they’re doing better than they ever have.

The only fish you have that I would even worry about messing with it would be your wrasse. I had a green corris and he could be a turd sometimes. But that doesn’t look like the issue.

Candy canes can regenerate tissue loss. My huge colony straight up died down to bare skeleton and came back to turn into this. Leave it alone and let it get used to your tank and get healthy

BFBE4359-BC59-41AB-A2BD-975B884A4FF8.jpeg 9F01A99E-94AB-4FB4-8A7B-523520EA800A.jpeg A37C662B-B172-4060-94B9-DA1819741E5B.jpeg I didn't spot feed the coral this coral. Only squirted some food at the top of the tank. Last time I try spot feeding was the first of this month and that was the first and last time I spot fed. And nothing has picked at the coral, so it maybe the same problem u had. What did u do to get rid of the parasite?
 

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Mine was a white worm you could see coming out of holes in the coral . I Freshwater dipped mine when they were only 2 heads to try to save them. I more or less killed them. But they came back
 

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