Candy Cane Coral Help Needed

[TysFish]

So I woke up today and one of the fleshy green parts of my candy cane coral is completely gone. Does anyone know the reason behind this??

 

[TysFish]

Here’s a before pic of it.

 

[bluemon]

That means it’s dead.

And the remaining polyp looks on its way out with its receding flesh band.

Please post your parameters.

I’m suspecting high phosphates alongside lower alk

 

[TysFish]

Okay let me gather the parameters right now.

 

[TX_REEF]

Yes, the head on the right is dead/the polyp bailed out. The left one is retracted and clearly unhappy. Either bad parameters, too much flow or light, or something physically bothering it. For the last option, crabs are common culprits, including large hermit crabs.

 

[TysFish]

That means it’s dead.

And the remaining polyp looks on its way out with its receding flesh band.

Please post your parameters.

I’m suspecting high phosphates alongside lower alk

Alk- 9 dKH
Phosphate- 0 maybe 0.01-0.1 slightly darker.
Nitrates- 0

 

[bluemon]

That means it’s dead.

And the remaining polyp looks on its way out with its receding flesh band.

Please post your parameters.

I’m suspecting high phosphates alongside lower alk

Alk- 9 dKH
Phosphate- 0 maybe 0.01-0.1 slightly darker.
Nitrates- 0

Well nitrates and phosphates should definitely not be zero.

That’s definitely a problem.

Do you have salinity calcium and magnesium?

 

[TysFish]

My tank is only like 2 months old, there is GHA in my tank snagging all of my nutrients but right before I was going to dose my tank for phosphates and nitrates I read it’s bad to do that to new tanks.

 

[TysFish]

That means it’s dead.

And the remaining polyp looks on its way out with its receding flesh band.

Please post your parameters.

I’m suspecting high phosphates alongside lower alk

Alk- 9 dKH
Phosphate- 0 maybe 0.01-0.1 slightly darker.
Nitrates- 0

Well nitrates and phosphates should definitely not be zero.

That’s definitely a problem.

Do you have salinity calcium and magnesium?

I can get salinity, calc, and mag, rn one sec

 

[TysFish]

That means it’s dead.

And the remaining polyp looks on its way out with its receding flesh band.

Please post your parameters.

I’m suspecting high phosphates alongside lower alk

Alk- 9 dKH
Phosphate- 0 maybe 0.01-0.1 slightly darker.
Nitrates- 0

Well nitrates and phosphates should definitely not be zero.

That’s definitely a problem.

Do you have salinity calcium and magnesium?

Salinity - 1.026
Calcium - 420 ppm
Mag - unavailable, I don’t have a Magnesium Test

 

[vetteguy53081]

Here’s a before pic of it.

Its not dead but rather receded and can be due to:
Low calcium
Too high flow
Elevated Phosphate
Lack of feeding (I feed mine 2-3x a week with mysis shrimp right after lights go out)

 

[TysFish]

Here’s a before pic of it.

Its not dead but rather receded and can be due to:
Low calcium
Too high flow
Elevated Phosphate
Lack of feeding (I feed mine 2-3x a week with mysis shrimp right after lights go out)

Man U are a life saver, my heart stopped, it’s one of my FAVORITE corals.

I do feed them some oyster feast, However I only feed them like once a week, I’ll start feeding them way more often (2-3 times a week) and see how they go.

Do you have any tips on my phosphate and nitrate issue? My tanks new and the GHA snags it all, I’m worried abt dosing bc I’ve see people say “let the tank naturally do its thing and fight the GHA and naturally increase the phos and nitrates.”

 

[vetteguy53081]

Man U are a life saver, my heart stopped, it’s one of my FAVORITE corals.

I do feed them some oyster feast, However I only feed them like once a week, I’ll start feeding them way more often (2-3 times a week) and see how they go.

Do you have any tips on my phosphate and nitrate issue? My tanks new and the GHA snags it all, I’m worried abt dosing bc I’ve see people say “let the tank naturally do its thing and fight the GHA and naturally increase the phos and nitrates.”

What is your phos and nitrate level?
With gHA - Is your tank at or near a window?

 

[bluemon]

Here’s a before pic of it.

Its not dead but rather receded and can be due to:
Low calcium
Too high flow
Elevated Phosphate
Lack of feeding (I feed mine 2-3x a week with mysis shrimp right after lights go out)

Man U are a life saver, my heart stopped, it’s one of my FAVORITE corals.

I do feed them some oyster feast, However I only feed them like once a week, I’ll start feeding them way more often (2-3 times a week) and see how they go.

Do you have any tips on my phosphate and nitrate issue? My tanks new and the GHA snags it all, I’m worried abt dosing bc I’ve see people say “let the tank naturally do its thing and fight the GHA and naturally increase the phos and nitrates.”

Feeding it alone will not solve the problem.

Your nutrients are bottomed out and that should be addressed first.

Trumpets will thrive even without feeding

 

[vetteguy53081]

Feeding it alone will not solve the problem.

Your nutrients are bottomed out and that should be addressed first.

Trumpets will thrive even without feeding

Ive asked on levels also - No need to quote me. Ive seen them worse than this and bounce back into a colony

 

[bluemon]

Feeding it alone will not solve the problem.

Your nutrients are bottomed out and that should be addressed first.

Trumpets will thrive even without feeding

Ive asked on levels also - No need to quote me. Ive seen them worse than this and bounce back into a colony

I quoted OP and you got quoted as well as OP’s message quoted you I believe.

OP said phosphates and nitrates are zero

 

[vetteguy53081]

I quoted OP and you got quoted as well as OP’s message quoted you I believe.

OP said phosphates and nitrates are zero

Yeah, thats an issue as I though phosphate played a role.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Man U are a life saver, my heart stopped, it’s one of my FAVORITE corals.

I do feed them some oyster feast, However I only feed them like once a week, I’ll start feeding them way more often (2-3 times a week) and see how they go.

Do you have any tips on my phosphate and nitrate issue? My tanks new and the GHA snags it all, I’m worried abt dosing bc I’ve see people say “let the tank naturally do its thing and fight the GHA and naturally increase the phos and nitrates.”

How are you testing phosphate level??
Increased feedings will increase po4 but likely not effectively. If running any GFO or other media, remove for now

 

[TysFish]

Man U are a life saver, my heart stopped, it’s one of my FAVORITE corals.

I do feed them some oyster feast, However I only feed them like once a week, I’ll start feeding them way more often (2-3 times a week) and see how they go.

Do you have any tips on my phosphate and nitrate issue? My tanks new and the GHA snags it all, I’m worried abt dosing bc I’ve see people say “let the tank naturally do its thing and fight the GHA and naturally increase the phos and nitrates.”

How are you testing phosphate level??
Increased feedings will increase po4 but likely not effectively. If running any GFO or other media, remove for now

I use the API Reef Test Kit

 

[TysFish]

Man U are a life saver, my heart stopped, it’s one of my FAVORITE corals.

I do feed them some oyster feast, However I only feed them like once a week, I’ll start feeding them way more often (2-3 times a week) and see how they go.

Do you have any tips on my phosphate and nitrate issue? My tanks new and the GHA snags it all, I’m worried abt dosing bc I’ve see people say “let the tank naturally do its thing and fight the GHA and naturally increase the phos and nitrates.”

How are you testing phosphate level??
Increased feedings will increase po4 but likely not effectively. If running any GFO or other media, remove for now

Also the media in my filter is,

(Top)
Seachem Matrix
Seachem Purigen
Poly-Fil
Sponge
(Bottom)

Are any of those issues? Sorry I’m new.