Candy cane / trumpet receding

[Sshannon]

I had mine do something similar when I had high levels of ammonia in my top off water. Check your topoff water parameters for NH4 and NO3, imo.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Just an update. I thought they were getting better. Puffing up a bit then one head bailed out. I thought the second head was doing better and it bailed out last night. I'll chalk this one down as a loss.

Don’t remove the Skeleton they can regrow from just a tiny piece of tissue. Mine died baxk completely and this is them today.

 

[Ksivic]

Mine are shrinking amd they are expelling something from the heads any ideas

 

[Ksivic]

Plus the tentacles are not coming out at night anymore

 

[Hermie]

Mine are shrinking amd they are expelling something from the heads any ideas

photo?
could be a huge number of things...

 

[Ksivic]

The whites just turned off and they didn't get big at all . They are definitely receding/shrinking and i think the discharge was just them "pooping" because it only happens once in a while

 

[Ksivic]

I hand feed them reef roids every week after i do my water change

 

[vetteguy53081]

Moderate light and water flow. Loction is of importance - generally mid tank and temp 77-79 at salinity 1.025.
What test kits are you using and what is age of tank as these are not a good starter coral compared to leather or mushrooms.
You mentioned expelling somethig, which is likely zooxanthellae which is its energy source and may be due to too much or too little light intensity for which my guess is insufficient lighting

 

[vetteguy53081]

I hand feed them reef roids every week after i do my water change

Do not target feed. Cany canes get some of the food and energy they need from the light as mentioned because they have symbiotic zooxanthellate like many other LPS corals. Candy cane coral also should be fed 2-3 times a week with small particles of a meaty fish food such as mysis shrimp

 

[Ksivic]

It is at the bottom of my tank . My tank is only 3 months old. i was under the impression that candy cane was a good starter coral. I use a API master test kit. My temp is a little low its at about 75 i live in mich and we keep the house at 66 degrees during the winter. Salinity is spot on.

 

[Ksivic]

I just did an alk test with a salifert KH/Alk kits and got a reading of 10 dKH and my ph is at 8.4

 

[Ksivic]

All my other water parameters are around 0

 

[Ksivic]

I am not sure what my PAR is i don't really know how to measure it . But its a biocude 16 with light on from 8am until 4pm and blue from midnight until 8 am

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

The whites just turned off and they didn't get big at all . They are definitely receding/shrinking and i think the discharge was just them "pooping" because it only happens once in a while

Those don’t look that bad. Move them higher up would be my advice. Mine love light. Also, the tissue comes apart sometimes when the stalks grow out from the base. They don’t look bad at all to me. Mine are about halfway up my tank (white), and like 2” from the surface (green).

 

[Ksivic]

Those don’t look that bad. Move them higher up would be my advice. Mine love light. Also, the tissue comes apart sometimes when the stalks grow out from the base. They don’t look bad at all to me. Mine are about halfway up my tank (white), and like 2” from the surface (green).

Thanks i will try moving them up a little