Candy cane / trumpet receding

[Streetlamp]

Hi all my candy canes seem to be receding. I recently installed a reef led 90 could too intense lightning cause it? Everything else seems good and healty

 

[Euphyllia97]

We need some more info to help. What are your parameters? How long has the coral been in the tank? How old is your tank?

 

[Streetlamp]

Tank is over 3 months old, coral has been in there about 2 I'd say.
Salinity 1.025
Temp 25 degrees
alk 7-8 dkh
nitrates between 5 and 10.

duncan and gsp a re doing great. I had some yellow scroll coral that started to bleach so i've dropped light intensity.

Looking back through pictures it was nice and puffy 3 weeks ago, the light change has been the biggest change.

 

[Streetlamp]

Update I got a calcium test kit and I’m measuring 340. I think I’ve found my issue.

 

[rfgonzo]

What about PO4?

 

[Streetlamp]

Po4 is 0.03

 

[vetteguy53081]

What about PO4?

temp is 25 degrees??
These like moderate lights heavy on blue and moderate water flow. Feed 2-3x per week

 

[Streetlamp]

temp is 25 degrees??
These like moderate lights heavy on blue and moderate water flow. Feed 2-3x per week

I live in Celsius land, I'll start trying to pull up the Ca and see how I go. Lighting and flow I would say are good.

 

[rfgonzo]

temp is 25 degrees??
These like moderate lights heavy on blue and moderate water flow. Feed 2-3x per week

That obviously Celsius which is 77 Fahrenheit.... So I'll ask again? What about PO4?

 

[Streetlamp]

It’s 0.03

 

[Quietman]

If the only thing you've changed with lighting...then yes. Changes in intensity, spectrum, duration can all impact corals negatively (and positively but usually after long span of negatively). Dial it down a bit for a while, ramp up slow. Then never change the light again.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Have you noticed anything being expelled from their mouths? Stringy stuff?

 

[Streetlamp]

No they’re all good. I’ve the light dialled back and bringing my ca back on track. I’ll update with progress. Even already my Duncan look better.

 

[Streetlamp]

justvto document here is our current status. Hopefully we see improvement from now on.

 

[DREED]

Did you ever determine the issue with the coral? I’m looking into beginner corals and I’m curious what your lighting schedule/intensity is for your tank.

 

[Streetlamp]

Unfortunately corals don't recover as quick as they deteriorate. At the moment they haven't gotten worse, and I'd even say I'm seeing slight improvement in the candy cane. not so sure about the scroll coral. I reduced the light intensity significantly and upped the calcium levels as they were low.

 

[Streetlamp]

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.

 

[maleks.reef]

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.

Experiencing the same thing rn.. Did you figure out the issue?

 

[Streetlamp]

Nope still struggling with lps

 

[Hermie]

I just had a candy cane get stung by a platygyra and after many weeks several heads bailed and it's still not in a good recovery state.