I was away for the day and my wife sent me a video of the 5 gallon pico I picked up a few days ago.
One of the corals is completely disappeared with only the plug and skeleton left and the pulsing xenia is wilted right over with no movement. It looks quite a bit smaller and when I gently brushed it, whisps of white came off it and it seems to be falling apart. One of the ricordias is also completely gone.
The only thing I can think of is that the powerhead (Jebao SOW3) was too powerful even though I dampened it a bit so it wasn't blasting the corals. I should have turned it off this morning...
Is it safe to say those corals are dead? Should I remove the rest of the Xenia to prevent it polluting the water?
I'm about to run parameter tests to see if anything is out of spec there but is there anything I need to do to prevent and other deaths? Powerhead is off.
TIA
One of the corals is completely disappeared with only the plug and skeleton left and the pulsing xenia is wilted right over with no movement. It looks quite a bit smaller and when I gently brushed it, whisps of white came off it and it seems to be falling apart. One of the ricordias is also completely gone.
The only thing I can think of is that the powerhead (Jebao SOW3) was too powerful even though I dampened it a bit so it wasn't blasting the corals. I should have turned it off this morning...
Is it safe to say those corals are dead? Should I remove the rest of the Xenia to prevent it polluting the water?
I'm about to run parameter tests to see if anything is out of spec there but is there anything I need to do to prevent and other deaths? Powerhead is off.
TIA