Help is it dying?

[Dtfnemo]

HI guys can you guys plece ID this coral and tell me if it's dying and what can I do to help it.
My brother got it about a week ago, it seemed healthy for the most part. For the past 3 days it's been shrinking every now and then and I notice that some of the skeleton was showing.... we thought it was probably getting to much flow so we relocated our power head so that it's not getting as much flow as before, but this morning I noticed that it's looking worst, now the skeleton shows even more than before specially the parts that are close to the glass.
As of 4 days ago parameters where ph8.3
Alkalinity 11
Calcium 500
Magnesium 1350
Salinity 1.024
Nitrite, amonia, phosphate are at 0
Nitrate is at 10
What do you gus think?
Thank you!! And happy new year!!

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Looks like a torch coral, and it doesn't look good. You may try dipping it to see if you can save it.

 

[erinmegan85]

The coral looks to be a torch. Even though you changed the flow that it was getting, is it still getting a decent amount of flow? I would move it to a low flow area to give it time to heal. I would also dip it just to be on the safe side.

 

[Dtfnemo]

Looks like a torch coral, and it doesn't look good. You may try dipping it to see if you can save it.

Thank you for the reply. I'm not familiar with dipping.
Howis it perform, and how effective you think it is

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

Salinity is a tad low. I keep mine at 1.025 to 1.026, not sure if that's a contributing factor though. I would do a dip for sure and check for any Flatworms (I had a torch a year back that basically was getting eaten by them)

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Salinity is a tad low. I keep mine at 1.025 to 1.026, not sure if that's a contributing factor though. I would do a dip for sure and check for any Flatworms (I had a torch a year back that basically was getting eaten by them)

I run my tank at 1.024. I think as long as the salinity is constant, 1.024 should be fine.

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

I use coral rx, add it to bucket of saltwater with coral in it. 4 capfulls per gallon, aerate with powerhead or keep moving some other way ie gently shake bag, leave in 5 to 10 min then rinse coral with new saltwater and put back in tank

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

I run my tank at 1.024. I think as long as the salinity is constant, 1.024 should be fine.

Consistency is key for sure

 

[Dtfnemo]

Thank you all for the reply, I want to save it so I'm going to do some more research on coral dipping.
I haven't really seen any worms in my display tank but I'm sure there is some in my sump.
You guys think it could be because of it being placed like that I the sand?

 

[slipknotgrrl83]

Thank you all for the reply, I want to save it so I'm going to do some more research on coral dipping.
I haven't really seen any worms in my display tank but I'm sure there is some in my sump.
You guys think it could be because of it being placed like that I the sand?

I don't think so...mine was in the sand and thrived for along time before the Flatworm infestation

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Thank you for the reply. I'm not familiar with dipping.
Howis it perform, and how effective you think it is

You can use a coral dip like Coral Rx or Restore or even Lugol's solution.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Thank you all for the reply, I want to save it so I'm going to do some more research on coral dipping.
I haven't really seen any worms in my display tank but I'm sure there is some in my sump.
You guys think it could be because of it being placed like that I the sand?

No, the sand should be fine. The nice part about using Lugol's is that it may also kill any infestation.

 

[Dtfnemo]

Consistency is key for sure

We just realized how important it is to be consistent with water parameters. For the past moth we have been extremely consistent and seen massive grow on pretty mucheverything.
I'm going to check parameters again today

 

[Dtfnemo]

No, the sand should be fine. The nice part about using Lugol's is that it may also kill any infestation.

Thank you very much!! I'm going to see if I can purchase some today.
I'm saving this little guy!!

 

[Dtfnemo]

The coral looks to be a torch. Even though you changed the flow that it was getting, is it still getting a decent amount of flow? I would move it to a low flow area to give it time to heal. I would also dip it just to be on the safe side.

It is getting very little flow. I'm definitely going to try to dip it today