Help with receding galaxia coral

[reeftoreeftoreef]

So three days ago I bought a galaxia coral from my lfs, for I kid you not 10$. But it’s a beat up one. I can’t tell what’s going on in the middle maybe recession. It looks brown and ridged. It was rock solid and now after being in my tank a few days it’s starting to saw a little. How do I nurse this back to heath and get it looking good again.

 

[tbrown]

Before anyone can really offer much help, some parameters would be helpful.

I will say the flow looks good for a Galaxea.

What type of lighting and how high in the tank is it?

What are your alkalinity and calcium levels and are they stable?

Temperature and pH and stable?

Nitrates, phosphates?

How old is the tank?

 

[tbrown]

Also, when you say it looks rough, what are you seeing? Less puffy? Losing color?

 

[Catawba_Valley_Reef]

You also posted about your palys not doing well. It sounds like you may have a water chemistry problem going on.

 

[reeftoreeftoreef]

Ok my parameters are

Temperature

79°F

Salinity

1.025 SG

pH

8.1

Alkalinity

8.67 dKH

Calcium

432 ppm

Magnesium

1293 ppm

Ammonia

0 ppm

Nitrite

0 ppm

Nitrate

4 ppm

Phosphate

0.03 ppm

The galaxia was looking rough when I bought it from the lfs. Hard brown center on the heads with polymer on the outside. Wondering how to get it back to heath. The palys have a different related problem because of a previous incident. The tank is 4 months old.

 

[reeftoreeftoreef]

I use two kessil a80s mid to top range of the tank.

 

[Dburr1014]

So three days ago I bought a galaxia coral from my lfs, for I kid you not 10$. But it’s a beat up one.

What do you mean beat up? Rough looking, like it was on decline?

I can’t tell what’s going on in the middle maybe recession. It looks brown and ridged. It was rock solid and now after being in my tank a few days it’s starting to saw a little.

What do you mean it's rock solid? You said it was rough and after a few days it was rock solid?
IME, coral don't look rough then a few days later lol rock solid and back to rough. It just doesn't work like that.

I think we need full tank pictures complete list of everything you know the tank including par, flow, nutrients, alkalinity, calcium, Etc.

Being the tank is only four months old, my first go-to problem with the coral is the tank is too new. Lots of chemistry changes are happening and it's just not stable.

 

[reeftoreeftoreef]

Yes, the centers of the heads were brown and stiff. But there was still flesh on the outsides.

 

[reeftoreeftoreef]

It honestly looked like it was going to die. And I bought it cause I’ve had fine luck bringing coral back to life but have no clue about galaxia.

 

[Dburr1014]

It honestly looked like it was going to die. And I bought it cause I’ve had fine luck bringing coral back to life but have no clue about galaxia.

Galaxia is just another Coral as any other lps type. Mostly the same requirements.

 

[tbrown]

If it's struggling, you might lower it in the tank some. Bright light for a struggling coral can stress it more, especially for a lower light coral like Galaxea.

I'm assuming you're saying that it was "rigid" looking and now it's swaying. That's a good sign. They don't usually require supplemental feeding. Like I mentioned, the flow looks good, maybe less light would do better for it but it's turning around.

 

[reeftoreeftoreef]

Ok great thanks.