My Blastomussa isn't doing well.

[Ronny Pena]

Hey folks. I'm having an issue with my beautiful Blastomussa. A friend bought it for me from one trip in PA. It arrived looking BEAUTIFUL, the next morning it started to lose tissue and now looks like this...

I feed my corals frequently, my other corals are doing insanely well. All the parameters are in perfect, but the Blasto is only looking worse every day.

Thanks,

Ronn.-

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Blastos are really fragile so don't beat yourself up about it too much, I've lost an entire colony due to a slight fluctuation in nitrates.

It may bounce back with time if it doesn't die, just leave it alone for now and try not to do anything to the tank that could stress it out, if anything try to keep water parameters consistent and see what happens

 

[dutch27]

Blastos are strange, sometimes they're the easiest/hardiest things in the world, sometimes they seem to die as soon as they hit the water. I've experienced both. Not much you can do except leave it be and hope for the best. IME if recedes and looks dead, sometimes a little bit of it survives, and in a couple months you'll suddenly see a small polyp or two start to emerge.

 

[rogersb]

If it dies I would leave the skeleton in the tank. I bought one that was 5 heads and 4 died. From that dead skeleton a couple babies have sprouted.

 

[Ronny Pena]

Thanks for your reply guys.

Almost immediately after posting I brought it to a friend and it already looks better, which it's kind of disappointing... I don't know what to do, should I wait until it's healed and bring it back? It could go south again?

 

[John3]

Check all your water parameters and post them up. I find blastos are pretty picky. Do you have an ATO or do you keep your water level up manually?

What are the other corals you have?

 

[kichimark]

I would leave it in your friends tank for now instead of constantly changing the water chemistry. Once it is fully happy then try it once more in yours. Maybe the coral was stressed from the journey?