Palythoa killing my corals?

[Roachant]

Hi,
So this past weekend I got some new corals for my fluval evo and one of them was a nuclear green palythoa .
Well I came home last night to find my mushrooms and hammer coral all closed and shriveled up and a hermit crab perched on top of the Palys pulling at algae on them. The plays were not happy at all and I was wondering if they are responsible for my mushrooms all shriveling up.
I added carbon to the tank just in case and removed the Paly as well in case it was the culprit.
Before I added the Paly everything was doing really well!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Hi,
So this past weekend I got some new corals for my fluval evo and one of them was a nuclear green palythoa .
Well I came home last night to find my mushrooms and hammer coral all closed and shriveled up and a hermit crab perched on top of the Palys pulling at algae on them. The plays were not happy at all and I was wondering if they are responsible for my mushrooms all shriveling up.
I added carbon to the tank just in case and removed the Paly as well in case it was the culprit.
Before I added the Paly everything was doing really well!

Maybe, but could have been something on your hands and or arms.

 

[Roachant]

Maybe, but I didn’t put my hands in for a while before that, wouldn’t they be affected shortly after putting my hand in?
Since I added carbon and removed the paly they are back to normal.

 

[vetteguy53081]

doubt it was the Paly, but rather something foreign in the water which carbon would have resolved. To confirm, try placing the Paly back in. If this re-occurs, you then know Paly is culprit but with the carbon now present and no effects from paly, You confirm it was some substance in the tank

 

[maroun.c]

I doubt the Palys caused this. I'd run few water changes and add carbon and see how things go from there.

 

[Reefinmike]

I’m going to go against the grain and say it very well could be the palys. Many years ago i added some new super slimey paly’s to my tank and added the bag water like a dummy. Within an hour every coral was spilling it’s guts out of every surface. Similar to what an irritated mushroom coral looks like.

 

[NewGoby]

Just to give my two cents, it COULD have been the palys, I keep a few myself and run carbon on a permanent basis (no, it won't remove all the palytoxin if a big colony is unhappy, but it will help a bit)
My hermits often walk over the palys & sit on them, but they do not seem to slime up.
It also could've been something foreign to the tank.

 

[Roachant]

Well, I after adding carbon and letting it run for a few hours the corals were doing better. The next day they were back to normal. I have since removed the palys, it’s unfortunate as they are a really nice looking coral but in such a small tank like mine I can’t afford to try them again just in case. It was likely something else that got into the tank somehow but I won’t risk it. Thanks for the replies everyone!