Sharkbait19
10K Club member
Hi,
If you’ve read my build thread recently, then you’ve probably seen the crisis that occurred two weeks ago, where a majority of my lps corals started to melt. Thankfully, I managed to save them, and they began to slowly grow back. The cause was a mystery, and I assumed that it had to do with the Xenia that I pulled from the tank, releasing slime. Then a very similar problem happened yesterday when I moved a rock during a water change and accidentally crushed some palys. Some slime entered the tank, and later that night, some corals began to close up. I figured that they just responded poorly to the water change, as they typically do.
Then this morning I turned on the blue lights and noticed tentacles peppered around the sandbed. Every euphyllia was practically dead. I knew it had to be the palys, and it is highly likely that when I was pulling Xenia two weeks ago, I accidentally crushed some palys as well. I immediately did a 50% water change and put in fresh carbon, just like I did before. The corals are beginning to open, though there are two frogspawns that just look way too far gone. Then again, it seemed that way last time as well.
I just wanted to write this to warn anyone owning palys to be careful when handling them, both outside and inside their aquariums.
Also, if you are new to the hobby and are looking to purchase palys, think twice. If I had known that the two “cool looking polyps” that hitchhiked on my rock would turn into a poisonous blanket, I probably would’ve exterminated them on the spot. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Sharkbait
If you’ve read my build thread recently, then you’ve probably seen the crisis that occurred two weeks ago, where a majority of my lps corals started to melt. Thankfully, I managed to save them, and they began to slowly grow back. The cause was a mystery, and I assumed that it had to do with the Xenia that I pulled from the tank, releasing slime. Then a very similar problem happened yesterday when I moved a rock during a water change and accidentally crushed some palys. Some slime entered the tank, and later that night, some corals began to close up. I figured that they just responded poorly to the water change, as they typically do.
Then this morning I turned on the blue lights and noticed tentacles peppered around the sandbed. Every euphyllia was practically dead. I knew it had to be the palys, and it is highly likely that when I was pulling Xenia two weeks ago, I accidentally crushed some palys as well. I immediately did a 50% water change and put in fresh carbon, just like I did before. The corals are beginning to open, though there are two frogspawns that just look way too far gone. Then again, it seemed that way last time as well.
I just wanted to write this to warn anyone owning palys to be careful when handling them, both outside and inside their aquariums.
Also, if you are new to the hobby and are looking to purchase palys, think twice. If I had known that the two “cool looking polyps” that hitchhiked on my rock would turn into a poisonous blanket, I probably would’ve exterminated them on the spot. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Sharkbait
