Good evening. At one point my war coral was the pride of my tank. I bought a single frag and managed to get that to not only thrive, but also a bunch of the pieces I was able to scrape off the milk crate it was growing on that the store gave me. This was my tank the last time I updated my build page in May 2021 here. At that time it was 1.5 years old. This February, the tank will have been up for 3 years.
Since that time, my hammer died, and my war coral has been looking deflated, for lack of a better word and it has been dying back.
Here's a spinoff frag I cultivated that had been doing great.
Here's the original frag plug:
The tank is a 20g long, I do 5g water changes once a week.
Temp is 80f,
Hardness is 8
Calcium is 480 (I started dosing calcium a few months ago) This is around the time I pruned the plating Monti WAY back. I thought maybe the Monti was starving everything else out.
Lighting is a CurrentUSA Orbit Marine. I added an internal fuge with chaeto but all it seems to be growing is GHA.
This war coral was my absolute favorite, and my first frag. I'd hate to lose it, but I don't know what could be killing it. Any ideas?
E:
Total Stocking List:
War Coral
Plating Orange Monti
2 Black and White Clowns
2 big hermits
1 Turbo Snail
? Nassarius Snails
Since that time, my hammer died, and my war coral has been looking deflated, for lack of a better word and it has been dying back.
Here's a spinoff frag I cultivated that had been doing great.
Here's the original frag plug:
The tank is a 20g long, I do 5g water changes once a week.
Temp is 80f,
Hardness is 8
Calcium is 480 (I started dosing calcium a few months ago) This is around the time I pruned the plating Monti WAY back. I thought maybe the Monti was starving everything else out.
Lighting is a CurrentUSA Orbit Marine. I added an internal fuge with chaeto but all it seems to be growing is GHA.
This war coral was my absolute favorite, and my first frag. I'd hate to lose it, but I don't know what could be killing it. Any ideas?
E:
Total Stocking List:
War Coral
Plating Orange Monti
2 Black and White Clowns
2 big hermits
1 Turbo Snail
? Nassarius Snails