Colt coral issues

jvr1102 · 07/15/2008, 03:24 PM

I have a colt coral (soft coral) that has been thriving in my tank for 10 months. Everything else in my tank is doing well but for the last two days it seems wilted. All my water parameters are fine...Do these start to wilt when dying?

Randy Holmes-Farley · 07/15/2008, 03:40 PM

It may be temporary, or it may be a problem.

Anything at all get changed?

Other corals are OK?

Aquarist007 · 07/15/2008, 04:05 PM

mine does that everytime there is a change like Randy says
Last week I had a heater malfunction--the temp went up to 85 degrees from its rocksteady 80. That was enough for the colt coral and the kenya tree--just opened today after 4 days

jvr1102 · 07/15/2008, 04:07 PM

Absolutely nothing changed, when i first got it i remember it taking a few days so im not worring to much yet. Everything else is doing great

Aquarist007 · 07/15/2008, 04:18 PM

If nothing has changed then I wouldn't worry yet either

MalHavoc · 07/15/2008, 04:19 PM

many softies periodically do this for no real reason, either. They will often close up, and eventually re-open after shedding a mucus tunic, looking better than ever. I had a colt that used to this all the time too.

07/15/2008, 03:24 PM	#1
jvr1102 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 521	Colt coral issues I have a colt coral (soft coral) that has been thriving in my tank for 10 months. Everything else in my tank is doing well but for the last two days it seems wilted. All my water parameters are fine...Do these start to wilt when dying?

07/15/2008, 03:40 PM	#2
Randy Holmes-Farley Reef Chemist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Arlington, Massachusetts Posts: 86,233	It may be temporary, or it may be a problem. Anything at all get changed? Other corals are OK? __________________ Randy Holmes-Farley Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef

07/15/2008, 04:05 PM	#3
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	mine does that everytime there is a change like Randy says Last week I had a heater malfunction--the temp went up to 85 degrees from its rocksteady 80. That was enough for the colt coral and the kenya tree--just opened today after 4 days __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/15/2008, 04:18 PM	#5
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	If nothing has changed then I wouldn't worry yet either __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

07/15/2008, 04:19 PM	#6
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	many softies periodically do this for no real reason, either. They will often close up, and eventually re-open after shedding a mucus tunic, looking better than ever. I had a colt that used to this all the time too. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

07/15/2008, 04:07 PM	#4
jvr1102 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 521	Absolutely nothing changed, when i first got it i remember it taking a few days so im not worring to much yet. Everything else is doing great