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02/27/2013, 06:46 AM
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weslo showing skeleton
i have had a weslo for about 6 months and it is starting to show skeleton under on the bottom anyone help???
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02/27/2013, 06:50 AM
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How old is your lighting/lamps and do you have any fish in your tank that maybe picking on it?
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02/27/2013, 09:24 AM
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Do you feed it? Whats it resting on? What's the flow like where it sits? Does it have room to expand? Whats the lighting like where it sits?
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02/27/2013, 05:13 PM
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Welso showing skeleton
"Do you feed it? Whats it resting on? What's the flow like where it sits? Does it have room to expand? Whats the lighting like where it sits?"
Yes, I feed it baby brine shrimp, or mysis shrimp once a week. It sits on the sand, and has plenty of room to expand. It is on the bottom of a red sea max 250, which has 6 high intensity 39 watt T5 fluorescent bulbs (10,000K). It is in an area of lower flow. |
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02/27/2013, 05:17 PM
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How old is your lighting/lamps and do you have any fish in your tank that maybe picking on it?
the lights are about 8 months old and there are no fish picking at it. clown candy hogfish yellow tang cardinal fish (2) file fish flame hawk fish royal gramma coral banded shrimp |
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02/27/2013, 06:40 PM
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Could your sand bed be releasing nitrates? How old is your tank?
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02/27/2013, 07:27 PM
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my tank is 9 months old
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02/27/2013, 07:29 PM
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I have a bubble coral in the sand and that is doing great
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03/01/2013, 07:31 AM
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picture of brain coral
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03/01/2013, 07:43 AM
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Looks like its bleaching. Id try and shade it a little and up the feeding a little bit, maybe vary the foods a little bit as well.
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03/01/2013, 08:26 AM
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thank you i will try i put a rock above about 1/2 of him. What else should i try to feed it??
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03/01/2013, 08:32 AM
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Krill, cyclopeeze, bloodworms, mysis, rods food, everything can also be soaked in things like phyto, oyster feast and the likes. I would just try and get as much nutrition in to it as possible.
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03/02/2013, 04:17 PM
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picture of tank
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03/02/2013, 05:45 PM
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Good luck. When mine started showing skeleton it went downhill fairly quickly.
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03/05/2013, 09:57 AM
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welso update
Welso looking better
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