HELP! My coral's dying and I don't know why!

acrist · 10/11/2011, 05:41 PM

I put this kenya tree coral into my tank about 2 weeks ago. It was doing fine! It just had a little bit of white on its tips. I have my lights on self-timer for 12 hours a day and I left the house in the morning and when I came home the entire coral was shriveled up. It looks dead. It's been like this for 3 days now and just keeps getting worse! I've put in all of the coral supplements I can find and I've tried changing the placement of the coral but nothings working.

HELP!!

Nitrates & nitrites- 0
ammonia- 0
pH- slightly high (8.3)
temperature- 76 degrees

acrist · 10/11/2011, 05:46 PM

After

Before

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reeftanksforall · 10/11/2011, 05:55 PM

soft corals like Kenya trees need a good source of Iodine in order to thrive in the tank. 12 hours of light is good for corals, but you might start having problems with algae in the future. Ken has a good supplement called Essential Elements, it's great for corals like that. I would just be careful with those Kenya trees... once they like your tank they will start reproducing like crazy and before you know it, it will take over your tank.

ReeferBill · 10/11/2011, 05:58 PM

Sometimes soft corals take along time to accimate to new conditions but this one does not look like its going to make it. What type of lights are you running ? Maybe it got burned from too much or too strong of a light .Do you add an Iodine Supplement? If it keeps melting away trash it, so it doesn't degrade the water.

acrist · 10/17/2011, 08:51 AM

I'm running a t-5 lighting. I've decided to only turn on one blue and one white light because when I ran them both my corals would hide. I'm adding Reef Plus (which has Iodine in it) but nothing seems to be helping. It came back for a few hours (which I thought was pretty strange) and then started looking terrible again. Thanks for the feedback! Looks like I'm going to have to trash it

CubiX · 10/17/2011, 11:07 AM

Try not to move it too much, give it time.

M007 · 10/17/2011, 05:12 PM

Unless it starts to melt down like an ice-cream cone in the Sahara leave it be.

10/11/2011, 05:41 PM	#1
acrist Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4	HELP! My coral's dying and I don't know why! I put this kenya tree coral into my tank about 2 weeks ago. It was doing fine! It just had a little bit of white on its tips. I have my lights on self-timer for 12 hours a day and I left the house in the morning and when I came home the entire coral was shriveled up. It looks dead. It's been like this for 3 days now and just keeps getting worse! I've put in all of the coral supplements I can find and I've tried changing the placement of the coral but nothings working. HELP!! Nitrates & nitrites- 0 ammonia- 0 pH- slightly high (8.3) temperature- 76 degrees

10/11/2011, 05:46 PM	#2
acrist Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4	Here's pictures After Before If the pictures don't show up here are some links to them.. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...4/DSCF8432.jpg http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...4/DSCF8426.jpg

10/11/2011, 05:58 PM	#4
ReeferBill Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,906	Kenya Tree? Sometimes soft corals take along time to accimate to new conditions but this one does not look like its going to make it. What type of lights are you running ? Maybe it got burned from too much or too strong of a light .Do you add an Iodine Supplement? If it keeps melting away trash it, so it doesn't degrade the water. __________________ I never realized I had to be a Chemist and a Marine Biologist to maintain a Reef Aquarium!

10/17/2011, 08:51 AM	#5
acrist Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4	Reply I'm running a t-5 lighting. I've decided to only turn on one blue and one white light because when I ran them both my corals would hide. I'm adding Reef Plus (which has Iodine in it) but nothing seems to be helping. It came back for a few hours (which I thought was pretty strange) and then started looking terrible again. Thanks for the feedback! Looks like I'm going to have to trash it

10/17/2011, 11:07 AM	#6
CubiX Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Slovenia Posts: 65	Try not to move it too much, give it time. Last edited by CubiX; 10/17/2011 at 12:07 PM.

10/11/2011, 05:55 PM	#3
reeftanksforall Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 3	soft corals like Kenya trees need a good source of Iodine in order to thrive in the tank. 12 hours of light is good for corals, but you might start having problems with algae in the future. Ken has a good supplement called Essential Elements, it's great for corals like that. I would just be careful with those Kenya trees... once they like your tank they will start reproducing like crazy and before you know it, it will take over your tank.

10/17/2011, 05:12 PM	#7
M007 Acro Whore Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,631	Unless it starts to melt down like an ice-cream cone in the Sahara leave it be. __________________ Mixed reef emphasis on SPS. Tangs, Triggers, Bartlets, CBB, Goldflake Angel, and a Pigmy or two. Current Tank Info: 250G SPS Mixed Reef. ATLAS 84x28x24. SuperMarin 250. Cebu Sun 3 x 250WMH Radiums 4 x 80W T5. Profilux 3 w/GHL dosing CA-ALK-MG. Moved by Tunze and Vertex. Reef Octopus 5K return.

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