Euphyllia retracted - NO3 is through the roof

[TORX]

All my Euphyllia have been slowly shrinking. Some even do not extend at all. I am at a loss at this point. I will be picking up a ph test today when i am in town as it is the only thing left i can think of that may be affecting them. I did cut a few frags of my torch and gave to a friend, within a day they were completely extending and coloring up nicely. To top off the twist....not ALL of my Euphyllia are affected...my Gold Torch is still looking GREAT!!! Trumpets are fat and plump, zoas are doing great, blasto is amazing, brain maze great and extending tentacles every night, other frags and things I can not remember are doing great too. Just my Euphyllia's.

Alk - 8.4 - salifert
Mag - 1360 - RedSea
Cal - 366 - Hanna
P0 - 0.09 - Hanna
Temp - 76
Salinity - 1.026

 

[CanadaCorals.com]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

All perimeters look good accept calcium.

I would raise that first and see if they improve.

 

[TORX]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

All perimeters look good accept calcium.

I would raise that first and see if they improve.

Isn't that more to help with growth, not for every day happiness?

 

[Poseidon]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

yea, i always thought that if calcium is low they just wouldnt grow, but could still be happy..
things to check for if their not happy for me is :

flow,
temp,
disease (brown slim/jelly) i sincerely hope its not brown jelly..
and predation, (anything picking at them)?

 

[TORX]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

Flow - Good - wp40 and 25 and return
Temp - 76-78
No brown jelly
No picking (between me and the kids, there is not a lot of time where we do not watch the tank)

 

[ricklalonde]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

What about your clowns? Could they be bothering them?

 

[Poseidon]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

What about your clowns? Could they be bothering them?

+1,
or close by chalices or something with stingy feelers lol...
my hollywood chalice did a number on my brain and it was a good 4'' away

 

[TORX]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

What about your clowns? Could they be bothering them?

Clowns have hosted to it since it was a single head frag. This picture is only one coral though, my 2 face frogspawn, 2 face hammer and plain hammer are all the same. All in different spots of the tank.

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[TORX]

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+1,
or close by chalices or something with stingy feelers lol...
my hollywood chalice did a number on my brain and it was a good 4'' away

LoL...ya, like I can keep chalices. But no, no stingers affecting them.

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[unibob]

Euphyllia retracted

Just buy more gold torch ;$ haha haha.

Have you added more light/Turned up led at all lately? IMO all of our LPS get too much light.

 

[TORX]

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Nope. Same no dimmable LED.

And no...no more gold torch. LOL

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[KBennett]

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or close by chalices or something with stingy feelers lol...
my hollywood chalice did a number on my brain and it was a good 4'' away

Next time, view your corals from the outside of the glass!

 

[Poseidon]

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[quote author=Poseidon link=topic=6935.msg69427#msg69427 date=1385141285]
or close by chalices or something with stingy feelers lol...
my hollywood chalice did a number on my brain and it was a good 4'' away

Next time, view your corals from the outside of the glass!
[/quote]

HA! we got us a joker here lol,

 

[TORX]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

Here is a short video. First is my Blasto colony that I will be fragging soon. You can see my gold torch, then the sad green torch, lastly a really sad 2 face hammer with my Duncan's off to the left...as well all closed up. Also to note, my Open Brain Coral is doing fine as well.

[youtube]tKn5wTmflVI[/youtube]

Pic

 

[TORX]

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Oh, and my sps is doing fine.



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[Seggsy]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

Maybe some chemical warefare going on.  Water change and run some carbon for awhile?

 

[pulpfiction1]

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i could probably find a spot fo that gold torch  heheheh

 

[TORX]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

Maybe some chemical warefare going on.  Water change and run some carbon for awhile?

Started carbon and doing water changes tomorrow. Thanks.

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[TORX]

Re: Euphyllia retracted

Found the issue - NO3 is through the roof...off the RedSea chart!!! Not even sure where to start!!!

 

[Poseidon]

That sucks!!! But then why is your sps fine?

Do some big water changes ,
Are you running pellets ?