Candy cane coral skeleton showing

[LaxFrags]

Does anybody know what is wrong- I just looked at my candy canes and saw slime on it, when I put some flow on it to make it come off the whole outer body of it came off and now half of is is just a skeleton!? What should I do, other heads aren’t looking great, last night everything was fine? Anybody know what caused this? I have no idea what it is, I thought I saw a small green worm type creature on it, could that be killing it? All other corals in tank are doing great, params are at

alk- 9.9 dkh
Calcium- 500 ppm
Ammonia- .25 ppm
Nitrate- 10 ppm
Ph- 8.0

 

[LaxFrags]

All the colors were their last night, I have no idea what happened

 

[LaxFrags]

Should I try to frag off the piece that’s dying in order to save the other? One of the heads is about to split, could that be the cause?

 

[this is me]

Take a second to gather your thoughts and post rather than doing 3 consecutive posts.
I would definitely frag and save the good head. Splitting head should not result in another head dying. Otherwise, how would they grow in the wild.

 

[LaxFrags]

Take a second to gather your thoughts and post rather than doing 3 consecutive posts.
I would definitely frag and save the good head. Splitting head should not result in another head dying. Otherwise, how would they grow in the wild.

I’m very sorry, I just got a little freaked out obviously. Thanks, I’ll try and frag it.

 

[Cpage101]

You should not have ammonia

 

[LaxFrags]

You should not have ammonia

I know. I’ve been doing frequent WC, but everything else in the tank is doing incredible and growing. Here’s my tank right now, just re aquascaped too

just got a new Halloween lephestrea and that is doing very good too

 

[Cpage101]

Looks good how much water are you changing and how often?

 

[LaxFrags]

Looks good how much water are you changing and how often?

I have started doing 4- 5 gallons weekly

 

[Cpage101]

I see GHA in there I am guessing Phosphates are probably elevated candy canes in my experience do not like phosphates

 

[Cpage101]

I have started doing 4- 5 gallons weekly

16 gal tank?

 

[LaxFrags]

16 gal tank?

Yes, 16 gallons

 

[LaxFrags]

16 gal tank?

I just noticed that! The tank had been up for 6 months now and I haven’t had gha in a while, it could be because I just reaquascaped. I had too much coral in my tank at the time and I wanted to be able to grow out more, her was what it was-

 

[LaxFrags]

I just noticed that! The tank had been up for 6 months now and I haven’t had gha in a while, it could be because I just reaquascaped. I had too much coral in my tank at the time and I wanted to be able to grow out more, her was what it was-

Lol, meant to reply to gha

 

[Cpage101]

I would do like 3 gallons weekly only 20%

 

[LaxFrags]

I would do like 3 gallons weekly only 20%

Ok, will do!

 

[theone]

IME candy cane like dirty water, rich in nutrients. low water flow, and not too much light.

 

[CrypticLifeStyle]

What light are you running?

 

[LaxFrags]

That’s an awesome showpiece right there. I was running just the Biocube lights which I now know are terrible for growing good quality coral. For Christmas I’m getting an AL Prime HD which will be good, I’m going to grow some sps eith it. As of now the candy. Canes and most of my coral are in my 72 g and are looking good. I saved it by fragging off the bad piece which died. All is well, my 16g is doing great, here are some pics.

 

[CrypticLifeStyle]

Just small colony's I literally have 2 tanks full of them haha, they grow like weeds for me, but lower flow, medium>high lighting more in the white then blue range, and never on the sand has been my success IMO. Im not going to bother arguing that, but it has worked for me extremely well. Your new light will probably bring a massive increase in growth. Those biocube lights are horrible. I run a 16g biocube as a shroom, and sponge tank, and that's all it'll grow really. Check out reef breeders as a option, Dong ( acro garden ) is a authorized seller last I knew, and can hook you up. I got mine off him 2 or 3 years ago, I run it still on my 60g cube, and paid probably half the price of a AI prime. I am noticing it isn't as good as it was, and will probably swap it out for my aquamedic MH w/T5 but for the price you can't complain. I also run 2x 5 year old galaxyhydro's on a 40b. One thing to really consider though is if your ok with the daily turn on, turn off, and ramp up lighting through manual adjustment or automated. Automated function is very appealing to consider in whatever you choose.

Your acan might do best long term on a small rock island so it can bleed out grow, the torch setup in a manner where it can blossom into a tree form, so maybe glue a cyclinder rock/rock rubble as its trunk, and glue that torch to the top and let it enwrap that pedestal over time.