Bubbles of bubble coral coming off? Still alive.....

[koda_dad]

Okay all... My lights are off but this is what happened tonight.

Not sure if sexy shrimp had something to do with this... (he hosts the bubble coral) but 3 of the 6 heads have come off....leaving just the stalk.

What is strange is the bubble part appears to be still totally alive... the bubbles were even still full....I picked one up and I was slimed...

What is going on....?

I read that this can be triggered by high phosphates... mine are currently at 0.5 I admit not where I want them...but not crazy high either...

Thoughts?

 

[dcantucson]

Sounds like it might be in the beginning stages of dissolving. :dunno:

 

[koda_dad]

Get it out of there?

What would of caused that? Any idea? As mentioned the sexy has hosted it for ever...and was forever ticking it off...

I have tons of other corals in there...all doing great.

 

[Jmck]

is it just at night? or all the time that its like that? because i have had mine retract and look like only JUST a skeleton before and thats with about 40 heads on it. If its normal during the day, i personally wouldnt worry, try feeding it, do its feeder tentacles come out? Dont forget, corals, inverts even fish change at night

 

[koda_dad]

Nope found one the bubble parts at other end of the tank :(

 

[Jmck]

ahh well then this is no good, are all levels normal in the tank? :( hope it recovers

 

[koda_dad]

Yup all perfect , phos is 0.5... Not perfect but not horrid.

My salinity did creep to 1.027. (I run 1.026)

Should I remove it?

 

[Jmck]

you should decrease your salinity back to 1.026 but other than that, I cant see what would cause it to melt and die,

There are no corals touching it right? or that have sweeper tenticles near it/?

 

[yvr]

If you see any brown jelly ie. necrotic tissue, you can use airline tubing to siphon off the dead/necrotic tissue and give the coral a bath with an Iodine solution like TM Pro Coral Cure or similar product. The iodine will act as an antiseptic and hopefully kill prevent the spread of the tissue necrosis.

 

[koda_dad]

My sal is back to 1.026. It creeped up the other day...

:(

 

[dcantucson]

I would just keep a close eye on it. How is it today?

 

[bjohanson1234]

What kind of flow is it in? If it is too much, the flesh can get ripped off.

 

[Bifferwine]

What kind of flow is it in? If it is too much, the flesh can get ripped off.

That would be my guess too.

 

[koda_dad]

I would say it is in not a lot of flow...

It is in the front corner of the tank. There is a power head above it... on the side of the tank. But that blows away from it...

Once the tissue comes off.... does it grow back?

 

[Bifferwine]

Yeah it will grow back. Bubbles are very resilient. They are super tough to kill!