Green Stat Polyps

[UnderwaterWorld]

So I went away for 4 days and when I come back my green star polyps are all inside except for like 2 tiny ones and the purple base is shriveled up some.


A salinity change?
waste build up?

Will it come back is my main concern. Thanks!!

 

[Bifferwine]

Test your water parameters and tell us what they are. You know the drill :)

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

well the prob is a did a small water change a little bit ago before testing. but I'm at 20 nitrate nitrite is small and ammonia is under .25

would a brittle starfish bother it if didn't have other food?

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

nevermind I found him

There are particles that are floating around my tank

 

[Bifferwine]

Is ammonia at .25 or at 0? If it's anything but 0, that could be your problem. Particles... do you mean like sand? Or just cloudiness?

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

it was a little over 0 but not a lot it's like sand particles

 

[Doc]

do you have any fish that might nip if hungry? what about crabs? They can irritate corals walking on top of them, looking for food.

-Dr Marco :sfish:

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

i have no fish, but I do have hermits, snails, and a brittle starfish

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

i have twice caught a big hermit on what is left of the coral

since I have no fish left I dont put food in.


Could that create them to eat some of the green star polyps?


will they come back if I get them to be left alone?

 

[yote]

Even though the hermits dont need much,they do need to be fed every now and then.
And if there are any of the polyps left,then they have a chance at coming back.

 

[Rcpilot]

One of my zoa colonies was almost destroyed by an infestation of parasites. They were shriveled up for 2 months.

(one colony was destroyed and I ended up flushing them)

I was doing freshwater dips and picking eggs off with a tweezer. Then I started doing dips in reef dip and picking more eggs off. 2 weeks of that abuse and then 6 weeks in the tank--they finally opened up a few days ago.

If there is just one that survives, you still got a colony. It will sprout when it is healthy again. Just takes time.

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

ok well I'm going to put a little food in the tank a couple times a week then

Thanks, hopefully it'll come back!

 

[Doc]

twice a week will be sufficient to keep them alive. Just a pinch is all you need. I would use cyclops, since the corals like that anyway.

-Dr Marco :sfish:

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

they're coming back!!!!

 

[Doc]

glad to hear it.

-Dr Marco :sfish: