chrisfowler99 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I've got a couple of heads that suddenly died. I can't see any sort of pests and have no new fish that would be eating it. I guess it's possible that my flame angel decided recently that it looked tasty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I think the short answer is yes. Keep an eye on him. I had to banish a beautiful Eilbli angel because he liked my zoas and then the Trachyphyllia. The zoa munching I tolerated. Brain eating was the final straw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 my small colony fell down over night and landed on my small rock nem. only 1 head was damaged and looked just lik yours. i think i can save it tho, its slowly looking more and more promising. good luck:wave: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsprinkle Rainbowsmile Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 water params? my candycane is for some reason one of the finickiest corals in my tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 Been a little bit since I tested. They've always been good, so I slack too much. I'm gonna test again this weekend to see if something is up with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishypets Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I'd check your MG levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 what kind of shrimp if any do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 cleaner only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 Post water change values: Calcium: 400 Magnesium: 1250 Alkalinity: 6 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 pH: 8.3 Nothing way out of whack... Looks like I need to start dosing two part again, but I'm concerned my pH will go too high. Might have to move to the low pH formula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Looks like your KH is a bit low and your Mg is right on the borderline, if it was me I would raise KH 8, Mg 1350 or higher and your Ca wouldn't hurt to be @ 425-450. We had something similar going on w/our kryptonite candycane colony...I have a mini colony (on the left side of the tank---right by the overflow panel) that gets indirect lighting and is happy as it can be....all fleshed out and happy. I decide to move the mother colony to opposite side of the tank and place it as I did the mini-colony.....and now the mother colony is happier. I'm thinking maybe our lighting was the cause of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 I agree on getting those numbers up. I've just gotta figure out how to do it without blowing my pH sky high... Where it's located it was growing wildly until a week or so ago...it could be pissed off at the change to MH lighting...but it's the bottom that's dying, on one side. The top still looks ok. ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisharemyfriends Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 The good news is that if you get the parameters back to a state that makes it happy soon those heads can regrow (so much nicer than having a health colony attached to unattractive skeleton). This happened to our Kryptonite after a bad tumble that resulted in an extended encounter with a more poisonous soft coral. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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