melting

So many of you guys who have collected zoas will at one point see the occasional “mysterious” melting of not only an entire colony of a certain strain (but even separate frags of that strain will melt if in the same tank) Many who have large Zoa strain collections will sometimes report a...

I bought this green scoly coral for 40$. Any info on how to get it back healthy? It’s place in the sand bed with medium flow(not direct) and low light.

Hey coral friends. I just got this guy exactly one week ago and had a small section melting on the left side. Fast forward several days and today looks like this. How do I fix it? Please and thank you!!

Hello , does anyone know why this JB is shriveling up like this ? Normally it’s usually sitting flat and measures about 2 inches across covering the whole plug. Approximately 48 hours ago it started shriveling up like this , all other mushrooms in the tank look fine. Parameters are all excellent...

Hi Everyone I got 14 rfa in my 150 g tank recently two of my beauty started to loose tentacles. It is obviously rotting and falling a part. Does anyone ever had something like theese? Please see below pics and tank parameters First I tought they get too salinity 1025 Temperature 24.5C Ca 415...

My corals were doing amazing. Last month I had a phosphate issue. My parameters are now just fine. They seem to be melting - losing the middle little bubble things (dont know what they are called) The light isn't very bright - it was I just changed it lower just in case that was the issue. They...

When green and brown macroalgae begin to die, they turn pale/darkened in coloration (I assume the Fucoxanthin in brown macroalgae/Chlorophyll in green macroalgae that colors the algae is breaking down) before melting away. However, red macroalgae goes neon-orange and fluoresces under blue light...

This all started with my speckled krak it went from open and happy to shriveled on the brink of death in about 2 days time. All my other zoas are quickly following and idk what to do, I’ve already dipped them in coral rx and did a massive water change and it keeps spreading. The odd thing is...

Hey guys and girls, I just purchased a sunburst of some sort. I believe it is a Colorado but either way I am not concerned with the names but rather it’s looks. I was wondering how to keep these so I don’t dump $$$$$$ down the drain. I’ve had a couple in the past but I’ve got a smaller 13.5 I’m...

Hi there, I cannot figure out what is happening to my magician zoas. They are opening in that weird umbrella way and are starting to melt. My only suspicion is the burning blossoms that are growing into them. I did have one magician dethatched from the colony, but the rest have stayed put. My...

Hi everyone! I need some advice and this is the best place in the world for high quality reef advice, so please bear with me and thanks in advance for your help! Basically I was skimmerless for a couple of weeks after removing my previous skimmer to prepare the sump for a skimmer upgrade and...

Has anyone ever had Red Sea n03 p04x melt any of their soft corals? Every time I put it in my tank no matter the dose I see them shrivel up before my eyes and then they die soon after, I am putting it in the back of my drain box to let it mix with the water and through the sump before it ends up...

So I have no idea why but my cheato keeps turning mushy and it falls apart, it doesn’t look green under refugium light but if I put a normal light on it you can tell it’s green still, this is my first refugium and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong over $80 worth of cheato has melted in my sump...

Hi All. I have been having some issues with my 120 gallon reef. Current corals are Blastos, Acans, Scolys, Trachys, Lobos, Flower Rock Nem, Torches (And Hammers that died) I know that I have had some issues with nutrients (Big Spike) but it was been a ton better as you can see below. Current...

Hello friends :) I have had a problem with ZOA for some time. Individual colonies began to die for no apparent reason. There was a brown coating on them, which I thought was a form of algae or fungi. It was impossible to see anything at the ZOA with the naked eye. So I decided to buy a...

So had this wall hammer just over a week. And it’s completely melted off. Stripped back to the Skelton. No idea why, because got a frogspawn at the same time and that has been thriving. my question is, do I get rid of the Skelelton or is there a change of regrowth?

Hi, this is my first post on R2R. I've been using this forum as a resource, just reading threads, for almost a year now, and it's been fantastic, so when I encountered this problem I couldn't figure out how to solve, I figured I'd join. (But I'm sure I'll use this forum for a bunch else now...

I'm too new to coral to really know what things should be doing, or what is alarming vs normal. My candy cane coral is looking very strange. There are some bare spots. Part of it looks like it's melting?!