Acanthophyllia dieing?

MarsRover · Jun 7, 2018

ugh. My heart!

I’ve had this acanthophyllia for almost 2 years now and something weird is happening in my tank.

About a week or so ago I noticed my acanthestrea lords suddenly do this and stay that way:

May be completely unrelated but then suddenly today my acanthophyllia looks like this:

Not sure what that dark dot is. It’s hard and attached. It kind of looks like a snail shell. There was a time, about a year ago, when snails were being eaten by this guy. I’m wondering if this is a shell it couldn’t expel. It clearly has coated the “shell” in calcium carbonate.

Also my rabbit has been pestering the acanthophyllia recently so I wonder if it’s just angry from that. My other SPS and LPS seem fine.

Water tested 3 june:
79.8 deg F
SG 1.025
NH3 ~0
NO2 0.05

Taking a triton test to unique corals tomorrow. Just replaced all my filters on my RO/DI. Flushed it for an hour and now I’m making water. Going to do a BIG water change tomorrow.

Thoughts?

Ocelaris · Jun 7, 2018

Do you feed it? Biggest recommendation I have is for regular feeding and lower Temps. I keep mine about 77, and that's just because I have sps also, otherwise it'd be 76.

Your best bet is a water change, carbon and get it eating.

MarsRover · Jun 8, 2018

Ocelaris said:
Do you feed it? Biggest recommendation I have is for regular feeding and lower Temps. I keep mine about 77, and that's just because I have sps also, otherwise it'd be 76.

Your best bet is a water change, carbon and get it eating.

I do feed it. Though, it seems to have been catching food with the enormous amount i had been dumping in the tank for my anthias so i havent target fed it in a month or two.

Thanks for the advice. we will see what happens

Ocelaris · Jun 8, 2018

This is my favorite video on them, and where I based my advice on. Hope it pulls through! Mine looked similar to yours when I got it and it healed up slowly with direct feedings and a basket over it when it fed to keep the shrimp from stealing its food.