Acanthophyllia Meat Coral Care Tips

[ssunthar]

May want to give it some dips in iodine or reef primer to hold off any infections.

Thanks, any suggestions on % dilution or amount to use and how long I should dip? How often I should do it, daily?

 

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Thanks, any suggestions on % dilution or amount to use and how long I should dip? How often I should do it, daily?

We don't go as far as measuring. just enough iodine to turn the water a tinge yellow/brown.

 

[ssunthar]

We don't go as far as measuring. just enough iodine to turn the water a tinge yellow/brown.

Thank you very much... hopefully i can post a recovery success story soon.

 

[ssunthar]

We don't go as far as measuring. just enough iodine to turn the water a tinge yellow/brown.

Some suggesting to chip some of the exposed skeleton with a clipper... will it help?

 

[Zainuddin]

Acanthophyllia Meat Coral Care Tips


This video is all about coral care tips for Acanthophyllia. So what kind of tank is Acanthophyllia best suited for? I see it as a show stopper piece in a super high-end collector’s LPS dominated tank. They have a beautiful mix of size, color, pattern, and have really cool feeding behaviors. Let’s get into the Acanthophyllia coral care tips.

Please share your pictures of your Acanthophyllia

 

[ssunthar]

Thank you very much.

 

[Littlesquishy]

In need of help... my meat coral is dying because of my lack of knowledge. I placed it in a tank with a juvenile Koran angle... after about 2 weeks it took a chunk of the coral exposing its skeleton. I quickly moved it to a small container (while hating myself for my stupidity) with the hope it will recover... been a few weeks now and looks like it is downhill all the way (it is loosing more meet and exposing more skeleton by the days)... any ways of saving this poor guy... or is it too late. Thanks.

Is there an update on your acantho? I would like to hear more. I saw a poor looking acantho going for a cheap price. I'm wondering if its possible to save it and nurse it back to health. I heard from another reefer that it would take years to recover from heavy flesh loss or flesh receding.

 

[ssunthar]

Is there an update on your acantho? I would like to hear more. I saw a poor looking acantho going for a cheap price. I'm wondering if its possible to save it and nurse it back to health. I heard from another reefer that it would take years to recover from heavy flesh loss or flesh receding.

Very sadly i lost the battle in saving it.. thanks for asking. Having said that I friend of friend who got his acantho back to very good shape after it lost almost 95% of its tissue and almost died from new tank syndrom. It took him about 8 months.. I saw the before and after pics.. so, it is possible if the conditions are right and constant feeding with of high protein food. Unfortunately i dont have the pics. Give it a try... All the best.

 

[Littlesquishy]

Very sadly i lost the battle in saving it.. thanks for asking. Having said that I friend of friend who got his acantho back to very good shape after it lost almost 95% of its tissue and almost died from new tank syndrom. It took him about 8 months.. I saw the before and after pics.. so, it is possible if the conditions are right and constant feeding with of high protein food. Unfortunately i dont have the pics. Give it a try... All the best.

Will do! I'm just debating on if I should wait for Petco's tank sale or buy the 20 long right now to work with. I wanted to get AIO for the frag tank but a hob would be cost effective. I have phosguard to fight phosphates from reefroid but looking for cleaner alternatives to it b/c I have 3 lps in my DT that would benefit. I was thinking frozen foods like copepods, krill, and artic pods.

 

[Devaji]

I love these corals! dont have one yet but some day. prob. in my top 3 corals and I like corals mostly BIG LPS

 

[hexcolor reef]

Here's mine that I've been caring for for a few years now. I bought it as a blood red piece with a green rim and mouth, then it bleached of almost all color when my tank had a mini crash. I nursed it back in a separate tank for a few months, and when I introduced it into my new tank it began to turn solid gold around the rim! This pic is only a few days old and it already had more gold all over.
This genus has to be one of my all time favorites! I'm currently looking to collect some more.

What did you do to nurse it back to health? I’m having the same issue here

 

[Mr_Knightley]

What did you do to nurse it back to health? I’m having the same issue here

It died very soon after I posted that photo unfortunately. They don't seem to rebound very well after near death experiences. I have had limited luck with Ciprofloxacin treatments like you would do with an anemone, keep up with feeding, and keep phosphates low. Phosphates seem to be the biggest killers of meat corals IME.

 

[hexcolor reef]

It died very soon after I posted that photo unfortunately. They don't seem to rebound very well after near death experiences. I have had limited luck with Ciprofloxacin treatments like you would do with an anemone, keep up with feeding, and keep phosphates low. Phosphates seem to be the biggest killers of meat corals IME.

Sucks, I’ve been dealing with white worms living in side the acantho’s skeleton. Dipped it and ever since it’s been down hill. I’ve been pumping with Red Sea AB+ and mysis shrimp but nothing seems to be doing the trick. I guess it’ll become a nice sculpture piece on my aquarium stand if it dies

 

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Sucks, I’ve been dealing with white worms living in side the acantho’s skeleton. Dipped it and ever since it’s been down hill. I’ve been pumping with Red Sea AB+ and mysis shrimp but nothing seems to be doing the trick. I guess it’ll become a nice sculpture piece on my aquarium stand if it dies

Can you move the coral to a separate tank for treatments and easier feeding? While the acantho is underwater, take a Tupperware container and scoop it out. Then keep it submerged in water and chip off the worms. Keeping the coral submerged is important because the flesh will easily poke through the skeleton if taken out of the water.

 

[hexcolor reef]

Can you move the coral to a separate tank for treatments and easier feeding? While the acantho is underwater, take a Tupperware container and scoop it out. Then keep it submerged in water and chip off the worms. Keeping the coral submerged is important because the flesh will easily poke through the skeleton if taken out of the water.

Agreed, I have moved it yesterday into its own tank. Mouth stays open most of the day. Won’t inflate. So I take the time to throw food at it. It was a beautiful gold dust Acantho coral, hate to see it doing bad.




This Photo is from last week, it went down hill unexpectedly

 

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Agreed, I have moved it yesterday into its own tank. Mouth stays open most of the day. Won’t inflate. So I take the time to throw food at it. It was a beautiful gold dust Acantho coral, hate to see it doing bad.




This Photo is from last week, it went down hill unexpectedly

Low light. Try feeding every other day now that it not doing too well and not accepting much. You do not want it to struggle with digesting from overfeeding. A healthy meat coral could eat all day and be fine. Have you tried any sort of dip or bath with it?

 

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[hexcolor reef]

Low light. Try feeding every other day now that it not doing too well and not accepting much. You do not want it to struggle with digesting from overfeeding. A healthy meat coral could eat all day and be fine. Have you tried any sort of dip or bath with it?

I tried Coral RX recently, I had it submerged less than 5 minutes, got a ton of worms out of it, then put it in its own tank. Did good one day after. I found a worm inside the tank wiggling through the water column yesterday so I’m not sure if worms are inside the coral or I missed something.

I just fed it right before reading your post. I’ll hold off from feeding until the weekend. I have lights dimmed to 20%

 

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I tried Coral RX recently, I had it submerged less than 5 minutes, got a ton of worms out of it, then put it in its own tank. Did good one day after. I found a worm inside the tank wiggling through the water column yesterday so I’m not sure if worms are inside the coral or I missed something.

I just fed it right before reading your post. I’ll hold off from feeding until the weekend. I have lights dimmed to 20%

If there was a ton of flatworms that came off you will need to dip it weekly or bi-weekly at least. We use Polyp Lab Reef Primer because we have found it also helps with some bacterial issues as well.