Blasto

Temp · Jun 2, 2017

For a couple of days now my blasto has not puffed up. I was looking up online and get different placements on where to place. Some sites state low flow and low light. Other sites say mod flow and mod light. Can anyone please help. Right now it's placed in low flow low light. It was placed next to my other blasto which is doing just fine.

Nitrates are 1, phosphates are .11, ph is around 8.2-8.3 throughout day. Salinity is 1.025, alkalinity was 8.7, calcium was 400.

Joshua Hurst · Jun 2, 2017

Give it some time

mine are placed on the sandbed, and absolutely LOVE where they are. I just make sure their not directly under the light, and not a whole lot of flow, but not too much flow

hybridazn · Jun 2, 2017

Could anything be picking at them?

Temp · Jun 2, 2017

No clue hybridazn

Temp · Jun 2, 2017

Thinking maybe a hermit crab near it

hybridazn · Jun 2, 2017

Also get those phosphates down. When my nutrients were up in my tank my blastos shrunk. After I got them in check they started puffing back up. Do a water change and see if that helps

Temp · Jun 2, 2017

I just don't understand how one blasto is puffy and the other is deflated

mrbncal · Jun 2, 2017

So I have a theory that there is some kind of external LPS parasite that causes this. I know I know conspiracy theories and all but I have had lobos, acan lords and other meat type corals over my time in this hobby that receded away to nothing for no good reason. More recently I had a nice little frogspawn that was bushy and healthy and living next to other euphylloa with no issues and then slowly began to have it recede up the stalk and stay closed up. I tried everything from moving it to less flow then to more flow. None of the other Euphyllias acted this way, and my "canary coral" a nice green bubble coral was extending like crazy and eating well. I had used Reef Dip on its arrival but now that had no effect. So I broke out the Bayer and dipped it. Lo and behold after 24 hours its back to its old self. Take that with a grain of salt but since then and from now on everything I get will go into Bayer Dip before being introduced.
Mike