Bubble coral help

[Sudaien]

I have a beautiful purple bubble coral from Australia. It's one of my favorite pieces. I came home today and found this there's nothing close to it except another bubble coral Nothing that could have stung it from what I can see. It checked on my levels magnesium was a little low. But for the most part I can't figure out what would cause this. It's just opening up. I talked to a few people and they said it's probably going to die
Does anyone have any idea what could cause this. Or if there's any way I could save it.
The first photo is what it looks like now when I came home today. The second one is what it looked like yesterday.

 

[fishguy242]

hi,does not look like dying,2nd pic looks like a little more flow than they like,looking at flat green bubbles on rt side,poss just caught taking a poop,keep us posted later today

 

[Sudaien]

hi,does not look like dying,2nd pic looks like a little more flow than they like,looking at flat green bubbles on rt side,poss just caught taking a poop,keep us posted later today

Sadly it is more then that. It has been open like that since yesterday. And still is.b

 

[fishguy242]

are the other corals,esp other bubble doing ok??

 

[Sudaien]

Yes everything else is fine. . Two people I spoke to said they believe this will die now and there is nothing I can do to save it.

 

[Sudaien]

The other bubble core that was next to it looks amazing. No problems with it whatsoever. Is it possible peppermint shrimp could have damaged it?

 

[Sudaien]

The other bubble core that was next to it looks amazing. No problems with it whatsoever. Is it possible peppermint shrimp could have damaged it?

I put peppermint shrimp in my tank to get rid of aptasia(which they did not do) I got rid of it on my own with super glue. Lol but I have peppermint shrimp in my tank now and I wonder if they've damaged it. I also had an Acon that was gorgeous that had three places on it that have retracted now. Someone said maybe a peppermint shrimp tried to pick food out of it or something
Would they do this to a bubble coral?Do I need to hunt down and kill my peppermint shrimp cuz I will

 

[fishguy242]

quite possible,try moving bubble ,how long have you had this bubble?meat looks good??

 

[Sudaien]

quite possible,try moving bubble ,how long have you had this bubble?meat looks good??

I have had it a few months . I did move into a other tank with a lot less flow and better lighting. Hoping it will help it to heal. But again from what I am being told . Once they open like that . They are dead. .
Sad part is 80 percent of the coral still looks perfect. But I'm told it won't last long. Is there anything that can be done to save it that I do not know about?

 

[fishguy242]

i sure hope so,lets see a few new pics of it ,and see how it reacts to new tank next 24 hours ,should open and close a few times a day esp in new water

 

[User1]

I do not believe a peppermint shrimp would do that. Assuming it is the real peppermint and not camel back. The only time I have seen shrimp irritate LPS is when they are eating. Shrimp can be opportunistic feeders and will pick at polyps if they wrapped up food.

I have a bubble coral and when I've seen similar behavior it was related to too much flow. The only other thing I can think of is to check nitrates and phosphates.

Edit: usually when the coral flesh is lower than the body or skeleton then yes, chances of recovery are slim. They are difficult to ship for this reason.

 

[Spare time]

You could try and dip it

 

[Sudaien]

I do not believe a peppermint shrimp would do that. Assuming it is the real peppermint and not camel back. The only time I have seen shrimp irritate LPS is when they are eating. Shrimp can be opportunistic feeders and will pick at polyps if they wrapped up food.

I have a bubble coral and when I've seen similar behavior it was related to too much flow. The only other thing I can think of is to check nitrates and phosphates.

Edit: usually when the coral flesh is lower than the body or skeleton then yes, chances of recovery are slim. They are difficult to ship for this reason.

 

[Sudaien]

Yes it might have been too much flow. I've moved it but it's probably too late. It sucks I really love this coral . I'll see when I get home when it looks like but I'm not hopeful.
Thank you for taking the time though

 

[Spare time]

I do not believe a peppermint shrimp would do that. Assuming it is the real peppermint and not camel back. The only time I have seen shrimp irritate LPS is when they are eating. Shrimp can be opportunistic feeders and will pick at polyps if they wrapped up food.

I have a bubble coral and when I've seen similar behavior it was related to too much flow. The only other thing I can think of is to check nitrates and phosphates.

Edit: usually when the coral flesh is lower than the body or skeleton then yes, chances of recovery are slim. They are difficult to ship for this reason.

There are the rare peppermints shrimps that will go for coral. My coworker put one in his tank and it immediately started tearing polyps off of his hammer coral lol

 

[Sudaien]

There are the rare peppermints shrimps that will go for coral. My coworker put one in his tank and it immediately started tearing polyps off of his hammer coral lol

There are exceptions to every rule I know. I am learning the hard way , ALL EXCEPTIONS happen to me. Lol
I Believe I will try to remove the peppermint shrimp. I learned the hard way from a fox face. After it killed a pretty much irreplaceable Fiji leather by eating the entire stem of it in one day.not to mention numerous other corals and letters that I ate while I was on vacation and had someone watching my tanks. I also learned in my other tank that a tiger pistol shrimp Is a nightmare in a tank. I can put nothing on the floor of my tank because of it. And don't want to rip my tank apart to get it out.I will be setting up new tanks in the future large ones and there are many many things that I have learned that I will never do in the big tanks that I set up in the future.
But I'm still bummed about the coral It's beautiful

 

[Spare time]

There are exceptions to every rule I know. I am learning the hard way , ALL EXCEPTIONS happen to me. Lol
I Believe I will try to remove the peppermint shrimp. I learned the hard way from a fox face. After it killed a pretty much irreplaceable Fiji leather by eating the entire stem of it in one day.not to mention numerous other corals and letters that I ate while I was on vacation and had someone watching my tanks. I also learned in my other tank that a tiger pistol shrimp Is a nightmare in a tank. I can put nothing on the floor of my tank because of it. And don't want to rip my tank apart to get it out.I will be setting up new tanks in the future large ones and there are many many things that I have learned that I will never do in the big tanks that I set up in the future.
But I'm still bummed about the coral It's beautiful

I really wouldn't think its the peppermint though. I am 99.9999% confident that it is not the peppermint so I really wouldn't bother tying to remove him. Just dip the bubble in some coral dip if it has any tears or damage and put it in lower flow.

 

[ajhudson15]

I had peppermints literally tear open a trachy to get the food out. died not long after. an iodine dip in lugols might not be a bad option and you could place it in an acclimation box on the sand to keep them off it if it was them

 

[Sudaien]

I had peppermints literally tear open a trachy to get the food out. died not long after. an iodine dip in lugols might not be a bad option and you could place it in an acclimation box on the sand to keep them off it if it was them

I moved it to another tank with no shrimp . If it is not looking better tonight I will try dipping it. Thank you