Candy cane help!

[ctiburcio20]

Does anyone know what’s on my candy cane ! ? Can anyone help in identifying any pest or worms that like candy canes. Is it to far gone ? Or can I dip it ?

 

[nanonøkk]

it might looks receding tissue to me what’s your perameters like and do you feed it

 

[vetteguy53081]

Tissue pulling back. Give it a quick iodine dip and place where it gets moderate light and water flow. Do you have a pic or two under white lighting ?

Temp 77-79
ph 8.1-8.3
salinity 1.025
nitrate < .5
phos < .04
Ammonia < .03
mG 1300
Alk 8-10
CA 440

 

[ctiburcio20]

Looked like a parasite at first glance.

Tank parameters
Temp 78
ph 8
salinity 1.026
nitrate .3
phos .16
Ammonia 0
mG 13
Alk 8
CA 441

 

[ctiburcio20]

Looked like a parasite at first glance.

Tank parameters
Temp 78
ph 8
salinity 1.026
nitrate .3
phos .16
Ammonia 0
mG 13
Alk 8
CA 441

Typo in the mG -it’s 1350

 

[nanonøkk]

yea it definitely looks like tissue recession do you ever feed it and what lighting and flow is it under

 

[ThePurple12]

When did you get it? Are there other corals in the tank? Params look good. If it is new I would just leave it, and it should recover. Candy canes are very hardy.

 

[ChaosAquaculture]

This looks like tissue recession, what is the flow and lighting of your tank? I read your parameters and they don't seem to be the problem. - kali

 

[maleks.reef]

I have the exact same issue!! What do can I do about it please help..

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I have the exact same issue!! What do can I do about it please help..

It’s tissue recession. What you see is the skeleton beneath the tissue. It’ll regrow if it’s not being bothered by a fish or something. Really high flow and damage can tear the tissue as well. If yours looks like OPs it’ll be fine. See pics below of mine today vs mine last year. My green ones grow slow idk why.

 

[ccole]

Have you dropped it or moved it by grabbing the heads? Is there anything close to it that may be stinging it?

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I have the exact same issue!! What do can I do about it please help..

It’s tissue recession. What you see is the skeleton beneath the tissue. It’ll regrow if it’s not being bothered by a fish or something. Really high flow and damage can tear the tissue as well. If yours looks like OPs it’ll be fine. See pics below of mine today vs mine last year. My green ones grow slow idk why.

 

[maleks.reef]

It’s tissue recession. What you see is the skeleton beneath the tissue. It’ll regrow if it’s not being bothered by a fish or something. Really high flow and damage can tear the tissue as well. If yours looks like OPs it’ll be fine. See pics below of mine today vs mine last year. My green ones grow slow idk why.

Do you know what made your canes' tissue recess like this? And how did you treat it?

 

[Uzidaisies]

Kinda looks like there’s some flatworms.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Do you know what made your canes' tissue recess like this? And how did you treat it?

It was a burrowing worm that had infested rhe mother colony. I tried super glueing its hole closed but that didn’t work. So I FW dipped the whole frag. Basically killed the coral but also killed the worms. They grew back in about a month and now they’re thriving

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

There were holes in my corals skeleton though snd you could see worms coming out for food. Fast small white worms

 

[maleks.reef]

There were holes in my corals skeleton though snd you could see worms coming out for food. Fast small white worms

I do have worm looking things but they dont move and theyre black. Heres a pic

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I do have worm looking things but they dont move and theyre black. Heres a pic

Wife took a look and says this is what we had. I can for sure say that is bothering the coral whether they’re the same type as mine or not. The holes look the same so it’s likely the white worm I saw had just taken up residence in the holes made by these dudes. LPS do NOT like FW dips. If you can try coral dip first.

 

[maleks.reef]

Wife took a look and says this is what we had. I can for sure say that is bothering the coral whether they’re the same type as mine or not. The holes look the same so it’s likely the white worm I saw had just taken up residence in the holes made by these dudes. LPS do NOT like FW dips. If you can try coral dip first.

What holes are you referring to? I dont see any

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

What holes are you referring to? I dont see any

Hard to tell for sure based on the pics but these look like holes bored into your coral skeleton. There shouldn’t be so much damage to the base of the skeleton like this either. Mines slowly become one complete piece with my rock it’s on.