Candy cane inflated but skeleton showing a little?

teatimecrumpet · Mar 24, 2019

Hi, my first time with candy cane and reef so not sure if this is normal. One head is nice and fat but a little of the skeleton is showing. One head looks brownish but don't believe that it's BJD. Does it look normal?

Need test for other params but ammonia 0, nitrites zero, nitrates 20.

P-Dub · Mar 25, 2019

A little background might help. How long have you had it? Was it like that when you got it? Other parameters as well, please.

Retro Reefer · Mar 25, 2019

They look healthy to me.. typically you wouldn’t be getting polyp inflation like that if they weren’t happy

Retro Reefer · Mar 25, 2019

Here is a picture of a sick candy cane I recently rescued from a friends tank, symptoms included zero polyp expansion for several weeks along with flesh recession exposing skeleton.

teatimecrumpet · Mar 25, 2019

P-Dub said:
A little background might help. How long have you had it? Was it like that when you got it? Other parameters as well, please.

I've had it for 3 weeks. It wasn't like that when I got it but it didn't look like it was in the best shape and it was adjusting to my tank I guess. I know I'm bad but I don't have a kit yet for the other parameters. It's only a 10 gallon and thought I'd be able to get away for a bit since I do regular WC.

teatimecrumpet · Mar 25, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
They look healthy to me.. typically you wouldn’t be getting polyp inflation like that if they weren’t happy

Thanks, I'm new to SW so this is my first Candy cane. I just thought I should ask because I noticed the white of the skeleton on that top top head but it looked happy otherwise. Just couldn't find a pic of another candy cane that showed that. Thanks!

Nep2n · Mar 25, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
They look healthy to me.. typically you wouldn’t be getting polyp inflation like that if they weren’t happy

+1

P-Dub · Mar 25, 2019

teatimecrumpet said:
I've had it for 3 weeks. It wasn't like that when I got it but it didn't look like it was in the best shape and it was adjusting to my tank I guess. I know I'm bad but I don't have a kit yet for the other parameters. It's only a 10 gallon and thought I'd be able to get away for a bit since I do regular WC.

Well, I would let her ride. As retro stated the look pretty good. Just maintain good water quality and do regular water changes.