Candy canes not doing good

[saintperez]

Everything else is fine, Paramus are great, nothing has bothered it nor have I moved it. Any ideas?

 

[phillrodrigo]

Unless I'm missing something it looks fine. Can you post a closer picture. What are you seeing that looks bad

 

[saintperez]

They are usually much much puffier. They seem shrivled up a bit for a few days now. Doing a water change tonight but as said, params are great except Nitrates at 5

 

[NanaReefer]

To much light maybe.

 

[KillerKlownFish]

I'm having an issue w mine. They stay closed. Maybe dying. Not sure.
I got a lot of vermited in my tank. Might be the problem.

 

[Tank.Bro!]

I had this same problem they have to much flow and your gonna start to see skeleton so move him away to low flow.

 

[KillerKlownFish]

That makes sense. I didn't think of that. I added more flow a few months ago. Time to relocate.
Thanks

 

[Tank.Bro!]

Yup hurry tho line as soon as some skeleton showed up it was a goner.

 

[KillerKlownFish]

Half of it is skeleton seemed like it's coming back but looks like a goner. Certain coral do great in my tank. Like shrooms and large polyps. Zoos give me issues some do really well others melt away.

 

[Reefbanks]

I am having the same issue. I recvd my reef radiance 165p+ in nov and I think the lighting intensity was too much. I have been shading them and also had to frag some pieces that were dying. I put the frags on frag plug and lowered in the tank- these are slowly improving.

 

[Waters]

For those having issues, are they extending their sweepers at night looking for food? Mine are heavy feeders and look for food every night.

 

[Reefbanks]

For those having issues, are they extending their sweepers at night looking for food? Mine are heavy feeders and look for food every night.

yes, mine look for food at night. The only reason I see lighting intensity as the issue comes from the fact that the lights are much brighter now and I started seeing this issue. All my parameters have not changed and still feeding the same.

 

[Waters]

yes, mine look for food at night. The only reason I see lighting intensity as the issue comes from the fact that the lights are much brighter now and I started seeing this issue. All my parameters have not changed and still feeding the same.

Were they acclimated to the brighter lights? If not, I would move them down to a less bright area and continue to target feed them. They can gradually be moved back up into the light over time if necessary. If they were acclimated, please ignore everything I just said :smile:

 

[Reefbanks]

Were they acclimated to the brighter lights? If not, I would move them down to a less bright area and continue to target feed them. They can gradually be moved back up into the light over time if necessary. If they were acclimated, please ignore everything I just said :smile:

I think that was my problem in the beginning- I tried my best to acclimate and start my new lights at a level similar to my old lights and once I found they were struggling, I moved them down in the tank and it seems to be working but slowly.