Catalaphylia suddenly closing up

[promotheus2070]

Hi , i had this flower for 2 a 3 ish weeks. It did great until a few days ago .
It started closing up and showing skeleton during night.

Can a seachem dip help out with this , are there any known bacterial problems with these corals ?
I do notice it spitting out white mucus .
Before all this it was a easy feeder

I must admid i did not dip this coral before placing in the tank with red sea dip .

Thanks in advance

 

[promotheus2070]

as right now

 

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[promotheus2070]

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with fresh water we mean tap water or RO ?

 

[F i s h y]

with fresh water we mean tap water or RO ?

RO

 

[promotheus2070]

So .
Just to hold a log of progress or outcome i will post some information .
I did yesterday a dip in red sea dip x . This morning i did also dip in seachem dip 2x recommended dose for 15 minute's . After that i have seen alot of white mucus , probably a reaction on the seachem dip .
I will wait for any decline or recovery and as a last result a RO dip if needed .

 

[Koty]

How old is your tank and do you dose carbon?

 

[promotheus2070]

How old is your tank and do you dose carbon?

12 months , and i do not . I dose no2 ocasionaly since that can bottom out and i use po4 absorber

 

[Koty]

IME & O Elegance corals rely mostly on a rich established microbiom. I have killed a few of them. However now I dose carbon heavily and I guess my tank have aged to support them long term. I use Tropic Marine carbon dosing and my two elegance have been doing great with n my DT for about two years now. BTW they love fresh mussels .
Mind you that carbon dosing is not to reduce nutrients but more to support a proper microbiom

 

[promotheus2070]

IME & O Elegance corals rely mostly on a rich established microbiom. I have killed a few of them. However now I dose carbon heavily and I guess my tank have aged to support them long term. I use Tropic Marine carbon dosing and my two elegance have been doing great with n my DT for about two years now. BTW they love fresh mussels .
Mind you that carbon dosing is not to reduce nutrients but more to support a proper microbiom

I wil start dosing tomorow .

 

[promotheus2070]

This is today

 

[Koty]

It looks better, but still not as it should. Also, these guys like decent flow:
I have two; the one on the right is obscured by a Sarcofiton.

 

[promotheus2070]

It looks better, but still not as it should. Also, these guys like decent flow:
I have two; the one on the right is obscured by a Sarcofiton.

Yeah im waiting a few more days , i do have similar flow on him

 

[promotheus2070]

Should i try another seachem dip or straight into RO dip ?

 

[Koty]

I would stop harassing it. Did you start dosing carbon?

 

[promotheus2070]

I would stop harassing it. Did you start dosing carbon?

I did yay

 

[Koty]

What are you adding as carbon?

 

[promotheus2070]

What are you adding as carbon?

DSR reefing EZ carbon for a total of 4 ML's a day

 

[dedragon]

Be careful carbon dosing if you already have low nutrients, they can bottom out fast. I like pns pro bio and yellow sno (not sure of availability outside of USA though) as it is pretty easy on the tank and i never have seen negative results while dosing it. Great for helping a tank establish a healthy microbiome

 

[promotheus2070]

Only observing as for now .
I dont have a feeling its decreasing .