Coral blew off stem

Dr RBG · Sep 27, 2018

I had a small trumpet coral with a single head for a year. One day I found the head detached and was sitting on the sand bed. Ok, stuff happens. Today when I got home a good size elegance coral was found detached and sucked into the net of a gyre pump. This also seems to have happened without warning.

Do you think it is because they were in too much flow? What should I do with the elegance coral? Will it regrow from the stalk. Should I glue the polyp to something? I will test chemistry tomorrow but it has been very constant.

Thanks

James M · Sep 28, 2018

when corals detach they will most likely die.You can try setting it in really low flow area to see if it pulls through
If both corals detached recently there’s something wrong with chemistry

uutank · Sep 28, 2018

Dr RBG said:
I had a small trumpet coral with a single head for a year. One day I found the head detached and was sitting on the sand bed. Ok, stuff happens. Today when I got home a good size elegance coral was found detached and sucked into the net of a gyre pump. This also seems to have happened without warning.

Do you think it is because they were in too much flow? What should I do with the elegance coral? Will it regrow from the stalk. Should I glue the polyp to something? I will test chemistry tomorrow but it has been very constant.

Thanks

For how long did you had this coral in the tank and with the same flow.
I would suggest you to check the reef Params of the tank(calcium, kh and mag). IMO it can be due to low dkh or calcium.
Also is the coral in direct flow of the wave maker? But anyway I suspect low calcium and dkh levels.

Dr RBG · Sep 28, 2018

The did have some flow. How do people measure flow? Here are some params

uutank · Sep 28, 2018

Dr RBG said:
The did have some flow. How do people measure flow? Here are some params

No you can’t measure flow, at least I don’t know if any latest instrumentation that can, but you can have an idea by seeing the corals(much like we do with high light and low light area) whether it’s a high flow area in a tank or low flow area.
Your ph is pretty low but should be between 8.2-8.4, maybe because of That, but I can’t say surely.

And really nice instrumentation, what are you using for checking your params that looks sleek and nice.