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I need help with identifying and diagnosing a small coral mat.
Tank data:
- 75g, 6 months old, 79F, 1.025 sg, 100lb rock, 10 fish, 70 cleaning crew, 4/3/2/1 months old corals, all doing fine except this one
- 0 phosphates, <5 nitrates, 0 ammonia, 8.0 ph
- 2x50W ReefLED 50W, have been set at 60%, then 65%, now mostly at 75%, about 6 in above tank
- 2x sinularias, 1x palythoa colony (about 20 polyps), featherduster, green goniopora, florida ricordea - all doing fine, with sinularia and paly growing steadily
- 1 reef octopus 110 used for aeration mostly, not set up to fully work as skimmer at the moment
- water circ. estimated 10 times recirc per hour with sump pump; 15 times turnover with internal powerhead (total 25 times)
Coral mat:
- purchased about 6 weeks ago from Petco (a really good Petco in saltwater section, really passionate personnel)
- mat about 1x1 inches (photo in the next post), polyps about half inch extended, now are closed
- brought it home, placed it in the shadows, had some polyps extending for 1-2 weeks
- after approx 2 weeks, some polyps opening, not extending, rest of them closed
- last 3-5 days, all polyps closed
Please help with identification and advice. I really like the coral mat, I don't want the last colony of colorful zoanthids purchased a week ago to end up like this mat and I also want to save this mat.
Thanks.
Tank data:
- 75g, 6 months old, 79F, 1.025 sg, 100lb rock, 10 fish, 70 cleaning crew, 4/3/2/1 months old corals, all doing fine except this one
- 0 phosphates, <5 nitrates, 0 ammonia, 8.0 ph
- 2x50W ReefLED 50W, have been set at 60%, then 65%, now mostly at 75%, about 6 in above tank
- 2x sinularias, 1x palythoa colony (about 20 polyps), featherduster, green goniopora, florida ricordea - all doing fine, with sinularia and paly growing steadily
- 1 reef octopus 110 used for aeration mostly, not set up to fully work as skimmer at the moment
- water circ. estimated 10 times recirc per hour with sump pump; 15 times turnover with internal powerhead (total 25 times)
Coral mat:
- purchased about 6 weeks ago from Petco (a really good Petco in saltwater section, really passionate personnel)
- mat about 1x1 inches (photo in the next post), polyps about half inch extended, now are closed
- brought it home, placed it in the shadows, had some polyps extending for 1-2 weeks
- after approx 2 weeks, some polyps opening, not extending, rest of them closed
- last 3-5 days, all polyps closed
Please help with identification and advice. I really like the coral mat, I don't want the last colony of colorful zoanthids purchased a week ago to end up like this mat and I also want to save this mat.
Thanks.
