Euphyllia peeling off tissue after wavemaker fell off

[KonradTO]

Without a doubt a good kit for PO4 is very important IMO since most are trying to keep low levels in their tank. I have used a number of kits and they either take forever to run or it's really hard to tell one shade from the next on the color chart. Personally I use the Hanna ULR phosphate checker.

Yeah I know the Hanna checker is better but since I have mainly LPS and soft corals I was hoping to wait a bit before spending the cash for that. They are supposed to do well with higher nutrient levels compared to SPS right? As long as it is lower than 1ppm should be ok right?

If you have a lot of algae growing it's quite possible the P04 in your water is 0 or close to it. Algae is really good at sucking it up fast. Your other parameters seem good. Ca and Mg? Could be playing a role. Could be something like light or flow too. Especially for a coral that you haven't had very long.

I also have a lot of macro, and no skimmer. I am planning to get some snails for the hair algae so all the phosphates can go io the macro.

Have you tried target feeding a little since you added it? If it is a nutrient issue from the hair algae then some supplemental target feeding might help.

I measured Mg and Ca for months and they never changed. I think it is because I use the red sea coral pro salt, I get enough from water changes. Anyway I will test those today and see if something changed in the last weeks.
Cannot really tell PAR unfortunately but I suspect that it might be rather too high than too low (I have the viparspectra box, it is quite powerful). Flow is quite low in that spot but still creates some nice slow movement

 

[Supa]

This is now. The heads are closed a bit cause lights are off.

Nice to see that it’s still opening up, was you ever able to figure out exactly what happened or is happening?

 

[KonradTO]

Nice to see that it’s still opening up, was you ever able to figure out exactly what happened or is happening?

Not yet. I noticed that in the evenings/afternoons it start looking a bit grumpy. Maybe it's too much light since in the mornings it's all inflated and looking good, for now I reduced whites and a bit blues as well, we'll see how it goes

 

[Shirak]

Cannot really tell PAR unfortunately but I suspect that it might be rather too high than too low (I have the viparspectra box, it is quite powerful). Flow is quite low in that spot but still creates some nice slow movement

I don't have any experience with them but BRS did a whole series on spread and par levels with a large variety of lights. I think they may have included that light. Might give you some help on figuring out the lighting. You could also try posting in the lighting section with your specs on tank and light setup and settings and maybe some other users of the Viparspectra can help out. At least you would know if lighting could be the culprit or not.

 

[KonradTO]

I don't have any experience with them but BRS did a whole series on spread and par levels with a large variety of lights. I think they may have included that light. Might give you some help on figuring out the lighting. You could also try posting in the lighting section with your specs on tank and light setup and settings and maybe some other users of the Viparspectra can help out. At least you would know if lighting could be the culprit or not.

Yeah I actually decided to get that very light because of the BRS video xD anyway my setting is a bit uncommon. I have an acrylic screen above the water which filters some PAR and it's around 30 cm above water level. Difficult to compare with other different tanks/situations. I might rent a par meter at some point.. this is the situation right now

 

[KonradTO]

Today still looks good

When closes up all the tissue that was peeling is gone,now there is only white tissue exposed. But it does not look like suffering..maybe it's a physiological thing?

 

[KonradTO]

Short update.
The hammer now has a completely white foot after all the skin peeled off but it never looked better! So kind of good news for others with a similar problem, if your euphyllia is peeling it is not 100% doomed. Not sure if it was expression of some problems or just a physiological thing

 

[Shirak]

Looks nice! Glad to see it settle in and is happier now! Looks like it has some frogspawn in it too. Very pretty

 

[KonradTO]

Looks nice! Glad to see it settle in and is happier now! Looks like it has some frogspawn in it too. Very pretty

Yes ita a bit of a mix lol.

 

[Stuckita]

Yes ita a bit of a mix lol.

Short update.
The hammer now has a completely white foot after all the skin peeled off but it never looked better! So kind of good news for others with a similar problem, if your euphyllia is peeling it is not 100% doomed. Not sure if it was expression of some problems or just a physiological thing

Hey there, going through something very similar, ever find out what the issue was? Coral still alive?

 

[KonradTO]

Hey there, going through something very similar, ever find out what the issue was? Coral still alive?

Mmm in the end it died because of a huge salinity swing in my nano tank some time after that. I still can safely say that they can survive even if they are not in best conditions. I had heads partially peeling off in other individuals and they maybe survive 50% of the time if they are kept in stable conditions afterwards. The downside is that from my experience their growth slows down a lot after such events. One I have is still growing slower than before after 6 months