Help!! Duncan coral dying

[emsilkina]

All of my parameters are okay and all my corals seem to be doing ok.
Recently my Duncan closed up and brown stuff came out of it. It also is starting to show some skeleton.
The tank is relatively new (2 months).
I don't have professional lighting. I use blue led lights. Can that be a cause?
Should I do an iodine dip?

 

[austibella]

All of my parameters are okay and all my corals seem to be doing ok.
Recently my Duncan closed up and brown stuff came out of it. It also is starting to show some skeleton.
The tank is relatively new (2 months).
I don't have professional lighting. I use blue led lights. Can that be a cause?
Should I do an iodine dip?

Have you feed him with a turkey baster. I hand feed my corals to make sure they get enough food

 

[mdb_talon]

Do you have a picture. The brown stuff could be waste coming out the mouth or could be something like brown jelly disease.

 

[emsilkina]

I have not hand-fed him yet. I tried to give him shrimp by lifting him up to just below the surface but he didn't eat it. do you think he might be dying cuz he's starving??

 

[emsilkina]

It looks like the green skin is being pulled off

 

[Topekoms]

What kind of light do you have brand etc

 

[emsilkina]

What kind of light do you have brand etc

honestly I have a cheap LED blue light (definitely not professional) that I got from a friend. I've been wanting to buy better light. Could that be a reason?

 

[mdb_talon]

Oh yuck ya they definetely do not look good. I have only seen them open the mouth that big when i dipped a frag. Based on that i would say the duncan is extremely stressed from something. Personally i do not think starving would have that impact. Kind of hard to tell in the pic what the brown stuff is.

Make sure they are not in too high of flow. That can cause them to retract and rip tissue off if very high flow

 

[redeyejedi]

Light issues. Also the water looks cloudy. Might just be the pic though.

 

[emsilkina]

Oh yuck ya they definetely do not look good. I have only seen them open the mouth that big when i dipped a frag. Based on that i would say the duncan is extremely stressed from something. Personally i do not think starving would have that impact. Kind of hard to tell in the pic what the brown stuff is.

Make sure they are not in too high of flow. That can cause them to retract and rip tissue off if very high flow

The place where it is in right now doesn't have too much waterflow.
Do you think that I should dip it in iodine? also, I was thinking about taking them to the lfs and see what they say. Or should I leave it alone?

 

[emsilkina]

Light issues. Also the water looks cloudy. Might just be the pic though.

Yeah the water is really cloudy. So do you think I should get better light?

 

[Topekoms]

Hard to say lights are part of the problem

 

[redeyejedi]

Yeah the water is really cloudy. So do you think I should get better light?

Well if you have cloudy water and cheap lights then the coral is 100% light starved. Which means you prob have a bacterial bloom.

 

[emsilkina]

Well if you have cloudy water and cheap lights then the coral is 100% light starved. Which means you prob have a bacterial bloom.

Ok thank you for your help I will definitely get new lights today

 

[Rmckoy]

I don’t think pulling it out of the water and moving it to the lfs or lifting it up to the surface to feed is good .
Why not place it and bring food to it ?
Something as simple as testing will answer a lot of the questions .

describe your system ?
Tank size , filtration , rocks , roughly how many ?
Lighting ( if there is a brand or model )
Light wattage ?

skimmer ?
And parameters ?
specifically ammonia , alk , cal , temp and salinity

what are you testing with ?

 

[austibella]

I have not hand-fed him yet. I tried to give him shrimp by lifting him up to just below the surface but he didn't eat it. do you think he might be dying cuz he's starving??

Don't lift him up leave him alone mix some reef chilli or reef roads. mysis shrimp in a little r/o water or your aquarium water in a cup and use a turkey baster and squeeze som on top of him and your other corals with the pumps low or off so they can eat.. you also need good lighting . Hope this helps.there are many coral foods. Check out BRS videos on UTUBE for coral feeding

 

[austibella]

Don't lift him up leave him alone mix some reef chilli or reef roads. mysis shrimp in a little r/o water or your aquarium water in a cup and use a turkey baster and squeeze som on top of him and your other corals with the pumps low or off so they can eat.. you also need good lighting . Hope this helps.there are many coral foods. Check out BRS videos on UTUBE for coral feeding

Should say reef roids. Typo error

 

[austibella]

It looks like the green skin is being pulled off

Probably waste ( going to the bathroom) what goes in must come out.

 

[austibella]

The place where it is in right now doesn't have too much waterflow.
Do you think that I should dip it in iodine? also, I was thinking about taking them to the lfs and see what they say. Or should I leave it alone?

Don't stress it out more give it some food if you don't have a turkey baster put some food near him so it flows his way. Keep in mind how small his mouth is dont feed big pieces .then Google the coral on line to find out what he needs to eat and proper care .and tomorrow you can get the right products

 

[emsilkina]

Don't stress it out more give it some food if you don't have a turkey baster put some food near him so it flows his way. Keep in mind how small his mouth is dont feed big pieces .then Google the coral on line to find out what he needs to eat and proper care .and tomorrow you can get the right products

Thank you for your help!!