Id and stopping bleaching

[Ghostcat]

A new freebie coral came and after 2 days I've noticed some bleaching, it is sitting in the substrate with low led lighting any idea what it is and how to stop bleaching?

 

[Ghostcat]

Photo In led

 

[prsnlty]

Those are zoas. They appear to be melting. You have to be careful with placements of coral under LEDs because they can get burnt depending on your lenses. Also if you have those LEDs turned completely up most people don't. What are your parameters and how old is the tank? That can also have something to do with it. I also see cyanobacteria on your sand bed. Cyanobacteria robs your system of oxygen. You need to take care of the cyanobacteria with chemiclean.

 

[Ghostcat]

Do you know what kind of zoa's they would be? I'll check the parameters when I get back, the system is around 5 months old

Those are zoas. They appear to be melting. You have to be careful with placements of coral under LEDs because they can get burnt depending on your lenses. Also if you have those LEDs turned completely up most people don't. What are your parameters and how old is the tank? That can also have something to do with it. I also see cyanobacteria on your sand bed. Cyanobacteria robs your system of oxygen. You need to take care of the cyanobacteria with chemiclean.

 

[prsnlty]

I don't know the name of these particular ones off hand if that's what you're asking. Somebody else may know or you can Google zoanthid identification and look through the databases to find a match.

 

[jsh mee]

It's actually flowerpot gonipora. They need to be fed, but you wouldn't notice that after just two days from not eating.

 

[GHsaltie]

It's either an alveopora or goniopora, I think alveos have 12 tentacles and gonis have 24. From what I understand care is similar for both however gonis are nowhere near as hardy and they have a reputation for withering away after a few months. I've read varying reports of whether they like low flow/light or med/high. If your having issues with bleaching you might want to try moving into the shade a little bit, depending on what lighting it came from it can take some time to acclimate to the different lighting. They do better with smaller foods such as oyster feast, phyto etc. Can you list here what your parameters are at?
#reefsquad

 

[prsnlty]

It's actually flowerpot gonipora. They need to be fed, but you wouldn't notice that after just two days from not eating.

Yes I believe you are correct (now looking at it on my laptop...)

It's starving

 

[Ghostcat]

Yes I believe you are correct (now looking at it on my laptop...)

It's starving

Hmm. I've fed it mysis and fish roe both days is there something else I should be feeding them?;Bored

 

[prsnlty]

Hmm. I've fed it mysis and fish roe both days is there something else I should be feeding them?;Bored

This video will tell you what you need to know about these hard to keep flowerpot. Mysis is to big for them... to eat

 

[Ghostcat]

This video will tell you what you need to know about these hard to keep flowerpot. Mysis is to big for them... to eat
[/QUOTE Thanks for the advice, do you think it is too late or is it possible to nurse it back to health?

It's either an alveopora or goniopora, I think alveos have 12 tentacles and gonis have 24. From what I understand care is similar for both however gonis are nowhere near as hardy and they have a reputation for withering away after a few months. I've read varying reports of whether they like low flow/light or med/high. If your having issues with bleaching you might want to try moving into the shade a little bit, depending on what lighting it came from it can take some time to acclimate to the different lighting. They do better with smaller foods such as oyster feast, phyto etc. Can you list here what your parameters are at?
#reefsquad

Parameters:.
Ammonia-undetectable
pH- 8.0
Nitrite- undetectable
Calcium- 460
dKH- 10
Nitrate-5

 

[prsnlty]

My attitude is if it's still alive then it still has a chance [emoji1]

 

[prsnlty]

They take in powdery foods from the water column, medium light and flow. I would keep it on the sand bed for now and away from the rocks. Anything that flows like these do don't like their polyps smashing into the rocks as it can damage them easily. I would definitely get one or more of these; Reef Roids, oyster feast, coral frenzy, reef chili, live phyto and maybe some live or frozen rotifers.

 

[Ghostcat]

They take in powdery foods from the water column, medium light and flow. I would keep it on the sand bed for now and away from the rocks. Anything that flows like these do don't like their polyps smashing into the rocks as it can damage them easily. I would definitely get one or more of these; Reef Roids, oyster feast, coral frenzy, reef chili, live phyto and maybe some live or frozen rotifers.

Thanks for the advice I'll see how it goes

 

[Zaven D]

I agree that it might be a goniopora/flowerpot coral, the base of it is colored up way to much for me to think it's a zoa.
+1 to what @prsnlty said that cyano should be knocked out.

I run leds on my tank as well, and had noticed that the moment I dimmed the lights down from 100% full spectrum down to 40%, I started seeing less bleaching and more growth.

Best of luck on this!

 

[prsnlty]

Thanks for the advice I'll see how it goes

Best of luck, hopefully it recovers! I think as long as you keep your tank stable and feed twice a week or you can feed small amounts by target feeding it with the power heads off daily or every other day until it starts to recuperate.

 

[prsnlty]

It's actually flowerpot gonipora. They need to be fed, but you wouldn't notice that after just two days from not eating.

Good eye [emoji2]

 

[Ghostcat]

I agree that it might be a goniopora/flowerpot coral, the base of it is colored up way to much for me to think it's a zoa.
+1 to what @prsnlty said that cyano should be knocked out.

I run leds on my tank as well, and had noticed that the moment I dimmed the lights down from 100% full spectrum down to 40%, I started seeing less bleaching and more growth.

Best of luck on this!

after looking closer it looks like brown jelly disease, dipped in h2o2 hoping there is more than a skeleton in the morning, have you had experience with bjd?

 

[prsnlty]

after looking closer it looks like brown jelly disease, dipped in h2o2 hoping there is more than a skeleton in the morning, have you had experience with bjd?

Yes, it nearly wiped out my Duncan and 2 large hammers overnight. I caught it though. It took the Duncan over 2 years to recover but the Hammers recovered in a month or two. Brown jelly usually gets them pretty quickly IME.

If you have polyps left then you need to feed them as we discussed earlier. It has a chance of recovery.

 

[Zaven D]

after looking closer it looks like brown jelly disease, dipped in h2o2 hoping there is more than a skeleton in the morning, have you had experience with bjd?

Ouch! I hate Brown jelly with a passion, did it effect anything else in your tank or just that guy?


The way I'm combated it is by sucking out all the brown jelly I could see and by doing a water change, the sooner you combat this the better.

Best of luck on this, it can be a tough battle.