Kenya Tree Looking Bad

willforr · Nov 22, 2021

Hi everyone, I got this Kenya tree coral a few months ago, it was looking good for a while but just about two weeks ago it’s starting to not do so well. The polyps are semi-retracted and it’s branches aren’t sticking up straight anymore. All my other corals are doing well including a separate Kenya tree frag, zoanthids, green star polyps, and an alveopora coral. I got a few theories of why this is happening. My biggest one is I got a small flame angelfish last week, which are known for occasionally nipping at corals. Me personally, I have not seen it once nip at any of my corals since I’ve had it. I also have an emerald crab which I have seen before clawing at the corals, but I haven’t seen it do that in a while either. I don’t think this has anything to do with parameters as they have been fairly stable for some time. But so far I’ve measured
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Nitrite/Ammonia/Phosphate: 0 ppm
Alkalinity: 8.5 dkh
Calcium: 1390
Salinity: 1.024
Ph: 8.1
If anyone could give me some ideas for what’s causing this issue that would be great.

Gtinnel · Nov 22, 2021

Possibly not enough flow. Mine is right in front of a gyre and likes it. Be careful with them though they can quickly get out of hand with spreading.

willforr · Nov 22, 2021

I’m not sure if flow is the issue here. You can see where I put it with the return pump here. I used to see it’s branches move with the current

Super Fly · Nov 22, 2021

I would agree with your guess about the Flame angel... mine lost it's mind after a year of being model citizen and ate up an entire rock of GSP (3 yrs of growth) plus most of the zoas. I got rid of the flame.