Lobo dieing

[Neo Jeo]

My Lobo is receding and the skeleton showing it’s really the only coral that’s having a problem possibly I did not feed it well ? i’m starting to feed it but a lot of times my fish eat the food out of its mouth . it’s still receding I thought I read once they start receding they normally don’t stop .

Any advice to keep it alive ?

 

[KJ]

Parameters#?

 

[Neo Jeo]

Temp 76
Salt 1.026
PH 8.2
Nitrate and Nitrate and ammonia 0
Alk 8.4
Phos 0
Calcium was 240 I have been raising it slowly over a few days. Possibly low calcium?

 

[Leadfooted]

Whoa! Super low Calcium. Try not to let it drop below 350 best to keep around 420. Keep raising

 

[Neo Jeo]

Whoa! Super low Calcium. Try not to let it drop below 350 best to keep around 420. Keep raising

I agree. I added a bunch of corals and it seems they are sucking it out. I have decided to start dosing but that will happen next week.

What does calcium do is that for only growth or is that also for maintaining ?

 

[Neo Jeo]

can he recover or should I call it a loss and toss?

 

[VTBig053]

Have you tried an iodine dip? I know Lugols is a popular one. It doesn’t look like a goner to me, yet. Maybe try moving it to a shady spot afterwards.

 

[Neo Jeo]

Have you tried an iodine dip? I know Lugols is a popular one. It doesn’t look like a goner to me, yet. Maybe try moving it to a shady spot afterwards.

I have not tied an iodine drip. I’ll look into it thanks. You think less light would be better? I was thinking maybe it wasent getting enough light.

 

[Neo Jeo]

I used this for myself. Can I use it for the lobo?

Have you tried an iodine dip? I know Lugols is a popular one. It doesn’t look like a goner to me, yet. Maybe try moving it to a shady spot afterwards.

 

[VTBig053]

I have not tied an iodine drip. I’ll look into it thanks. You think less light would be better? I was thinking maybe it wasent getting enough light.

I used this for myself. Can I use it for the lobo?

Perhaps. Most of my LPS issues have been from too much light/too low nutrients, but I used to run an SPS dominant system in a shallow tank. Everyone’s situation is different.

Is it possible it eas stung by another coral nearby?

I have no idea if an iodine treatment intended for humans is safe for corals. There are iodine dips made specifically for corals, so I’d recommend using that to be safe.

 

[Neo Jeo]

Perhaps. Most of my LPS issues have been from too much light/too low nutrients, but I used to run an SPS dominant system in a shallow tank. Everyone’s situation is different.

Is it possible it eas stung by another coral nearby?

I have no idea if an iodine treatment intended for humans is safe for corals. There are iodine dips made specifically for corals, so I’d recommend using that to be safe.

Sounds good. What dose an Iodine dip do? Just heals? Also, no corals near by.

 

[VTBig053]

Supposed to help to clear up any infection that may have occurred due to damaged flesh. I am not an expert on this by any means but have seen lots of folks on various forums use this method to give an ailing/damaged coral a fighting chance. Since the flesh appears to be pulling back/receding from the base of your lobo's skeleton, I think it would be worth a shot.

 

[terri_ann]

Try to maintain a good ratio of phosphate and nitrate. Do not let fish eat from it...feed and cover with a strainer/the like. I would not toss it...looks like it can be nursed back to health. Good luck

 

[Neo Jeo]

Try to maintain a good ratio of phosphate and nitrate. Do not let fish eat from it...feed and cover with a strainer/the like. I would not toss it...looks like it can be nursed back to health. Good luck

Thanks. I tried covering it last night but the food floated to the top. What is the best thing to cover it while feeding? Pop bottle in half then eject food into whole?

 

[Dburr1014]

Is it wounded? That is what the dip is for. This coral looks hungry not wounded. A dip might stress it out more. Try feeding the tank and see if it reacts by sending out feeders then try feeding it small pieces of shrimp or fish.

 

[Dburr1014]

How much light and flow? Should be medium on both

 

[Neo Jeo]

How much light and flow? Should be medium on both

Thanks.hes on the sand bed. Flow is lower. Everytkme I feed him fish eat from him. What’s the best to cover it with to keep the food in

 

[Dburr1014]

I use plastic tongs and hold it until it's got a good hold. Just keep the fish off him until it's getting to the mouth

 

[Dburr1014]

Low flow is good, but not to low. Kinda like the flow of a frog spawn. Times of quiet and times of a blow by. If you know what I mean.

 

[Thesupa79]

It is most likely starved, ure phospates are to low....Unfortunately for me all my lobos and meat corals or welsos never recovered once skeleton started showing, I never toss a coral though, until its been six months, ihave had some crazy things come.back after losing all color and what to me looked gone....however with lps ,once tissue is all gone, its dead.......