PLEASE HELP!

colesjensen · Aug 22, 2017

What is going on with my pulsing Xenia?!

badhabits · Aug 22, 2017

How long has it been doing that? If it's only been a short time it could just be a response to being bothered by a fish or invert,however if it's been several hours or more you should start looking into your water parameters

colesjensen · Aug 22, 2017

badhabits said:
How long has it been doing that? If it's only been a short time it could just be a response to being bothered by a fish or invert,however if it's been several hours or more you should start looking into your water parameters

It's been for about a day now and I check my parameters today and everything is perfect

Hely'sreef1 · Aug 22, 2017

How long have you had it? I find corals tend to "sulk" every now and again...

jsker · Aug 22, 2017

Are you spot feeding?

colesjensen · Aug 22, 2017

Hely'sreef1 said:
How long have you had it? I find corals tend to "sulk" every now and again...

I've had them for a long time now and this is the first time they've done this. I hope that's all they are doing.

colesjensen · Aug 22, 2017

jsker said:
Are you spot feeding?

I am not. Do I need to? I've got some reef roids but that's about it

Hely'sreef1 · Aug 22, 2017

I would wait for a few days. I've had gonioporas close up for a week then come good. Just check the smell method-if it smells bad I'd take it out. Xenias are pretty tough

Mombo · Aug 22, 2017

Those tiny tube things all over the rock in the second picture. What are those?

jsker · Aug 22, 2017

colesjensen said:
I am not. Do I need to? I've got some reef roids but that's about it

Yes, spot feeding a must with these type of corals.

Hely'sreef1 · Aug 22, 2017

I feed my corals reef roids weekly, day before water change. Not an expert but seems to work well
Also keep my calcium and kh up too

colesjensen · Aug 22, 2017

Mombo said:
Those tiny tube things all over the rock in the second picture. What are those?

Feather dusters

fishflipper · Aug 22, 2017

jsker said:
Yes, spot feeding a must with these type of corals.

You absolutely do not need to spot feed these corals.

fishflipper · Aug 22, 2017

Mombo said:
Those tiny tube things all over the rock in the second picture. What are those?

They are vermetid snails. There seems to be a major infestation in the tank. They could be irritating them and that may be why they look like that

Robinreefs94 · Aug 22, 2017

Have you noticed anything coming out of the vermetids when you are feeding the tank? They could all be dead and then they do not bother, but if they live, I would start to crack and break them, since they can annoy corals pretty good.