I have had my mixed reef tank for 1 year almost to the day. All my coral are live and well except my toadstools. They are alive but polyps are never out. My tank parameters are solid. 8.5 Alk, 445 Cal, 8ppm NO3, .06 PO4, 78F, 1450 Mag, 8.15 PH. All my other corals including GSP, Kenya Tree, Hammer, Torch, Frogspawn, Stylophora, Mushrooms, Galaxia, Duncan, and Trumpet all look good with nice extension. I recently took my carbon reactor offline to see if it had any effect. Nothing so far, I've also tried feeding directly with reef roids, and red sea ab+. I don't understand the issue. I've looked for signs of any coral warfare or anything else bothering them and I've seen nothing. This problem has been going on for 5 months. Any suggestions?
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" This problem has been going on for 5 months. Any suggestions? "
5 month is along time and since it's not dead ill take a guess that it's shedding. Does it happen off and on? If so, it's possible that it's just going through its normal monthly shedding(how these corals grow) and can be closed up for weeks at a time depending on flow, since it needs to lose it's old "skin."
A picture could help determine this as we could see if its shedding or not.
If it is shedding, more flow will help it lose its older "skin" and the polyps will be able to come back out since that aren't trapped in by older "skin."
Would need a close up picture though to tell.
5 month is along time and since it's not dead ill take a guess that it's shedding. Does it happen off and on? If so, it's possible that it's just going through its normal monthly shedding(how these corals grow) and can be closed up for weeks at a time depending on flow, since it needs to lose it's old "skin."
A picture could help determine this as we could see if its shedding or not.
If it is shedding, more flow will help it lose its older "skin" and the polyps will be able to come back out since that aren't trapped in by older "skin."
Would need a close up picture though to tell.
I dont believe it to be shedding because there's never any intervals of the polyps being out. Its always in a polypless state. The base itself looks fine. Here are some pics
It doesn't look like it shedding, you are right. Have you tried moving to a higher flow section? They generally like medium to higher(indirect) flow and seeing the acan and blasto im asuming thats a lower flow section. Maybe try moving it to an area of more flow if you havent tried that.
Also do you have any possible fish that could be nipping?
