Mariette
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this was sold to me as part of a secondhand system w “mushrooms”. I can’t research it’s needs because o don’t believe it to be a mushroom. HELP!!! 1 head has melted. The little one on top. What is this?!?
Unidentified LPS melting
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micromussa lordhowensis (aka "acan")
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Ok. Now we’re getting somewhere. I can research it’s needs. But as I do, any black and white answer to why is it melting? I fed them all reef roids the other day and they swelled up immediately after. Like they absorbed it and grew? But they some heads vomitted. Is that a sign of overfeedingn?
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Looks like acans to me as well, low light and low flow
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Low flow - check
Low light - oh oh. Better move em thx
What about parameters? Are they finicky? Or is it just being burned? I’m trying to figure out why 1 head has melted away and if this means the whole colony (was 3 heads, now 2) is doomed
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What do your parameters look like?
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errr, when you say "high" you mean "moderate" right?
IME, unless water is out of whack, the common reason for rapid deterioration of acans is being picked at by something..
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I got this tank less than a week ago and just tested parameters. I did a water change a few days ago.
KH 240
PH 8.5
NO2 0.5
NO3 20
Salinity 0.026
Temp: 26.8
20g
1 clownfish (will get her a mate)
1 Engineer goby (I know the tank is too small for him. He’s going into my 110g once done w qt)
Just realized that my test kit is expired!!! Ahhhhh now what?!?
KH 240
PH 8.5
NO2 0.5
NO3 20
Salinity 0.026
Temp: 26.8
20g
1 clownfish (will get her a mate)
1 Engineer goby (I know the tank is too small for him. He’s going into my 110g once done w qt)
Just realized that my test kit is expired!!! Ahhhhh now what?!?
