What’s wrong with flowerpot?

[Evan28395950]

What’s happening? What should I do?

 

[Evan28395950]

Bump

 

[James M]

Your not going to get a response right away. Patience

 

[Mikedawg]

Did this just start? How long have you had it? Any inverts or other corals bothering it? What are water parameters?

Looks like some damaged tissue; possibly brown jelly disease.

If it is BJD, I've read where some reefers treat with peroxide and/or iodine.

 

[Evan28395950]

Did this just start? How long have you had it? Any inverts or other corals bothering it? What are water parameters?

Looks like some damaged tissue; possibly brown jelly disease.

Just today, possibly blenny irritating it

 

[Evan28395950]

Just today, possibly blenny irritating it

All other corals doing great

 

[Evan28395950]

Did this just start? How long have you had it? Any inverts or other corals bothering it? What are water parameters?

Looks like some damaged tissue; possibly brown jelly disease.

If it is BJD, I've read where some reefers treat with peroxide and/or iodine.

Would a freshwater dip help? I saw somewhere

 

[Mikedawg]

I would still look carefully at left side of pic which looks like tissue damage/recession

Would a freshwater dip help? I saw somewhere

I wouldn't think a freshwater dip would help; maybe use a commercial coral dip. Polyps extended any more in past 20 minutes?

 

[Evan28395950]

I would still look carefully at left side of pic which looks like tissue damage/recession

I wouldn't think a freshwater dip would help; maybe use a commercial coral dip. Polyps extended any more in past 20 minutes?

I just fed the tank, with frozen and put some phyto in, will monitor closely. Some are starting to come out

 

[Justfebreezeit]

If its just today I wouldn't worry about it. Every once in a long while mine will close for a day or two at a time. I've had it for just over a year.

 

[Mikedawg]

I just fed the tank, with frozen and put some phyto in, will monitor closely. Some are starting to come out

Good, may just be acclimation you are seeing. Freshwater dip is more for nudibranchs, flatworms, etc. and I don't think you have those.

 

[Evan28395950]

If its just today I wouldn't worry about it. Every once in a long while mine will close for a day or two at a time. I've had it for just over a year.

I’m just more concerned about the tissue damage

 

[Mikedawg]

I’m just more concerned about the tissue damage

I can't really tell from pic; may also only be mucus from being handled. Might want to try to carefully blow it off once it has extended more.

I've got a couple and they are very hardy.

 

[ngoodermuth]

I've got a couple and they are very hardy.

Not always, sometimes the wild colonies can be tricky... I had one that looked a lot like this one, just slowly receded away. I think it’s a mineral deficiency issue? I forget exactly... it’s been a while.

 

[Mikedawg]

Not always, sometimes the wild colonies can be tricky... I had one that looked a lot like this one, just slowly receded away. I think it’s a mineral deficiency issue? I forget exactly... it’s been a while.

Ha ha, I treat mine like xenia and still can't kill them off. Then again I've never had much success with zoas. This is one reason I love reefing; each tank truly is unique.

 

[ngoodermuth]

Every time I see a post about these guys this song pops into my head lol

Apparently, it’s iron and manganese that can be deficient [emoji1743]‍[emoji3601] I didn’t get around to dosing anything with mine, but I did try spot-feeding rotifers and all I grew was algae...

 

[Mikedawg]

Every time I see a post about these guys this song pops into my head lol

Apparently, it’s iron and manganese that can be deficient [emoji1743]‍[emoji3601] I didn’t get around to dosing anything with mine, but I did try spot-feeding rotifers and all I grew was algae...

Absolutely crazy video; thank you for a fun learning experience!

 

[SuncrestReef]

Did this just start? How long have you had it? Any inverts or other corals bothering it? What are water parameters?

Looks like some damaged tissue; possibly brown jelly disease.

If it is BJD, I've read where some reefers treat with peroxide and/or iodine.

Do you have access to a microscope? If so, examine the damaged tissue under at least 40x magnification. My tank recently suffered a brown jelly outbreak that killed over 10% of my corals. See this thread for what it looks like: Brown Jelly Syndrome ciliates under microscope

 

[Evan28395950]

I totally forgot! One of my frogspawn fell on the flowerpot yesterday. But it’s weird how it’s only a tiny spot, when it fell on nearly half of the flowerpot

 

[DSC reef]

I totally forgot! One of my frogspawn fell on the flowerpot yesterday. But it’s weird how it’s only a tiny spot, when it fell on nearly half of the flowerpot

This explains a lot, especially how the coral looks in the pic. Keep an eye for tissue recession an iodine dip might be in order.