Know where I can get refrences on coral diseases?
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puffer32
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No pic. I actually ended up taking the rotting stalks out and tossing them so it doesn't spread. Xenia is sometimes a tough coral to keep, but what has me stumped is the fact its been in my tank for over a yr and it has been my lfs only source of xenia to sell to customers due to the fact it doesn't ship well and he can sell 2 nice healthy stalks for 90.00. He is not going to like the fact his source is doing poorly what seems like over night. I do have more in my other tank thank goodness. The pink stalk looked like it was splitting right down the middle, the inside white instead of pink and i thought it was just spreading. But the white part started slothing off hunks of tissue until it all looked like a mass of flakey tissue. I also had a large rock of anathelia (also in the xenia family) that disappeared about a week ago, just vanished,I had several free floaters that attached in other parts of the tank that i was always weeding out, now all is gone, got me stumped. I am guessing something went wrong with water quality, though everything tests good and all other corals including SPS are fine.
bullitr
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Originally Posted by puffer32
No pic. I actually ended up taking the rotting stalks out and tossing them so it doesn't spread. Xenia is sometimes a tough coral to keep, but what has me stumped is the fact its been in my tank for over a yr and it has been my lfs only source of xenia to sell to customers due to the fact it doesn't ship well and he can sell 2 nice healthy stalks for 90.00. He is not going to like the fact his source is doing poorly what seems like over night. I do have more in my other tank thank goodness. The pink stalk looked like it was splitting right down the middle, the inside white instead of pink and i thought it was just spreading. But the white part started slothing off hunks of tissue until it all looked like a mass of flakey tissue. I also had a large rock of anathelia (also in the xenia family) that disappeared about a week ago, just vanished,I had several free floaters that attached in other parts of the tank that i was always weeding out, now all is gone, got me stumped. I am guessing something went wrong with water quality, though everything tests good and all other corals including SPS are fine.
i heard that they need small amount of nitrate and ammonia to thrive? one of the reason i get them so i can keep sps soon ..so my nitrate will get close to zero .
No pic. I actually ended up taking the rotting stalks out and tossing them so it doesn't spread. Xenia is sometimes a tough coral to keep, but what has me stumped is the fact its been in my tank for over a yr and it has been my lfs only source of xenia to sell to customers due to the fact it doesn't ship well and he can sell 2 nice healthy stalks for 90.00. He is not going to like the fact his source is doing poorly what seems like over night. I do have more in my other tank thank goodness. The pink stalk looked like it was splitting right down the middle, the inside white instead of pink and i thought it was just spreading. But the white part started slothing off hunks of tissue until it all looked like a mass of flakey tissue. I also had a large rock of anathelia (also in the xenia family) that disappeared about a week ago, just vanished,I had several free floaters that attached in other parts of the tank that i was always weeding out, now all is gone, got me stumped. I am guessing something went wrong with water quality, though everything tests good and all other corals including SPS are fine.
i heard that they need small amount of nitrate and ammonia to thrive? one of the reason i get them so i can keep sps soon ..so my nitrate will get close to zero .
miaheatlvr
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Originally Posted by bullitr
i heard that they need small amount of nitrate and ammonia to thrive? one of the reason i get them so i can keep sps soon ..so my nitrate will get close to zero .
There should NEVER be amonia in an established tank, but I would agree on the 'SOME" nitrates..
i heard that they need small amount of nitrate and ammonia to thrive? one of the reason i get them so i can keep sps soon ..so my nitrate will get close to zero .
There should NEVER be amonia in an established tank, but I would agree on the 'SOME" nitrates..
miaheatlvr
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Originally Posted by puffer32
My xenia and anithelia, both are getting some type of white rot on the stems, like they are rotting away, i want to find out what is going on, but have no idea if there is some sort of treatment for it or not, but don't have a clue where to find out, any ideas?
How about this one PUFF,, just found it doing a google.
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/
My xenia and anithelia, both are getting some type of white rot on the stems, like they are rotting away, i want to find out what is going on, but have no idea if there is some sort of treatment for it or not, but don't have a clue where to find out, any ideas?
How about this one PUFF,, just found it doing a google.
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/
puffer32
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Thanks, I will check out that web site.
I don't really believe the dirty water theory. I have had both xenia and SPS together in same tank for a yr, no problems. My water is pretty good also, no ammonia, trites and low trates, been the same for a yr also. The problem actually started when i indroduced a silver tip xenia into my tank 2 weeks. It completely slothed away first, then the anethilia, and now xenia. No problems with anethilia and xenia in my other tank so far, there was no silver xenia in that tank.
I don't really believe the dirty water theory. I have had both xenia and SPS together in same tank for a yr, no problems. My water is pretty good also, no ammonia, trites and low trates, been the same for a yr also. The problem actually started when i indroduced a silver tip xenia into my tank 2 weeks. It completely slothed away first, then the anethilia, and now xenia. No problems with anethilia and xenia in my other tank so far, there was no silver xenia in that tank.
farslayer
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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
How about this one PUFF,, just found it doing a google.
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/
That is a great source; they only use peer reviewed studies for their content. In other words, no uninformed opinions. That one deserves a sticky note.
How about this one PUFF,, just found it doing a google.
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/
That is a great source; they only use peer reviewed studies for their content. In other words, no uninformed opinions. That one deserves a sticky note.