Welcome to the Reef Forum.
+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 8 of 8
  1. #1
    Just Moved In
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Malaysia
    Posts
    13
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Should I remove dying corals?

    Guys,

    I have a finger corals which is dying and I think there is no chance of surviving. Question is should I remove it from my tank or it doesn't matter for leaving it there and let it turn inself into some dirt?

    Does it harm the water quality?

    Reason of dying is NO3 is too high. I am still working on it.

    Keekee

  2. #2
    Citizen
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    Washington, PA USA
    Posts
    101
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    If it's definately dying it HAS to come out. Dying tissue, be it plant or animal, makes ammonia. If ammonia is your problem, you don't need more decay than you have.

  3. #3
    Governor
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Tampa, FL.
    Posts
    1,536
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
    I will second the opinon of stranglove

    cheers,
    JOe

  4. #4
    Tenant
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    New Johnsonville, Tn. USA
    Posts
    68
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    You might try and do some water changes..like 15% every other day for a week, of course you said you are working on the Nitrate. Could you possibly take a cutting from the dude? Although what was said about the dying tissue and water quality is true, stepping up the water changes would help that situation. Just a thought.

    I hate to give up sometimes is all. I have some cabbage corals which have been moved and absued and look really bad, yet I leave as I know they will recover in time.
    ReefHawk

    ****
    Reefkeeping since 1995 and still amazed! .... amazed at the lack of a savings account :-)

    My 40 gal Reef

  5. #5
    Just Moved In
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Malaysia
    Posts
    13
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Thank you guys.

    I have removed the died coral.

    Doing a 5% water change every other day and increases the sand bed from 2 to 4 inches. Hopefully the NO3 will go away.

    Keekee

  6. #6
    Mayor
    Join Date
    Jun 2000
    Location
    dallas, tx, USA
    Posts
    896
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Actually, I don't necessarily agree. If your tank is well established it should be able to handle the decaying animal matter. Obviously keep an eye on the water quality.

    Some corals make a comeback from even an apparently dead skeleton. I had a pear bubble that died. I left the skeleton in there and yesterday I noticed about a dozen little polyps still alive around the perimeter of the skeleton, even extending little feeding tentacles. Hopefully they'll grow into a new coral. I've had two candy cane coral polyps that died from contact with ricordia mushrooms and have the same thing going on with them as with the above mentioned bubble coral. Eric Borneman had a gonipora, of all things, that came back from an apparently dead skeleton in one of his tanks. So, you might want to leave it in there depending on some variables. Keep an eye on the water quality and make sure it's not an animal that, when it dies, releases some kind of toxic compound into the water. (I can't think of any corals that do this, but there might be some).

    -Mike
    I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything.

    Website

    My other hobby

  7. #7
    Citizen
    Join Date
    Sep 2000
    Location
    Portland, OR USA
    Posts
    192
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Aren't finger corals "leather's"? If so, maybe it was just doing its shrivaled up grey thing that leathers do. I know they can definitly look like death warmed over!!!!!! But, they always come out of it bigger and better!

    I wonder how many leather corals get killed just because the owner dosent know any better? hmmmmmmm....


    Dennis
    Dennis

  8. #8
    Just Moved In
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    North New Jersey,USA
    Posts
    30
    Images
    11
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    I have a suffering coral srory as well i Have a hydrophora(bright green) appears to have had white spots(bleaching) from the beginning ( i got it in the bargain bin) I hate being on a budget anyways i thought i would try it out ans see if i could save it so the bleachin dying part is growing should i frag a good part to try and save that much or let it sit????? any ideas appreciated


 

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

     

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107