Hmm...I don't know then. Sometimes these types of things happen for no apparent reason. I would leave the "finger" that is doing well right where its at. You can try and trim up the receded areas on the hydnophora to make it look better if you would like. If you are going to remove the whole colony, then just snap the smaller finger like piece off and glue it elsewhere in the tank. Good luck!
you could try snipping some of the not so good and put that somewhere else. Are you dosing? If so are your chem's expired? What about your test chemicals....are they expired? Have you taken your water somewhere else to be tested against yours?
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I have taken my water to the closest place unfortunatly thats petco and they say its good no faith though, today was my last calcium test but, the rest of my tests are new and I think I will just snip the finger off and keep it. if someone would like to try with the rest please let me know I will happily give it up. I dont want it to die. trade would be nice but definitly not expected in its condition. The rock is about three fists size with about half coverd with hydaphore still bright green I can send more pics
I would take the rock out, chip off the dieing colony and return the rock to the tank. If it is a "three fist size" rock, you dont want to waste it. Especially with the cost of liverock these days. I have a kind of grave yard in the back of my house where I toss dead/dieing coral. It's unfortunate but sometime inevitable.
I was thinking I would just keep the finger and give the rest to someone else who wanted to try to save it or what ever. wouldn't throwing the rest in my sump to die cause water issues? or would that be insignificant to effect water quality. I'm still pretty new to all this. I started my first tank in January of last year in it was fully DIY lighting, sump, skimmer all of it was DIY. Not a complete failure either. but when income tax time came I had to upgrade. I have the bug (I'm a pieces (my spelling sucks)). I search the Internet all the time but, if you don't ask you'll never learn.
Yes. Having the coral die in your system is not the best idea. I seriously doubt it would cause THAT much of a problem but....in my opinion, better safe than sorry. If someone will take it on, that would be good. Problem is, is that some of the diseases that kill coral are contagious and can spread to other corals. So, it is not very common for someone to want to introduce a sick specimen to their own system.
I have coral dip if that helps. I know its odd but I still kinda think my torch might be to blame. it seems to like some coral and not others. I have and have had mushrooms, kenyas, leathers, polyps near it and it seems to pick who it wants near it even if its the same as somthing else but in a different spot it leaves some and kills others. I have been told that theres no contest between the two hydnaphore always wins. but I havent lost anything to the hydophore even when a piece broke off and burned a hole straight through a kenya the kenya survived and repaired itself on the flip side my torch has killed or tried to kill lots of mushrooms and kenya (both grow like weeds so big loss) but it seems to be much more aggressive IMO
I think I've decided to keep the finger I will cut it off this weekend and will toss the rest if no one wants it. I dont want it to die in my system. so if there is no impovment and no takers I will scrape it off the rock and toss the rock in my sump. oh thats hard I cant kill it.
I have a hydnophora, but it's the kind that grows in a plate or shelf. In the first few months I had mine it had gotten a couple of bare spots on it. Someone had suggested to add some 'strontium and mylebidawhatever' to the tank. That seemed to work wonders for mine - although it's not the fingering type. It's done great since and it's huge - about 1.5 foot round. Just a suggestion...
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