Sun coral help?

[Slimkasey]

Had a huge Nitrite spike, lost 2 Ocillaris clown and 2 snails. My Sun coral was in that tank, is it gone or can I save it?

It's gone to a newly cycled tank but the only movement of it I have sen was a feather duster that came attached to the rock it is on, but nothing from the corals!

 

[Jmck]

You can most likely save it. Is there still color? corals always lose their color first. He may not want to open due to bad water conditions.

Why did the nitrite spike? is that because the fish died? or is the tank still cycling?

 

[fastrd400]

+1 jmck

If the heads have turned white it is dying off. If they still have their color most likely they are just stressed out. Try feeding them later on to see if you can get them to open up at all.

 

[Slimkasey]

To JMCK, a fish died, and my cleanup crew didn't want to their job.

To both the color is still there, the mouths are open

 

[bjohanson1234]

Then the coral is most likely to make it.!!!!!!!!

Just keep a good eye on it.

 

[Jmck]

Just do some water changes to bring the nitrites down and then it has a fighting chance!

 

[little_fish]

You shouldnt leave a fish in there to rot though, even if you have CUC.

 

[Reef Nutz]

To JMCK, a fish died, and my cleanup crew didn't want to their job.

:shock: They are not meant to clean up that mess.

 

[Slimkasey]

So I have a pic I just took of my sun coral, can anybody tell me what that is on the coral to the left, it looks like a slime bubble over two or three of the coral heads, what are these, send me a message I'll send on a photo, being on IPad makes it a little harder to upload.

 

[Dannyrb26]

slime =bad i had this wen i first started with brain corals

 

[Bifferwine]

I'll send you a message. You can email the photo to me.