HELP! Whats up with my candy cane?

[Kevlar-0986]

I noticed the last few days my candcane coral has begun to tear in the middle of its body it eats very healthy never thought twice about it being not happy but all of a sudden this happened.... has anyone seen this before, is this (Good or Bad).... I took the rock out and smelled him but he smells the same as the rest of the rock not foul and pungent like some corals that have died.

My water parameters are as follows.

PH 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10

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[Nano]

Looks like its gonna die... :(




Jk if I'm seeing what I think I am on my phone here looks like its mouth is just open. Other then that looks pretty happy, did you move it recently or is the tank newer etc. I don't see anything to worry about.

[Enigma]

It looks like its mouth may be gaping a bit. I don't know that I'd be overly alarmed, yet. Your nitrates are high, IMO. I personally wouldn't let them climb above an absolute max of 5ppm in a reef tank.

How often do you feed the candy cane?

I recently read (I don't remember where) that over feeding LPS can result in the flesh growing faster than the skeleton. If the skeleton can't support the flesh, some of the flesh dies off. I don't know if that is true or not, but it is something to ponder.

[Kevlar-0986]

What you are seeing is not a mouth the coral has about three mouths but that is what looks like a tear or hole in the flesh itself. I do feed that coral quite often maybe I am over feeding it I guess I'll stop feeding it and sit and wait it out.

[jagermaier]

If you see two other mouths, chances are it is starting to split into two heads. This is a good thing... Soon there will be more to come I'm sure! Be happy!!