HELP!! Fox coral losing tissue!!

christyf5 · #1 12-17-2002, 12:10 AM

I just got a new fox coral last thursday and put it in the tank. It says in Eric Bornemans book that they like indirect lighting so I put it in a sort of shady spot (not too shady mind you). I looked at it today and some of the tissue is receding and it looks like part of it is rotting. Anyone have one of these? Advice? Is there anything I can do to stop this or is it a goner?

Fox coral :

Thanks
Christy

Bob I · #2 12-17-2002, 12:17 AM

If you would be so kind as to give us the Latin binomial, I could look in my corals book. :? :?

christyf5 · #3 12-17-2002, 12:21 AM

Why yes sir, its a Nemenzophyllia turbida

Bob I · #4 12-17-2002, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

Why yes sir, its a Nemenzophyllia turbida

Thank you muchly. It is my Horticultural training coming out.

MitchM · #5 12-17-2002, 01:37 AM

Christy, it's hard to tell from the pic, but have you noticed any white or brown jelly-like goo growing on it? I'm thinking of that protozoan infection.

And, of course....have you checked all your water params lately?

Mitch

EmilyB · #6 12-17-2002, 01:40 AM

Hi Christy,

I got a fox coral a while back. It seems to just "exist" mostly now, although it is not as receded as yours is. (Yours looks Dead....or way close..)

My understanding is they like similar conditions to the elegance. I've passed off some frags to Alan and Jon, to see if the pieces do better under their conditions, maybe they'll update here.

I suspect I'll frag it and try it in each of the tanks now, to see if it might make a difference.

Did yours look like this when you bought it?

Canadian Man · #7 12-17-2002, 02:10 AM

Deb,
That frag you gave me did not do well in my tank. I believe it was too much light. It started receding and like you said just "existing"

So I passed it on to Alan to see if it does any better under his conditions.

Alan, How's it doing?

EmilyB · #8 12-17-2002, 02:27 AM

Interesting Jon, too bad you didn't try throwing it in the sump..

Bob I · #9 12-17-2002, 02:39 AM

Alan just left here, and he says it is not looking well at his place either. Interestingly my Sprung book shows placement on the bottom or partly under an overhang. The light requirement is 2to 7 on a scale of 1 to 10, and a hardiness of 7 on the same scale. That is all I could find for now.

Canadian Man · #10 12-17-2002, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by EmilyB

Interesting Jon, too bad you didn't try throwing it in the sump..

I did Deb. The sump has a 175w halide, so less light and it was there for a few weeks.
When it was in the main tank it was also under an overhanging rock :?