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Coral Recoevery

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by ThyRaven, Jan 31, 2012.

  1. Jan 31, 2012 #1
    ThyRaven

    ThyRaven Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    After getting a Huma Huma Trigger and getting him into my DT, he keeps picking at or moving the sand around which has covered some of my corals, well all but my frog spawn.
    The one that has taken the biggest hit was my Kenya Tree.  The stems on it have gotten weak and some have broken off.
    I've taken the tree out of the DT and put it into a 10G tank.  I also moved the rock that had what was left of my mushrooms into the 10G as well.
    I've scraped off all of the sand that I could and have been doing so every couple of days as their is a lot of build up on the keyna tree stems.  I've used a turkey baster to blasted the sand build up off of the rock the mushrooms are on.
    I've also been adding a very very slow drip of kalkwasser to the 10G tank to help bring in some extra calcium and alk. 
    Once a week I move the water from the 10G to the main water column of my system as I dont have the 10G drilled to actually have it run with the rest of my filtration yet.  The 10G was going to be for mangroves but I haven't 100% settled on the tank size so not so worried about drilling it yet.
    I have a Coralife T5 fixture (1-10000K and 1 antinic bulb).  I run the lights on the 10G about 10 hrs a day just like my antinics on my DT.
    The ends of the tree are starting to stand back up but the stems aren't showing much improvement.  Now maybe I am just getting a little to antsy and need to wait a little longer as I've only been working on this for 2 weeks but I don't want to loose the tree and I owe a member some frags but don't want to loose the whole coral by fragging it in its weakened state.
    Was going to add some mag to the water column to help absorb the additional calcium hoping that would help, but is their anything else I could do to speed up the recovery?
     
  2. Jan 31, 2012 #2
    AJ

    AJ Inactive User

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    Humu Humu Triggers are not reef compatible (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+44+253&pcatid=253). When a fish is hit or miss (i.e. Flame Angel, etc), you will see "with caution" vs. "no". There are always going to be the rare exceptions, but as a general rule, you're asking for trouble. Take your pick...reef or FOWLR.

    --AJ
     
  3. Jan 31, 2012 #3
    PotRoast

    PotRoast Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Yeah. Get rid of the humu. Or the corals.

     
  4. Jan 31, 2012 #4
    ThyRaven

    ThyRaven Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Well I have 3 digi's and a frog spawn still in the DT and they are growing with no issues. my tomato clown is trying to host the frog spawn even.

    Could it just be that the sugar sand moves way to easy and that I need to get a larger grain of sand for the tank?

    I havent seen anyone speak ill of the huma and corals til now. Any other ideas? I'd like to keep everything in the tank.
     
  5. Jan 31, 2012 #5
    AJ

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    I find it hard to believe that you did any kind of research at all and didn't find people saying that the trigger is not reef safe.
    http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+44+253&pcatid=253 (look at the 'Reef Compatible' part)
    http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/triggerfishcare/p/propicassotrigg.htm (see Reef Tank Suitability section)
    http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/triggers/picasso.php (look at the Food section - you'll see 'corals')
    The list goes on...
    I had a flame angel (reef safe with caution...some are ok, some nip) and I didn't see it picking at my corals until it was almost too late.  It nearly killed two open brains (and of course, went for the most expensive one first) before I saw what was going on.
    If you value your corals, get it out.  If you value the fish, get rid of the corals, but you need to make a choice or watch your corals get eaten....especially any new corals that you add.
    --AJ
     
  6. Jan 31, 2012 #6
    mthomp

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    the huma will eat your coral. Maybe not today or tomorrow but it will happen. ever been to a beach that has white sand? thats whats left over after fish like these eat stoney coral. Some eat and deposit close to 10 tons a year.
     
  7. Jan 31, 2012 #7
    fishyness

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    Not only are the corals at risk but most of your CUC will be eaten by a trigger.
     

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