David Hawkins
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Around 4 weeks ago I had what I think was a xenia from my local fish shop. It was a large piece of coral.
I got it home, and to be honest, after the first day, it didn't do very well.
Although I did test the water the day before bought the coral and all was fine, I noticed 3 days later that my pump had stopped working. I hadn't noticed because the addition power heads were still moving the water.
Anyway, my ammonia went up a lot, but came down to normal within 4 days of getting the pump working again.
That was 3 weeks ago. I have done my usual weekly tank clean and on advice from the shop, clean the coral but left the coral to hopefully recover in it's own time.
Some of coral has come out recently (when I say some, I have seen 5 pieces out of the purple base yesterday),
I cleaned the tank tonight and large chunks of it have just fallen off the coral. I assume this means it is dead, but there are several areas which are still tight on the rock. Will these recover at all? Should I leave it in the tank or just remove it?
I got it home, and to be honest, after the first day, it didn't do very well.
Although I did test the water the day before bought the coral and all was fine, I noticed 3 days later that my pump had stopped working. I hadn't noticed because the addition power heads were still moving the water.
Anyway, my ammonia went up a lot, but came down to normal within 4 days of getting the pump working again.
That was 3 weeks ago. I have done my usual weekly tank clean and on advice from the shop, clean the coral but left the coral to hopefully recover in it's own time.
Some of coral has come out recently (when I say some, I have seen 5 pieces out of the purple base yesterday),
I cleaned the tank tonight and large chunks of it have just fallen off the coral. I assume this means it is dead, but there are several areas which are still tight on the rock. Will these recover at all? Should I leave it in the tank or just remove it?