LPS detaching themselves from the base

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

Hi guys,

Encountered the above prob in my tank. The Hammer and octo. The prata seems to be following suit. The whole coral detaching themseleves from the white base. Any idea what causes it?

[Alvin Tan]

Hi guys,

Encountered the above prob in my tank. The Hammer and octo. The prata seems to be following suit. The whole coral detaching themseleves from the white base. Any idea what causes it?

check that could the flow towards the coral too harsh?...

all the LPS u mentioned should be place at medium-low flow......

[RX_GAN]

detaching themselves....for hammer and octo...they wun detach themselves like mushroom or polyps... it's mostly causing a meltdown soon...very bad... LPS is large polyps stony...the stony word is not put there for fun de..

they need the base as it is part of them...tthat's their skeleton...ur current could be too strong...

maybe place it somewhere else...

i nv heard of any hammer or octo which will detach themselves to find a new base...hahah..

they ain't anemone nor mushroom...:S

good luck then.

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

Hi guys,

thanks for the replies.

My current aint that strong, and they are all blowing in other directions, not towards the corals. The prata also sort of detaching and its on the sandbed, where current is at the minimal.

Hmm.. i am wondering if there's any supplement which my tank could be lacking. The detached octo i had still survived after it dropped out of its white skeleton. But it didnt survive long thou.

All the past encounters i had were meltdown. But this time looks diff.

[bubble_gum]

bro, i remember one reefer here had his cynarina detached from its skeleton and survived till it got sucked up by his pump. u could use the search engine and try to find it out. gd luck

[stevenmukoo]

lps detaching means KH problem , try testing ur KH . low KH causes these problem .

steven

[hammy]

If you see diatoms grow on the skeleton of corals (LPS) you have too much silicate in the water and encrusting diatoms are the result. These grow upwards and can and will in many cases harm your corals by pushing the polyp out of their way resulting in the polyp tissue detaching from the coral skeleton. You need to intervene to remedy this by lowering the silicates in your tank to below 0.5 ppm. Tissue that recedes on corals is often the beginning of more serious problems that lead to the loss of specimens. Do not let it happen. Keep you silicate levels low and deal with encrusting diatoms immediately before they do any damage.

-- from Living Reef

did u check your phosphate ?

[RX_GAN]

LPS detaching...yes...they can attach and looks like they are surviving to u...

but in fact they wun be able to maintain that condition for a long time...

that's the first stage and next it will died and rot away...

unless u are saying that ur hammer can grow bigger without a skeleton..

or it can stay skeletonless for years ??

check ur water parameters..in this case i dun think it's the diatoms which is causing him the problem most likely to be ur water of ur currect is okay..

diatom not only affect LPS but other corals too. u can see the effect more direct than water parameters problems. check the coral to see if there is diatom. it affects all the corals not just LPS.

if u see that there is green and slimy thing growing on the skeleton...u have received the price of high silicate and phosphate...

GOOD LUCK then..