Candy Cane Coral

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  1. chalmies19832002

    chalmies19832002 Flamingo Tongue

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    I have a colony of candy canes and there are oozing like they do sometimes but they have still not come back out yet. They are starting to look like skeleton's. They are in a 29 gallon tank with compact florescents and great water quality. Can anyone help!
     
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  2. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    I have candy cane trumpets under my compact fluorescent lights too. They haven't grown much or at all from what I can tell, but I just started dosing the right amount of calcium over the last couple weeks. On the bright side, they haven't seemed to be doing any worse than when I got them either. Can you post a pic? I'm not sure what you mean by they are oozing.
     
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    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    How old are the bulbs? What are those " great water quality " levels? Luna
     
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    Is the Caulastrea coral releasing zooxanthellae or is it a case of RTN(Rapid Tissue Nucrosis)?
     
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  5. chalmies19832002

    chalmies19832002 Flamingo Tongue

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    I dont know what happend but I put them in my 55 gallon and they are coming back and looking great so far. Thanks for the help guys.
     
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  6. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    What lighting are you using on the 55?
     
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  7. antonym518

    antonym518 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    candy canes are pretty easy to care for kinda slow growers, IMO anyway. Had to be something seriously wrong
     
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