Tubastrea or sun coral- tissue loss- help

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  1. Speedy

    Speedy Fire Shrimp

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    My Sun coral has lost alot of tissue on one particular side of the coral. I feed her mysis every other day, cyclopeeze everyday, and keep my water parameters stable. Any ideas?
     
    Speedy, Aug 27, 2005
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  2. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Each polyp is a separate animal. When you feed, do you use a syringe to ensure that each polyp is fed?
     
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  3. Speedy

    Speedy Fire Shrimp

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    I use a turkey baster and a tube of PVC. I also remove the piece bi-weekly in a piece of tupperware and give it a little cyclopeeze food storm. But I will pay special attention to this over the next few weeks.

    It's like if the skin was peeling off the skeleton. I heard it might be lack of magnesium. Weird. Can you guys think of anything else?
     
    Speedy, Aug 27, 2005
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