I just recently had two small colonies showing signs of slow recession. I pulled them out and dipped them in Brightwell Koral MD. Upon dipping them i noticed a layer of bacteria that blew off that was all along the base, under the Polyps. I was shocked to see how much came off. The next day they had completely opened up after a month of struggling. I was also told by another YT reefer to use a one part hydrogen peroxide with tank water, but I get a little nervous using the HP. Also, I know some people may say that this is bad, but I feed my acans almost every day. I wish you all the luck my friend! The one coral in my tank that I’ve been struggling with is a chalice coral. Not too sure what species it is, but I swear I’ve seen some bristle worms chewy chomping it at night. Great tank and video! I just subscribed.
Appreciate it David! 🙏 looks like there are some vendors up here in Canada that carry Koral MD. I just ordered some Polyplabs Reef Primer, if that doesn't work I'll give Koral MD a try. I like Brightwell products. 😀
Thanks Steve. 🙏 I am contemplating switching it up in the future to another acropora dominant system after seeing the TSA tour video from Reef Builders. Using pvc pipe as a skeleton to mount colonies to looks very interesting. 😍
Also one other thing that helped me. I started dosing acro power slowly, 6 microliters/min with the Versa pump. Dosing acro power slowly over a constant period of time helped a ton instead of dosing acro power every few days or once a week.
I've had receding acans. The fix for me was to move them to another tank. This particular tank was a carbon dosed tank with T5 that did the trick for them. Jake Adams video on sponges was with a duncan colony. He uses a water toothpick thingy. :)
I would say the acans are hungry. Usually slow recession is starvation. I feed my whole tank small pellets every day and I make sure the lps get some. I see feeders out also possibly also a sign of being hungry. Do you have a decent amount of snails and hermits in the tank? They help with the nutrients balance. They eaT the algae faster. Than it can grow. Keep dosing daily and testing to make sure your ratio is good. It took me almost a year to get everything in line. I had dinos, cyano so bad it killed half my corals. Idk if you can but I eliminated most of my red and green spectrum and bumped everything else up seemed to help with the algae and coral coloration. Maybe a kalk solution injected in the sponge would work. Idk but its looking good my man.
Thanks for the advice buddy. 🙏 I'll up my feeding over the next while and hopefully some of them will bounce back. 👍 I actually have very little in terms of clean up crew in the frag tank. That reminds me I better pick more up. I like the blue legged hermit crabs ever since I saw Billy pipes' video about them. Any particular crabs you like? 🤔
Most sponges grow under your rock or any structure where it is dark and a lot in the sumps and filtration areas.My AIO tank has a ton of sponges and remnants of them in every tank I have had in the back filtration areas . They usually don’t bother any corals and only visible in shadows. I have heard people using specific animals (fish & invertebrates) that eat them but don’t know if those guys are reef safe. I think you can’t find much on them is that they are generally accepted as inevitable and not harmful.
Thanks for checking out the video and your input Garry. 🙏 I like sponges, however my concern with this one is that it seems to spread really quickly. I don't want it to get on my frags that I sell.. 😬 I've considered picking up some angels for the 140g, but that would only control it in that tank and not the frag tank. 🤔 Thanks again!
@@TheReeferYT Not sure about that but one. I just know that its discosoma that are the problem child that will take over your tank and kill everything.
Nice corals and beautiful frag tank. I had the same issue with sponges. I finally broke down my sump where they were multiple. I didn't have them in my coral or rocks. They were in my skimmer and sump. Some were in my reef ready filter intake. They love silcate and nutrients. They say they good for filtering water. I could smell them and I think they in my pvc. If I see them in sump. I have to replace the pvc. But I don't see them yet.. I heard eXit by Salifert works. But I never tried it. Not sure this will help your acans. Try adding a diffuse on your lights. Reef Breeders lights might be giving to much a disco ball hot spot on them. I don't have much experience on them I'm crazy for sticks SPS. I enjoyed your video and will watch your other videos. Good luck thanks for sharing.
Appreciate you checking out the video Blue! 🙏 And the great advice. That is a good point about potentially strong direct lighting. Maybe they happen to be in areas that are receiving more direct led light. 🤔 Thanks for sharing your experience with sponges. 😀 Have you ever had this particular sponge I am dealing with? I generally do not mind sponges however this one is stringy and seems to spread.😬
I wouldn't worry about the sponge I had a heap in my tank and it's slowly going away. With the acans I would be target feeding the sick ones as often as possible. If the rest of your acans are doing well then don't go making changes for one or 2 corals.
@@TheReeferYT revive works great and also if you think it is bacterial you can try a chemiclean dip. I have used it on euphyllia and plates in the past with great success.
Here is the lighting schedule i use. It is currently roughly 19" above the water surface. I need to up the intensity for some of the sps but I'm concerned about how some of the lps will react. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qgiNFB92WaA7SbkNAC7PwBgRlBvdSlqLaHP_nX8HmbQ/edit?usp=drivesdk
I might be feeding them too little? Unfortunately I don't have a ph probe or par meter 😔 i know the par is on the lower end for the acros but most of the other coral seem pretty happy.
The guy who has the IG page “Tobis_Reef” recently posted a clam he’s been working back to health using a honey and amino acid dip every week. I was shocked, but apparently it’s a thing being practiced. He told me it’s worked with LPS corals!
Try an antibiotic dip. Buy some fish amoxicillin. Break open two capsules into a small bucket of water, just large enough for a colony. Dip the colony for 5-10 mins. Just try one colony at first, make sure the process isn’t too rough for it. I have had success with this method WHEN it actually is bacteria (it’s not always bacteria, maybe the tank has another issue)
Thanks for the suggestion flow! 🙏 I do remove any vermatid snails whenever I check the frags. Not too many these days although I do have these tiny white circle shells that I wonder if are related to vermatid snails. 🤔
@@TheReeferYT From what I understand, those tiny white shells are pretty typical to see in a reef tank and are nothing to worry about and aren't Vermetid snails. I had one vermetid snail come on one of my frags, so I just crushed it with some pliers, and it never came back. It's crushed shell is still attached to my one frag. I was worried I'd get an outbreak but it never happened. It didn't really seem to bother the coral it was attached to, though...just looked ugly with it's little spit line thing waving around in the current.
I quest I should have watched the whole video before I made a comment, it seems to me you already know what’s wrong, and now just correct it. Because you mentioned it in the video. Peace!
@@TheReeferYT yes! Have a mixed coral aquarium with deference light requirements, a par meter helps to place them in the right area in your tank. As for food requirements, amino acid for corals and start out with low doses and work your way up.
I just recently had two small colonies showing signs of slow recession. I pulled them out and dipped them in Brightwell Koral MD. Upon dipping them i noticed a layer of bacteria that blew off that was all along the base, under the Polyps. I was shocked to see how much came off. The next day they had completely opened up after a month of struggling. I was also told by another YT reefer to use a one part hydrogen peroxide with tank water, but I get a little nervous using the HP. Also, I know some people may say that this is bad, but I feed my acans almost every day. I wish you all the luck my friend! The one coral in my tank that I’ve been struggling with is a chalice coral. Not too sure what species it is, but I swear I’ve seen some bristle worms chewy chomping it at night. Great tank and video! I just subscribed.
Appreciate it David! 🙏 looks like there are some vendors up here in Canada that carry Koral MD. I just ordered some Polyplabs Reef Primer, if that doesn't work I'll give Koral MD a try. I like Brightwell products. 😀
Another great update.
Thanks buddy! 🙏 Appreciate it!
What a lovely frag tank, it’s a reef on its own 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Steve. 🙏 I am contemplating switching it up in the future to another acropora dominant system after seeing the TSA tour video from Reef Builders. Using pvc pipe as a skeleton to mount colonies to looks very interesting. 😍
Acancs realllllly appreciate food. make sure your feeding the ones that are recceding (or all of them really)
Great video
Thanks for checking out the video bud. 🙏 Appreciate it. 😀
Also one other thing that helped me. I started dosing acro power slowly, 6 microliters/min with the Versa pump. Dosing acro power slowly over a constant period of time helped a ton instead of dosing acro power every few days or once a week.
What are the settings on your photon light? Thumbs up 👍
Amazing stuff. Respect !
nice tank from MADREEFER fellow youtuber , liked and subscribed to help support your channel
I've had receding acans. The fix for me was to move them to another tank. This particular tank was a carbon dosed tank with T5 that did the trick for them. Jake Adams video on sponges was with a duncan colony. He uses a water toothpick thingy. :)
I would say the acans are hungry. Usually slow recession is starvation. I feed my whole tank small pellets every day and I make sure the lps get some. I see feeders out also possibly also a sign of being hungry. Do you have a decent amount of snails and hermits in the tank? They help with the nutrients balance. They eaT the algae faster. Than it can grow. Keep dosing daily and testing to make sure your ratio is good. It took me almost a year to get everything in line. I had dinos, cyano so bad it killed half my corals. Idk if you can but I eliminated most of my red and green spectrum and bumped everything else up seemed to help with the algae and coral coloration. Maybe a kalk solution injected in the sponge would work. Idk but its looking good my man.
@@uffnstuff Woops, you responded to me instead :)
Thanks for the advice buddy. 🙏 I'll up my feeding over the next while and hopefully some of them will bounce back. 👍 I actually have very little in terms of clean up crew in the frag tank. That reminds me I better pick more up. I like the blue legged hermit crabs ever since I saw Billy pipes' video about them. Any particular crabs you like? 🤔
Thanks Tattooed! 🙏 That narrows it down. 😀 Was the new tank the carbon dosed one with t5's? 🤔
@@TattooedDancer91 I just watched a video from CoralEuphoria where your question in the comments got answered. Small reefing world! Lol
Had receding lourdes noticed tons of bristle worms in the stony part, dipped them and all better
Thanks Austin. 🙏 I've ordered some reef primer that will hopefully shed some light on if there is some small creature affecting the lords! 😀
Most sponges grow under your rock or any structure where it is dark and a lot in the sumps and filtration areas.My AIO tank has a ton of sponges and remnants of them in every tank I have had in the back filtration areas . They usually don’t bother any corals and only visible in shadows. I have heard people using specific animals (fish & invertebrates) that eat them but don’t know if those guys are reef safe. I think you can’t find much on them is that they are generally accepted as inevitable and not harmful.
Thanks for checking out the video and your input Garry. 🙏 I like sponges, however my concern with this one is that it seems to spread really quickly.
I don't want it to get on my frags that I sell.. 😬 I've considered picking up some angels for the 140g, but that would only control it in that tank and not the frag tank. 🤔 Thanks again!
With the shrooms its mainly the discosoma that have a bad sting. rics and rhodactis are mostly safe with other corals and don't sting.
Oh what? I didn't know that. Whoops. Can most mushrooms be kept together?
@@TheReeferYT Not sure about that but one. I just know that its discosoma that are the problem child that will take over your tank and kill everything.
Nice corals and beautiful frag tank. I had the same issue with sponges. I finally broke down my sump where they were multiple. I didn't have them in my coral or rocks. They were in my skimmer and sump. Some were in my reef ready filter intake. They love silcate and nutrients. They say they good for filtering water. I could smell them and I think they in my pvc. If I see them in sump. I have to replace the pvc. But I don't see them yet.. I heard eXit by Salifert works. But I never tried it. Not sure this will help your acans. Try adding a diffuse on your lights. Reef Breeders lights might be giving to much a disco ball hot spot on them. I don't have much experience on them I'm crazy for sticks SPS. I enjoyed your video and will watch your other videos. Good luck thanks for sharing.
Appreciate you checking out the video Blue! 🙏 And the great advice. That is a good point about potentially strong direct lighting. Maybe they happen to be in areas that are receiving more direct led light. 🤔
Thanks for sharing your experience with sponges. 😀 Have you ever had this particular sponge I am dealing with? I generally do not mind sponges however this one is stringy and seems to spread.😬
I wouldn't worry about the sponge I had a heap in my tank and it's slowly going away. With the acans I would be target feeding the sick ones as often as possible. If the rest of your acans are doing well then don't go making changes for one or 2 corals.
That is a great point Richard. 👍 I'll target feed the receding ones 1 more time a week. Thanks! 😀
@@TheReeferYT Hi, really enjoy your UA-cam videos. Are you located in the GTA?
@@tonypersuad3156 thank you Tony. I'm in BC. 🇨🇦👍
@@TheReeferYT I am a fellow Canadian in Ontario. Keep the great content flowing. 🇨🇦👍
A lot of corals!!
Use revive or me coral dip. Move them around to different locations, different neighbors
Thanks for the suggestions ATF. 🙏 I will keep trying. Someone else mentioned brightwell Koral care and I've heard good things about Reef Primer. 🤞😀
@@TheReeferYT revive works great and also if you think it is bacterial you can try a chemiclean dip. I have used it on euphyllia and plates in the past with great success.
What’s settings u use for the v2 I got the 24”
And how high and par
Here is the lighting schedule i use. It is currently roughly 19" above the water surface. I need to up the intensity for some of the sps but I'm concerned about how some of the lps will react.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qgiNFB92WaA7SbkNAC7PwBgRlBvdSlqLaHP_nX8HmbQ/edit?usp=drivesdk
Are you feeding them to much or to little? Try checking your par and ph.
I might be feeding them too little? Unfortunately I don't have a ph probe or par meter 😔 i know the par is on the lower end for the acros but most of the other coral seem pretty happy.
Check those acans at night after lights go out. See what you see a few hours after dark
K. If I'm ever up at midnight I will check! 😅
The guy who has the IG page “Tobis_Reef” recently posted a clam he’s been working back to health using a honey and amino acid dip every week. I was shocked, but apparently it’s a thing being practiced. He told me it’s worked with LPS corals!
Thanks Ross!!! 🙏 Coincidentally I picked up some honey a week ago! 🤔 I'll have to do more reading. Is it just honey and amino acids at the same time?
@@TheReeferYT I believe so, I haven’t tried it yet, but apparently it’s given decent results!
Try an antibiotic dip. Buy some fish amoxicillin. Break open two capsules into a small bucket of water, just large enough for a colony. Dip the colony for 5-10 mins. Just try one colony at first, make sure the process isn’t too rough for it. I have had success with this method WHEN it actually is bacteria (it’s not always bacteria, maybe the tank has another issue)
Check for Vermetid snails on your Acans
Thanks for the suggestion flow! 🙏 I do remove any vermatid snails whenever I check the frags. Not too many these days although I do have these tiny white circle shells that I wonder if are related to vermatid snails. 🤔
@@TheReeferYT From what I understand, those tiny white shells are pretty typical to see in a reef tank and are nothing to worry about and aren't Vermetid snails. I had one vermetid snail come on one of my frags, so I just crushed it with some pliers, and it never came back. It's crushed shell is still attached to my one frag. I was worried I'd get an outbreak but it never happened. It didn't really seem to bother the coral it was attached to, though...just looked ugly with it's little spit line thing waving around in the current.
I quest I should have watched the whole video before I made a comment, it seems to me you already know what’s wrong, and now just correct it. Because you mentioned it in the video. Peace!
Thanks for checking out the video Greg! 😀 By the way, do you mind sharing what I think is wrong? Cause I don't know 😔
@@TheReeferYT yes! Have a mixed coral aquarium with deference light requirements, a par meter helps to place them in the right area in your tank. As for food requirements, amino acid for corals and start out with low doses and work your way up.
Sponge is a sign of healthy tank
If acan feeders are out in bright light they are hungry.
Thanks Bobby. 👍 I'll keep that in mind.