So I've recently changed out my lighting to some cheap LEDs.. The light seems bright enough and the mother rbta, the gbta, and the coral are doing great... He has been balling up, loosing tentacles, mouth has been wide open, and sometimes it looks like he is falling apart literally.. But then out of no where he'll get better.. I've seen him sucking on his own tentacles and he was doing well last night after the lights were off and only had a little bit of light from the moonlights.. I turned off the lights for a bit today to see if it helped but he got worse..I don't want him to kill off everything in my tank so I jest moved him over to a five gal. Bucket until I know what to do...any advice?
Rbta sick, dying, or just trying to tick me off?
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A couple things come to mind and hopefully someone with more knowledge with toadstools will comment. I know toadstools are notorious for chemical warfare and I wonder if this could be going on.
Anyone have a comment on this?
Also sometimes I have lost a split from an rbta for no apparent reason. They seem to do good for a while then kind of do what you are experiencing. I have no reasons for why mine have done it. But they have eventually dwindled down to nothing.
I think removing it from the tank is ok as long as it is kept heated and possibly running carbon in case there is some chemical warfare going on from the toadstool since I assume you are using the same water in the bucket from the display tank.
Anyone have a comment on this?
Also sometimes I have lost a split from an rbta for no apparent reason. They seem to do good for a while then kind of do what you are experiencing. I have no reasons for why mine have done it. But they have eventually dwindled down to nothing.
I think removing it from the tank is ok as long as it is kept heated and possibly running carbon in case there is some chemical warfare going on from the toadstool since I assume you are using the same water in the bucket from the display tank.
PI am using the same water.. It was the quickest way... But I used an led lamp that's kind of dim for some light in the bucket... Turned it off and now I'm using a small moonlight strip and it looks a lot better... I had wondered if it was the leather but now I'm thinking it's lighting... Wouldn't it have just moved itself?
I would look at your lights. LEDs tend to be alot more intense and direct than convential halides. Keep in mind, each one of those LEDs is its own source of light, but I would also get rid of the toadstool, IMO.
Ive known people in the past that have had to move all corals into the sand after setting up LEDs just becuase of how much different of a light source they are. Most people will go with LEDs that they can run at a % of normal power and slowly raise it to allow the corals to acclimate. There are many ways to acclimate your tank to the new lighting if your fixture is not dimmable.
I would also reccomend adding a small amount of iodine to the bucket the little guy is in, he may be having issues healing from the split and the iodine would help him out a bit for healing, BUT ONLY USE A SMALL AMOUNT, TOO MUCH WILL KILL HIM!!
Ive known people in the past that have had to move all corals into the sand after setting up LEDs just becuase of how much different of a light source they are. Most people will go with LEDs that they can run at a % of normal power and slowly raise it to allow the corals to acclimate. There are many ways to acclimate your tank to the new lighting if your fixture is not dimmable.
I would also reccomend adding a small amount of iodine to the bucket the little guy is in, he may be having issues healing from the split and the iodine would help him out a bit for healing, BUT ONLY USE A SMALL AMOUNT, TOO MUCH WILL KILL HIM!!