Colt help

[duc]

Any ideas on whether this is OK or looking bad? I added 600gph flow to the tank and it has not looked happy since. Total flow is approx 1500 in a 125 tank, both trunks are shorter and the overall appearance poor compared to before.
This pic is before the flow was added
http://www.maast.org/modules/PNphpBB2/files/dsc031001.jpg

[Reef69]

I would move it to a low flow area (if there's 1)..it will open up again..

[DeletedAccount]

Yep... Needs less flow.

[Polkster13]

Yep, it definitely doesn't like that much flow. You could try to acclimate it to the higher flow by pointing the wash away from the colt and then slowly moving it back into the position you have. It would probably tolerate that slower of a change better.

Or just put it in a lower flow area.

I take it you and your wife made it home okay from last night. How was the drive through Marble Falls? Did the hills kill your MPG?

[duc]

Problem is there is no low flow area in the tank, I will kill the new powerheads until it is gone.
Thanks

What about Pom Pom Xenia's it is closed up also?

Polk:
Took me down to 44 from 48 those hills were a killer and so was the additional 35 miles. Good part was the scenery, always enjoy that road even thought I take it 50+ times a year.

[Reef69]

Same thing, current...

[duc]

PomPom Xenia, strong or low flow?

The Colt appears to be sluffing off skin or slime.
Is this OK?
Stress?
Dying?

[Tim Marvin]

1500gph in a 125g tank is not high flow. That is low to medium flow at best, since the xenia is not opening up either there is something else probably going on. What have you done to the tank in the last couple days? The sloughing is a sign of stress for a colt.

[Reef69]

Yeah, sorry...Xenia is a good water quality detector..when it shuts with no apparent reason, its a sign something might be going on..not necessarily, but it would be good if you checked the parameters..

[Tim Marvin]

Colts are one of the hardiest corals and can withstand extreme conditions to include low and super high flow. They can survive in low light or halides, pristine water and fairly dirty. Something is irritating it. Did you add any chemicals lately, maybe a rio pump in there shocking them?

[duc]

Ck'd all my parameters and everything is spot on, the only thing I chg'd was I added the Maxi-jet 1200's, the colt shut down right after that. It was huge and open until that point and with 24hrs looked like that.

The Xenia was happy but the coral beauty picks on it a lot, most of its fingers are picked off so that stress is probably related to the CB. Just seems to be a little smaller since adding the pumps.

Anyone ever have Maxi-jets with a short and how do I find out if mine do? There are 13 other kinds of corals in the tank that did not react to the pumps.

[Thunderkat]

You could also angle the powerheads towards the glass so you can lower the amount amount of flow without cutting it out completly.

I have a tunze 6060 in a 50 gallon and I have it at a 30 degree angle from the pane where it is mounted toward the glass on the other side. I still have pretty good flow without getting sand drifts now.