Fungia and Brain not eating

[Chaz the Impaler]

Hello everybody,

Sorry my first post is a call for help, but everybody seems to say what I'm thinking anyway

I have a Fungia and Brain that have decided to stop eating. They have been picky eaters from the begining (about 6 months ago), but during the last month they are even refusing the squid they loved.

I have never been able to get them to take anything else in targeted feedings.

After increasing the rate and quantity of my water changes to 20% every week, and broadcast feeding Fluvia Zoa food (not sure I spelled that right) every other day, I seem to have stopped the tissue recession on the Brain.

My Fungia though, is about a quarter inch thick ring around the mouth now (four inch skeleton). I have tried garlic with the squid, rotifers, even the LPS pellets it has always rejected.

Any suggestions?

P.S. The Zoas, Candy canes, Clove polyps and mysterious poop factory are all super happy with the broadcast feedings

Thanks in advance for your input

[allan]

Might help to let us know what fish you have. I had problems with a scoly and brain due to a flame angel.

Once I took the two corals out of my tank the responded well.

Additional concerns, if you target feed there is a potential that a fish may develop a taste for tentacles.

[Chaz the Impaler]

Sorry about that, I guess I should have mentioned I have no fish in this tank.

This was originally supposed to be my 10 gal hospital / quarintine tank for the 200 gal setup, but as I still haven't finished the stand, it has become my little seed.

Current inhabitants:

Corals: green tip pink Fungia, green Closed Brain, pink Candy canes, green centered Zoa's (unknown name), Snowflake purple Clove Polyps.

Invertibrates: 2 Pacific Nerites, about a hundred Slails (was once told their real name, but they look like a slug with a cap of a shell, and they won't stop breeding!), the Mysterious pooper (never seen the thing, but it builds impressive piles), and pods in the sand. Everything except the Nerites came with the GARF grunge.

Algae: Dragons breath, Cheato, Spirula, unidentified bonzai tree stuff, and a touch of hair / red slime that I keep removing.

Primary filtration is a HOB Aquaclear ... 120 I think (I wanted a lot of filtration, this is going to be the bare bottom hospital tank eventually).

[Chaz the Impaler]

Some befores:
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And now:

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[Chaz the Impaler]

And others:
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[justahobby]

Hey there. No worries about your first post being one looking for help. That's one of the best reasons to come to MAAST. That favia (closed brain) takes some persistence and zero flow to convince it to eat. I don't have experience with fungia (plate coral) but they require a mature tank. Judging pics and your filter I would guess water chemistry is the culprit. Are you using RODI water? Focus more on target feeding and limit your broadcast feeding. Monitor the coral for feeding reactions and you will be able to digure out which foods your coral prefer. It may be a mixture of several different types: mysis, baby brine, rotis, etc.

[Chaz the Impaler]

Final update on this thread, I was unable to save them.

I will keep the skeleton of the Fungia in the tank and hope for the fabled "life after death babies" though.

Thanks for your input everybody.

[TXSea]

Life after death babies?

[Big_Pun]

well some tips for your next go around: I don't feed any of my LPS very often they mostly get what floats their way during feeding I may drop pellets or coral frenzy(use a bulb yup feeder) once in a while but more importantly your parameters need to be good. check your calcium,magnesium, and alkalinity levels and go from there. also make sure you have proper lighting and filtration. again any question just ask, we are here to help.