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[stevenmukoo]

i brought a true octo .. for the first 2 days everything ok..

after that realise that the tunzu pump have some octo flesh there ..and now i think the octo was injured..i had since move the punmp to some distance away. is there a way that the octo can recover..?

I place on the highest point of the rock and using MH where it will rv high lighting and moderate wave. Should i move it to some place that have less current and less light for recovery? and what should i add to make it recover faster..?

Thanks for the advise.

Steven

[fongster]

any idea what are your water parameters ? calcium, kh, salinity, etc

what are your mh lighting hours ? >8 hrs ?

maybe you could reduce it to about 5 hours and increase it gradually, as your coral is a new addition to your tank, it would be wise not to "blast" it with light, esp since you said that you moved it to the highest pt in your tank. i figure your mh may end up bleaching the octo.

any pics to show ? maybe you need not worry too much, is the skeleton showing perpetually ?

as long as the octo continues to extend during lighting hours then there is no immediate danger.

continue to monitor and keep the parameters stable, as octo is a hard coral, calcium and kh have to be within a certain range to ensure health.

[bawater]

Hi Steven,

The Octo can recover but its still too new in the tank.

Only time will tell, You can move it to a mid-light area somewhere about 1ft distance from the MH bulb with a moderate flow.

You can feed some mysis to it, this will help in recovery.

[stevenmukoo]

yes the skeleton is showing perpetually and all the thing look so inflated. can see that all the tenticles are trying to inflated but only for a while.

But there is a baby octo behind is very healthy..

[stevenmukoo]

sorry to add i am only using 2 x 150w and 20k MH bulb.

[fongster]

yes the skeleton is showing perpetually and all the thing look so inflated. can see that all the tenticles are trying to inflated but only for a while.

But there is a baby octo behind is very healthy..

if the skeleton is showing perpetually then its not such a good sign

however need not feel bad, sometimes corals do well and sometimes

they just dont, however if you keep your tank in good condition then

naturally it will improve the chances of survival.

any idea what is your calcium and kh levels ?

Ca should be between 380-450 ppm and kh 8-14 dkh

this is to allow the hard corals to calcify

do you use seawater or synthetic salt ?

flow wise you could even leave it in low flow

[CookieMonster]

Hi all bro.. thank you for the advise. The coral already upithe lorry already.

[divinesloth]

The true octo up the lorry??? Oh no!!! Expensive death

[CookieMonster]

btw i am using my friend's account who had just started on reefing...