SRC Member ah_d3x Posted May 29, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 29, 2011 its been very well until recently a hitch hiker decided to feast on 2 heads and now... its seems that more are dying. seniors pls advise! thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member poomoon Posted May 29, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 29, 2011 what hitchhiker ? 1st thing you need to do is either remove the hitchhiker or isolate your suns ... Quote 25 Gal Micro Ocean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member limsc Posted May 30, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 30, 2011 Bro, I used to have similar problems and it killed my super suns.. I couldn't find any pest, the suns just dun open up and the the orange flesh just reside. What i did is frag the dead heads out and separate those heads near the dead one from the healthy ones. I manage to save some healthy one. My aim for fragging them up is hoping the "decaying" flesh does not spread to the healthy one. Also to create a buffer in case those next to the dead one are already affected but not showing signs yet. But it is really heart pain. I LOST 5 20cents head from that. 20cents is before open!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mengyang_neo Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Bro, I used to have similar problems and it killed my super suns.. I couldn't find any pest, the suns just dun open up and the the orange flesh just reside. What i did is frag the dead heads out and separate those heads near the dead one from the healthy ones. I manage to save some healthy one. My aim for fragging them up is hoping the "decaying" flesh does not spread to the healthy one. Also to create a buffer in case those next to the dead one are already affected but not showing signs yet. But it is really heart pain. I LOST 5 20cents head from that. 20cents is before open!!! Hi bro, me encounter the same problem as u, but instead of fragging the dead part away, I just leave it. I see that it only affect 2-3 head after that it will stop. But the interesting thing is after 2 weeks, around 7-8 baby head start to pop out from the dead area. So end up I do have more small one instead of 1 big one. =) Quote 5x2.5x1.5ft Rimless Dream Tank (06/03/12) Skimmer - Reefoctupus Return Pump - 1 x Eheim 1264, 1 x water blaster 7kWavemaker - 2 x mp40esChiller - Daikin compressor with coil drop inLighting - 4 x 80w T5 Pair 1(6hrs23/12/12),Pair 2(16/06/12312hrs 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (1/3/12) -(15/11/12)6hrs and 2 x 80w De-lighting Retrofit (13/10/12) -6hrs) Reactor - Dosing pump (01/01/11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member LaW Posted May 30, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted May 30, 2011 check water parameters. KH Mg Ca Temperature. PO4 NO3 especially temperature, KH and PO4 Quote If a man could beat his own fantasy. Then to only breed in captivity. Then its pointless. Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. || Tank: 78" x 30" x 30" || Sump: 48" x 22" x 20" || Lights: PowerModule 10 X 80W|| Returns: 2 x HF32 || || Skimmer: BubbleKing Supermarin 300 || Wavemaker: 3 x 6100 & 1 x 6200, 2 x Wavebox 6212, WavySea || || FR: 2 x FR150 || NR: Sulphur Denitrator || CR: RM Custom Made 8" || KR: Deltec KM500 || TopUp: Tunze Osmolator 3155 || || UV: Coralife 12X 36W || Ozonizer: Sanders C200|| Controller: GHL Profilux Plus II Ex || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 From my understanding, is it is being fed too much to the point where it cannot properly digest the amount of food be eaten and the undigested food starts to rot from the inside of the polyps... Corals are not like fishes, they will constantly feed when they smell food and not know when to stop... There is no really a definite amount of food to target feed... You have to trial and error... Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ah_d3x Posted May 30, 2011 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 30, 2011 Guess it might be the food! Thankz for the pointer! . So how do i know the amount to feed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Guess it might be the food! Thankz for the pointer! . So how do i know the amount to feed? How much are you feeding it? Normal mysis is fine... And twice a week is enough... Observe it.. Increase feeding if you see it not opening or the base is receding.. Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambystoma82 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 +1 to the fooding causing the deaths.. the food size applies for all lps n softies.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member stevenchia Posted June 3, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted June 3, 2011 I feed my super sun with brine shrimps. Wat i notice, after feeding they will be bloated, means u cant feed anymore... They are telling you they are full already when i feed brine shrimps..I feed them everyday. Brine shrimps easily to be digest.. Quote Tank Theme: Mixed Reef with clams 3 feet tank with IOS Eheim 1262 K3 wavemaker x1 Lightings: T5 actinic blue x4 , T5 white x4 Skimmer: BMQQ Artica 1/5 Dosing: NA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reefing is sharing. People with rotten mouth is sure a loser for life as expected. When a tomato gets rotten, you can nvr save it.. Throw it away before it infect the good ones. Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kira76 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Hmmm, I feed my sun twice everyday, once before I go work and once in the evening. I feed them a mixture of brine and mystic shrimps. But usually the night feed they don't eat much cos they're alway close when the lights are on. They seems to be doing fine so far. Eveny night when lights off, will open up big big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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