deeppitt
07/05/2006, 04:08 PM
Help!
My silver branch Xenia fingers are all curled up, much like the coral does naturally at night.
This came about either because of or coincidently with a boo-boo I made attempting to treat Ich with garlic oil. Instead of adding a drop of oil to the shrimp, I marinated the shrimp in about a 1/2 teaspoon of oil, all which made its way into the tank. Yea, stupid, I know.
FWIW, I also added ReefPlus that day just because it was due.
Anyway, that day the silver branch curled up and doesn't want to come out. It's fingers make a slight animic attempt to pulse: maybe one finger at a time half-way uncurling.
No other corals appear to be bothered or effected.
I pulled the xenia out of the tank and put it isolation in freshly mixed, non-oiled water. As the fingers all drooped, they gave off a reddish rusty colored powder-like residue which accumulated on the isolation tank floor. After a day, the isolation didn't seem to be making any difference, so I put the coral back into the tank where it might get some nutrients.
I have put 1/2 lb of activated carbon into the flow path. I'm not sure what else to do.
Should I add Iodine? SeaChem Reef Plus?
What else could I do? :worried:
Thanks!
My silver branch Xenia fingers are all curled up, much like the coral does naturally at night.
This came about either because of or coincidently with a boo-boo I made attempting to treat Ich with garlic oil. Instead of adding a drop of oil to the shrimp, I marinated the shrimp in about a 1/2 teaspoon of oil, all which made its way into the tank. Yea, stupid, I know.
FWIW, I also added ReefPlus that day just because it was due.
Anyway, that day the silver branch curled up and doesn't want to come out. It's fingers make a slight animic attempt to pulse: maybe one finger at a time half-way uncurling.
No other corals appear to be bothered or effected.
I pulled the xenia out of the tank and put it isolation in freshly mixed, non-oiled water. As the fingers all drooped, they gave off a reddish rusty colored powder-like residue which accumulated on the isolation tank floor. After a day, the isolation didn't seem to be making any difference, so I put the coral back into the tank where it might get some nutrients.
I have put 1/2 lb of activated carbon into the flow path. I'm not sure what else to do.
Should I add Iodine? SeaChem Reef Plus?
What else could I do? :worried:
Thanks!