Can't regain polyp extension

[daniella3d]

Hi,

I have an acropora that was very shaggy with extremely long polyps but since the Kent contaminated charbon there is practically no polyp extension and it seem to be getting worse rather than getting better. I did like 7 water changes after the event and it was looking better and better but now I stopped doing the water changes because the analysis on my water showed no more trace of copper or heavy metal but why is it going worse?

Should I keep doing 30% water change even though the copper is gone?

Anything else I can add to the water that will help polyp extention?

I just bought 2 new frags and they are millepora and have great polyps extension even after being a week in my tank.

It lost a lot of color but it is not bleached completely. So sad, that acropora looked like it had fur before.

Here is the before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=2QYr-SDz6XM

and here is now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOzFJ...yer_detailpage

[Aquattro]

I wouldn't worry about it just yet. Once something agitates them, they can take a few weeks or more to come back. Adding things is just creating more change, so I'd avoid that for now. If the others are fine, just give it time.

[Cubeman]

If you have no more trace of contaminants I would cut back on the huge water changes and return to your regular pre-kent routine. If it worked before then chances are it will work again - with a litlle patience. Good luck.

[daniella3d]

Ok I will leave it for now. I dose with Zeovit amino acid as I always have done, and of course the 2 part from BRS as always.

The new frags have great polyps extension, to the max I would say, and great color so I guess it is not something in the water but rather that the shaggy acropora is still in shock. Strange, it's been 3 weeks since that event.

Originally Posted by Cubeman

If you have no more trace of contaminants I would cut back on the huge water changes and return to your regular pre-kent routine. If it worked before then chances are it will work again - with a litlle patience. Good luck.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Ok I will leave it for now. I dose with Zeovit amino acid as I always have done, and of course the 2 part from BRS as always.

The new frags have great polyps extension, to the max I would say, and great color so I guess it is not something in the water but rather that the shaggy acropora is still in shock. Strange, it's been 3 weeks since that event.

Have you looked at the acro at night?.... Does it extend when the lights are off?

[TimT]

+1 for Brad's advice.

I had a temp probe fail and my system dropped down to 71f. It took 3+ weeks for corals to recover.

Cheers,
Tim

[daniella3d]

Yes and at night only the polyps at the end are coming out, nothing else is even coming out. During the day the other polyps are coming out a little but bearely and the polyps at the ends are hidden.

What worry me is that the coral has some filaments out like if it was still attacked. When I put in Kent carbon it was full of these filaments for a few days.

This hapened on February 9 and it's been 3 weeks and half and things seem to be going down hill instead of improving.

Can the coral still have heavy metal in its flesh and be dying from it? if so what can I do?

Originally Posted by fishytime

Have you looked at the acro at night?.... Does it extend when the lights are off?

[Casey8]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Hi,

I have an acropora that was very shaggy with extremely long polyps but since the Kent contaminated charbon there is practically no polyp extension and it seem to be getting worse rather than getting better. I did like 7 water changes after the event and it was looking better and better but now I stopped doing the water changes because the analysis on my water showed no more trace of copper or heavy metal but why is it going worse?

Should I keep doing 30% water change even though the copper is gone?

Anything else I can add to the water that will help polyp extention?

I just bought 2 new frags and they are millepora and have great polyps extension even after being a week in my tank.

It lost a lot of color but it is not bleached completely. So sad, that acropora looked like it had fur before.

Here is the before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=2QYr-SDz6XM

and here is now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOzFJ...yer_detailpage

I am still doing water change religiously every 2 weeks, no matter what had happened. All my corals, some of them have got their color back except the blue and the purple colors, I found out they are the most difficult ones to regain their color. I think if I am lucky, it may take for another month or 2. Their Polyps extension are not great like before. But all my millepora have no problem at all, I think they are easy to care for even for the newbie reefer.

[daniella3d]

Glad to see yours are doing well. Some of mine that bleached and were blue and purple before are now plain green. Wierd how they look completely different. No blue yet on mine.

Originally Posted by Casey8

All my corals, some of them have got their color back except the blue and the purple colors, I found out they are the most difficult ones to regain their color. I think if I am lucky, it may take for another month or 2. Their Polyps extension are not great like before. But all my millepora have no problem at all, I think they are easy to care for even for the newbie reefer.

[Casey8]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Glad to see yours are doing well. Some of mine that bleached and were blue and purple before are now plain green. Wierd how they look completely different. No blue yet on mine.

I have 2 blue colored corals that are turning green too. I think they are still in shock from being treated with that carbon. At least they are alive that is all I care about.