• Question about euphilia

  • Nicole7268

I have had euphyllia for several months. Until recently, everything was fine, but recently one of the heads stopped inflating its tentacles. It reacts to irritation by retracting them. There are no signs of rot or decay. A few days ago, I separated the head and placed it in a separate aquarium. It is now inflating the tissue between the skeleton and the tentacles. The question is, what is wrong with it? And how can I help it? Thank you, and here are the photos accordingly. In the third photo is the brother of the patient.

Todd

There's no need to help at all. I also sometimes observed this with Euphyllia. Everything is fine now. Sometimes corals can take a long time to change the water in their tissues while contracting. Even anemones sometimes do this. Focus on the condition of the other invertebrates; if they are doing well, then there’s no reason to worry about Euphyllia. It will stabilize.

Emma

Thank you. Let's not disturb her.

Joyce

That's it. The frag came out. It arrived today. It started to fall apart. I decided to dip it in lugol's solution. That's how it fell out. And the smell was terrible... Something bacterial.

Lynn4242

It's a pity... it seemed like nothing was foreboding trouble... sometimes I have the same thing happen, and everything is fine, maybe the infection came with some newcomers... Is this trouble not spreading to other corals at the moment?

Brandi

Yes, it was still dense yesterday. At least visually. There didn't seem to be anything new. He started behaving like this even before the last newcomers. Ugh. Ugh. It's just coral.

Chelsea567

Is there UV?

Corey3201

No, I haven't used it yet. The volume is small. By the way, the alveopora fully opened today after the euphyllia was removed from the aquarium.

Michael3221

Well, antagonism could have been a reason for the demise here, as the behavior of the alveopora clearly indicates. It's a pity we still know too little about this phenomenon, which sometimes leads us into an unpleasant situation when we have to lose a beloved coral. I still recommend installing a UV filter, the least powerful one. It will only work for a few hours, but it will do some good. Don't be afraid of overheating the water; just keep an eye on it.

Joshua9847

I think I'll probably go for it based on the UV. As for the rivalry... it could very well be.

Carrie1606

Yesterday, my euphyllia almost looked like this after the brittle star cleaned its leg and touched its tentacles several times. The euphyllia resembled a vacuum-sealed plastic bag (it didn't shrink, but expelled all the water from its tentacles - a terrifying sight!). It came to its senses in about 40 minutes.

Caitlin3279

Guys, the euphyllia is not looking good. On one side, the lowest tentacles are much thinner compared to the others and darker than the rest... something seems off? Also, I noticed that a cleaner shrimp has been sitting near the euphyllia all day, fiddling with it using its antennae. I wonder if this shrimp is the cause or the effect?

Melinda

I moved it to another place. It got better. Yesterday, clowns (ocellaris) settled in the euphyllia, and now they're hanging out there. Does anyone have clowns living in their euphyllia? I read that it's supposedly bad for the euphyllia...

Zoe7451

I have one living with me. For about six months now. Alone. The second one is slowly growing in the pen, not paying much attention to the clown. He spends both day and night with her and lies down next to her.