ID Please

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Please ID the following

1)The Coral
2)The yellow circle; is this the infamous red bugs?
3)The blue cirle

thanks

 

[Josh]

Looks like a wilted dendro nepthea. That means those are NOT red bugs. Red bugs will only live on acropora SPS.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Thanks.

By the way, do you think if there is still life in this coral?

This probably is the last pcs of coral I found from initial purchase that need to be revived.

 

[noodleman]

i think theres still life in that piece, did you try feeding it a little?

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

NO, What should I feed it?

This coral is completely covered by cyano before, so I wipe off the cyano and found the red things on it which I don't know what it is by then. When I first got it I do not even see any white coloring underneath. I then put the whole thing in a bucket where only very little light is available to get ride of the cyano for weeks. I just pick it out from the bucket to my tank for a photo shoot.

 

[noodleman]

here maybe this will help you http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=645

 

[bad coffee]

Chances are it's a gonner. Once they deflate there's hardly a chance they'll reinflate.

They also need constant food, so they're not great specimens for reefs. To keep enough food suspended in the water column you end up with water too dirty for the other corals.

B

 

[Josh]

They're almost impossible to keep, based on its looks I would say it is done. Put in in your sump where there is a lot of flow and detritus.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

here maybe this will help you http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=645

Wow. That's a gorgeous looking thing. I am putting it in the sump right the way in hope of reviving it.

 

[IconicAquariums]

You should also try mounting it upside down, and making sure it gets tons of flow.

Food like cyclopeeze, oyster eggs, baby brine shrimp, and rotifers might help.

These corals don't live in captivity.

good luck,
joe

 

[aaron23]

chilli coral?

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

You should also try mounting it upside down, and making sure it gets tons of flow.

Food like cyclopeeze, oyster eggs, baby brine shrimp, and rotifers might help.

These corals don't live in captivity.

good luck,
joe

Why "upside down" will help?

 

[IconicAquariums]

Because thats how they live in the wild. They can't tolerate being upright, as it takes too much energy to inflate themselves. The spinnules & sclerites in their branches are very dense.

joe

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Because thats how they live in the wild. They can't tolerate being upright, as it takes too much energy to inflate themselves. The spinnules & sclerites in their branches are very dense.

joe

Thanks.
Will try as instructed.

 

[reefman]

these r almost impossible to keep in cap. food source n flow rate r the main reason they die. an established refug. sump is ur best chance.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

update on this guy,

It has definately grow but very slowly. Still don't know what is it. Wish someone has a pair of keen eyes to ID it.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

it is looking much better. has it been upside down? did you have it in the sum? have you been feeding? tell us what you've been doing

 

[Tonyscoots84]

wingodingo (lolz) it looks alot better and much healthier then the 1st pic... so im guessing you fed it.... did u turn it upside down, did u leave it in the main tank, or did you put it in the sump...

its getting its color back good job...

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I put it in the sump.

For a while, I did keep it upside down but nothing much happen so I
just move it where the water flows straight at it.

I do not feed it but I think my tank has sufficient food in the water column. That's the way I like to keep my tank-food everywhere so that everything in the tank get their share. I think for the bacteria as well when I try to provide food everywhere.

I think if I do the upside down trick now, it will have some effect since it's getting heathier and should react better to the gravity. When I start the new "sump" on top of the display tank, I will have enough room for strange setup for the frags-like the upside down trick. LYK how things go.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I put it in the sump.

For a while, I did keep it upside down but nothing much happen so I
just move it where the water flows straight at it.

I do not feed it but I think my tank has sufficient food in the water column. That's the way I like to keep my tank-food everywhere so that everything in the tank get their share. I think for the bacteria as well when I try to provide food everywhere.

I think if I do the upside down trick now, it will have some effect since it's getting heathier and should react better to the gravity. When I start the new "sump" on top of the display tank, I will have enough room for strange setup for the frags-like the upside down trick. LYK how things go.