Help with finegrape

[esmithiii]

Ricardo,

Tudo bem?

I don't see a problem with the Euphilia Divisa shown. Here they are known as Frogspawn

Ernie

 

[Ricardo-ctba]

Hello, Ernie

Tudo bem por aqui.

Você fala português? assim fica mais fácil, pois meu inglês é muito ruim... (do you speak Portuguese? these way is easier, because my English is very poor...)

Here in Brazil people call Finegrape or Frogspawn corals of the species:
Euphillia divisa
Euphillia paradivisa

Yes, there is a problem with those Euphillia paradivisa. The first one (brown with green tips) doesn't open more than is shown in this picture. This coral have been closed for more than a month!!!

I believe it will die of hungry if it does not expose it's tissue to light.

In the second, green with pink tips, appeared those parasites about 2 weeks ago. It is not opening like it was before...

Here I have a picture of the green with pink tips before the infestion of those parasites...

Tks,
Ricardo Nishimoto

 

[esmithiii]

Desculpe, eu nao falo portuges, solo espanol y italiano.

Do you feed the coral? If so, what and how often?
What kind of lighting do you have?

At times these corals may not extend fully. I have a euphilia paradivisa that is not expanding as much as before. It goes through cycles.

Have you tested your water recently? Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate?

I looked in several books for information on parasites that attach euphilia species and did not find anything. I could not see clearly in either picture what you were referring to (white spots?) I zoomed in on the pictures and still could not make anything out.

Ernie

 

[Ricardo-ctba]

Ernie

Take a look at the 2 pictures of my first message. There are a lot of white spots at the tentacles of those frogspawns...

This reef has a 400W Iwasaki6500K + 2 70W 10000K + 2 110W VHO actinics.

You can see more pictures in this page:
www.mardecoral.com.br/yemanja

It's all in Portuguese.

 

[Ricardo-ctba]

Hello, People

Could anybody here help this Braziliam guy?

I'm having problems with some finegrapes in my friend's reef.

It looks like ich in the tentacles of all of them. The major problem: they don't open anymore!!!

I have some pictures of them, let me try to put them here.

The second finegrape (green with pink tip) is still open, but since some days ago, those parasites are there.

Does anyone here have seen something like that?

Tks,
Ricardo Nishimoto
www.reefcorner.org

 

[Ricardo-ctba]

I found a picture of the finegrape before this problem...