RIP Sebastian Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hey there guys and gals, Up until now my tank has been going pretty well. Happy corals, healthy fish,etc. About a week ago, my acan stsrted losing tissue. I've had it for months and haven't moved it. Then my candy cane lost most of its color. I woke up today to find my favia all white! Everything wlse in the tank is fine, including my RBTA. Nitrates are next to nothing. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Nick Link to comment
markalot Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 You haven't provided the key numbers. Alk Calcium Sounds like the tank ran out of something OR something was overdosed. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hey there guys and gals, Up until now my tank has been going pretty well. Happy corals, healthy fish,etc. About a week ago, my acan stsrted losing tissue. I've had it for months and haven't moved it. Then my candy cane lost most of its color. I woke up today to find my favia all white! Everything wlse in the tank is fine, including my RBTA. Nitrates are next to nothing. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Nick Do you dose? Any changes with maintenance or additives made over the past few days? How about past few weeks? Ca: ? Alk: ? Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Do you dose? Any changes with maintenance or additives made over the past few days? How about past few weeks? Ca: ? Alk: ? Do you dose? Any changes with maintenance or additives made over the past few days? How about past few weeks? Ca: ? Alk: ? I don't dose anything. My alk is 9. I don't test for calcium. My Stylos are fine so I don't think that's the issue. Nick Link to comment
davy jones Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Are you running carbon or GFO? The lps corals seem to be the ones going, could be lack of nutrients. I had a really hard time keeping frogspawn and hammers and even duncans alive for a while cause my tank was ULNS and i wasnt dosing any of the coral food Link to comment
Astinus Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Are you running carbon or GFO? The lps corals seem to be the ones going, could be lack of nutrients. I had a really hard time keeping frogspawn and hammers and even duncans alive for a while cause my tank was ULNS and i wasnt dosing any of the coral food What is ULNS? Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Are you running carbon or GFO? The lps corals seem to be the ones going, could be lack of nutrients. I had a really hard time keeping frogspawn and hammers and even duncans alive for a while cause my tank was ULNS and i wasnt dosing any of the coral food My other LPS- Platygyra, Euphyllia, and other acans- are all doing great. Link to comment
D Z Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 What is ULNS? Ulns = ultra low nutrient system. OP - any chance any foreign objects entered the system. A coin, paper clip, chemical,etc? Or even cleaning done near the tank? Link to comment
gena Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hey there guys and gals, Up until now my tank has been going pretty well. Happy corals, healthy fish,etc. About a week ago, my acan stsrted losing tissue. I've had it for months and haven't moved it. Then my candy cane lost most of its color. I woke up today to find my favia all white! Everything wlse in the tank is fine, including my RBTA. Nitrates are next to nothing. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Nick Besides all the other possibilities mentioned...have you added any new fishies or critters that could be annoying them? A lot of pickers love LPS. Link to comment
metrokat Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 You didn't happen to see any brown jelly did you? LPS are susceptible to infection. The infection can occur if the coral is nipped by a fish or otherwise traumatized. Ulns = ultra low nutrient system.OP - any chance any foreign objects entered the system. A coin, paper clip, chemical,etc? Or even cleaning done near the tank? A foreign object would affect everything equally in terms of coral though. It wouldn't pick just the LPS. Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Ulns = ultra low nutrient system. OP - any chance any foreign objects entered the system. A coin, paper clip, chemical,etc? Or even cleaning done near the tank? I know there aren't any foreign objects in the tank. I've checked. I always clean around the tank with vinegar. Besides all the other possibilities mentioned...have you added any new fishies or critters that could be annoying them? A lot of pickers love LPS. The last thing I added was my RBTA- two months ago. You didn't happen to see any brown jelly did you? LPS are susceptible to infection. The infection can occur if the coral is nipped by a fish or otherwise traumatized. A foreign object would affect everything equally in terms of coral though. It wouldn't pick just the LPS. No jelly here. I know the fish don't nip anything. Thanks for the help, everyone! Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Anyone else have an idea? Link to comment
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