zachtos
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SPS dying, experienced reefer needs HELP!
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Alright, It's been s month now, and I've lost 5 of my 35 some SPS coral colonies. My 240G reef is about 1.5 years old and very stable. ALL paramaters are perfect.
no3=1-2.5ppm, sg:1.026, alk-8-9, ca-425, mg-1300, ammonia/no2-0
These are LARGE colonies. I just lost one last night that awas 5"x5"x8"!!!! I see no red bugs, no flat worms. My sulfur reactor is a year old. They only things that have changed in the last 3 months. (in order of addition)
-added tunze pumps for more flow
-added copperband butterfly and peppermint shrimps
-added rose bubble tip anemone (rbta)
-started dosing vodka
-aptasia is everywhere, I don't see any stinging corals though
*So, my picks for what is happening are either:
1. Rose Anemone roaming about the tank? I bought a small rose anemone for my clowns, I've had a green one and replaced it with the rose. It stayed in place for a week and then retreated into the rockwork. It stays near the center island of rockwork at the base. Could this be moving about and killing my corals? Some of the deaths are way at the top of the tank, so I don't see how it could get up there... the left/center/right islands are not really connected, but I know they can float. The biggest colony I just lost is in the center right where it's been roaming though. I have not SEEN the anemone near corals, so I don't know if it can kill them so quickly at night only!?!?
2. aptasia stinging corals? Not sure how fast they could kill, but I've lost some colonies WAY at the top of the tank, where there are no aptasia, so I don't think this is it...
3. Vodka dosing, I've been doing this very slowly, (500G tank and only 14ml / day, started at 2ml/day and slowly worked up to this in 3 months, have seen no coral stress, this is all very sudden changes w/ the deaths).
4. Dinoflagellates, I still have a small amount of these in the tank, kind of an ongoing battle, not sure if these can kill corals, but why would they target just a few, and overnight deaths?
*click red house for tank photos and history.
Alright, It's been s month now, and I've lost 5 of my 35 some SPS coral colonies. My 240G reef is about 1.5 years old and very stable. ALL paramaters are perfect.
no3=1-2.5ppm, sg:1.026, alk-8-9, ca-425, mg-1300, ammonia/no2-0
These are LARGE colonies. I just lost one last night that awas 5"x5"x8"!!!! I see no red bugs, no flat worms. My sulfur reactor is a year old. They only things that have changed in the last 3 months. (in order of addition)
-added tunze pumps for more flow
-added copperband butterfly and peppermint shrimps
-added rose bubble tip anemone (rbta)
-started dosing vodka
-aptasia is everywhere, I don't see any stinging corals though
*So, my picks for what is happening are either:
1. Rose Anemone roaming about the tank? I bought a small rose anemone for my clowns, I've had a green one and replaced it with the rose. It stayed in place for a week and then retreated into the rockwork. It stays near the center island of rockwork at the base. Could this be moving about and killing my corals? Some of the deaths are way at the top of the tank, so I don't see how it could get up there... the left/center/right islands are not really connected, but I know they can float. The biggest colony I just lost is in the center right where it's been roaming though. I have not SEEN the anemone near corals, so I don't know if it can kill them so quickly at night only!?!?
2. aptasia stinging corals? Not sure how fast they could kill, but I've lost some colonies WAY at the top of the tank, where there are no aptasia, so I don't think this is it...
3. Vodka dosing, I've been doing this very slowly, (500G tank and only 14ml / day, started at 2ml/day and slowly worked up to this in 3 months, have seen no coral stress, this is all very sudden changes w/ the deaths).
4. Dinoflagellates, I still have a small amount of these in the tank, kind of an ongoing battle, not sure if these can kill corals, but why would they target just a few, and overnight deaths?
