HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!! Soft corals are wilting!

ctlegacy

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Okay... Everything was fine for a long time.
-3 Bunches of Xenia
-1 10 head torch
-1 9 head frog spawn
-1 7 head duncan
-1 2 head frog spawn
-1 Toad stool leather
- many polyps

SPS
2-acapora (spelled wrong)

My tank paramaters are all right on.

Tank seems to be having an issue. My xenia have went limp. They don't seem dead, but they seem very limp. They used be HUGE and stood up on their own. Now when the current stops they fall over like dying plants. My duncans are completely closed, and my other corals just aren't full.

Here's the possible tell tale.... my snails seems to be dormant. They arent dead, they just aren't doing anything.

Everything else in the tank seems to be fine. All of my fish and all of my anemones (including 2 Ritteri) are doing great. Truth be told the Ritteri look the best they ever have.

After doing some searching with the "new search engine" (oh well it's working....sorta), I've decided it must be some Copper related problem. I actually had a brass fitting that I used to hook up my protein skimmer. It was only on there for about a week, but I think that may have been enough. So tomorrow I'm going to go find some poly pads and a copper test and see where that takes me, but I'm just curious if anyone sees anything that might be another possibility??????

Thanks for any help.

Chris
 
Well, I found the problem, and the start of the solution. I had a brass fitting in my skimmer. I believe it was copper poisoning. I did a HUGE water change, started running carbon (last night), and put 3 poly filters in my sump. As of tonight, most things seem to be starting to make a come back. The snails don't seem to be coming back though. They will most likely be lost.

My torch coral seems to be letting the tentacles back out, most polyps have started opening again, and my duncan is starting to open up again.

Whats funny is that all my anemones including (and especially) my ritteri's look AMAZING. Do they like copper?

Anyway, thanks everyone. Hopefully this corrects the problem.

Chris
 
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