Is my SPS a goner?
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luther1200
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If it was me I would hurry up and frag them. So you don't lose the whole thing. The first time this happened to me I waited for it to fix itself and it never did. If the bleached spots were smaller I would say give it a chance but they look fairly large. You want to cut it at least 1/4" into healthy tissue.
plyle02
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rtn for sure... rapid tissue necrosis... You may be able to salvage the top of the 1st pic, and maybe the top branches in the 2nd pic. If you do so, remove all suspect corals from the tank, IME, necrosis becomes a plague, for me, usually 2-3 losses when this happens. Check your params, when they rtn, they are clearly not happy, I would advise consistent testing over the next several days... GL
plyle02
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another thought,
I noticed the plugs the corals are mounted to. Are they wild or maricultured? If your tank is not completely balanced, and closely matching the specs of the water that wild/maricultured corals are used to, they tend acclimate poorly. Light plays a role too.. IME, this usually leads to RTN. Unfortunately, I usually lose at least 2-3 other corals during this event, even aquacultered sometimes.
I noticed the plugs the corals are mounted to. Are they wild or maricultured? If your tank is not completely balanced, and closely matching the specs of the water that wild/maricultured corals are used to, they tend acclimate poorly. Light plays a role too.. IME, this usually leads to RTN. Unfortunately, I usually lose at least 2-3 other corals during this event, even aquacultered sometimes.
VacavilleFC3S
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what is your alkalinity?????
ph is around 8.0-8.2
alk 8.5-9
calcuim 480
nitrite 0
nitrate 0 (i have never had any detectable nitrates, tested on 3 different kits)
ammon 0
salinity 1.025-1.026
temp never goes above 81, average is about 78-79
sorry no magnesium test kit yet. im running 4x39 Actinic, 2x80 Aquablue+, and 2x54 Aquablue+. individual reflectors.
i kept them on the bottom for two weeks and it was slowly getting worse, so i put them just over halfway up the tank for the last week to see if it would help.
all my non-SPS are doing great. gave my brain a sunburn when i added my 2x80's. he is starting to color back up.
alk 8.5-9
calcuim 480
nitrite 0
nitrate 0 (i have never had any detectable nitrates, tested on 3 different kits)
ammon 0
salinity 1.025-1.026
temp never goes above 81, average is about 78-79
sorry no magnesium test kit yet. im running 4x39 Actinic, 2x80 Aquablue+, and 2x54 Aquablue+. individual reflectors.
i kept them on the bottom for two weeks and it was slowly getting worse, so i put them just over halfway up the tank for the last week to see if it would help.
all my non-SPS are doing great. gave my brain a sunburn when i added my 2x80's. he is starting to color back up.
Uncle Luke
Active member
What kind of flow and lighting to you have?
plyle02
Active member
Looking closely at your sps corals, they do appear to be mounted to maricultured plugs, this is why I asked if they were maricultured or wild. I NEVER take one home unless I have watched it for at least 4-6 weeks at the LFS. They acclimate very poorly, and if they survive at the store for at least this period of time, it will help to ensure survival in your tank. Could be a pest, but I doubt it, AEFW usually pretty slow death. You can check for RB's, but I doubt that either. Post in the SPS forum if you get the chance. Maricultured and Wild are very hard to keep, and would not recommend unless you have been succesfully keeping sps for awhile. They are finicky and do not have a great survival rate, monti looks good, but they are usually more hardy, acros not... I have a hard time not purchasing those nice size mini-colonies, and the price, just hard to turn them down, but have gone through alot over the years, and only have 1 currently surviving. Everything else in the tank is aquacultured...
GL
GL
I would love to let them sit at the store longer but my normal LFS only gets in a few pieces at a time and you gotta grab them before their gone. Guess ill just stick to the plastic plug frags, lol.
Im going to one that is 40+ miles away to pick up an Australian Wall Hammer today. Ill see if they have any plugs so i can frag these guys when i get home. The green one still has polyp extensions on the unaffected areas, so im hoping for the best.
Im going to one that is 40+ miles away to pick up an Australian Wall Hammer today. Ill see if they have any plugs so i can frag these guys when i get home. The green one still has polyp extensions on the unaffected areas, so im hoping for the best.
