MammothReefer
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I know this is a long shot, I consider myself to have a pretty good understanding of the needs of these corals, and causes of things but this one has me stumped.
I recently have found a number of my LPS all started peeling from the edges in ward. This is happening in both my Frag tank, and my display (different flow, different lighting). Which makes me believe it's not related to flow or lighting. Frag tank has very low flow and Leds and the corals range between the directly under the leds and off to the sides. The display is high flow setup for sps and I only have a couple pieces in that tank as I had to move them to the frag tank when a fish was picking on them (5-6 months ago). The corals that are effected are placed in various locations there is no sand in the frag tank, nor any other critters minus a single sexy shrimp. The main LPS that appears to be effect are my Acan bowerbankis, where 3 out of 6 are showing signs of peeling or skin rescission. Out of my acans, I think 4 of 20 or so are showing signs of issues, and of my wellisos 1 of out of the 3 are showing issues, my biggest and oldest one, and it's peeling fast.
I first noticed it had switched from recession to peeling on Monday, the skeletons are white. I tried dipping them on friday in revive which has fixed the issue in the past but it has never been this wide spread. I have only added one acan in the past months of which I added on monday (bought it while I was out of town, so it can't be related to that as the issue was present prior to addition). All acans effected have been in my system for 8+ months. I feed them but I don't over do it I try to spot feed them once a week. My water parameters are pretty solid I am working out the kinds in my alk right now but I'm getting very minimal swings in the process. Like .1-.2 dkh a day max. (not enough to cause this issue).
What throws me for another loop is I had 1 bowerbanki recently recover from bleaching, and is thriving now, as are 3 acan frags I was having issues with before, a welliso that got stung is healed up and growing back, as is my only scoly which was on the verge of death is now back to 100%. My SPS are getting better and better each day seeing growth and colouration return (had a mag issue a couple months back) So the problem isn't universal I have some stuff thriving of the same species while others are falling apart (literally)
I typically do water changes weekly, I missed a couple weeks due to a salt/shipping issue but my paramters were solid during that time and I've since gotten back on track w/the changes. Everything in my tank is automated, all parmaters are tested for weekly, with alk right now daily.
Temp is kept between 76-78 (I found early on aussie corals don't do well in higher temps.)
Alk/Calc are dosed automatically as in Top off. Mag is dosed by hand when needed.
I run GFO/Carbon which I change out when I see my phosphates start to rise. It's the only thing I've changed in the past month or so but haven't seen any posts or chatter linking LPS tissue recission to Carbon/GFO. If anything it helps keep chemical warfare down, and phos due to feeding.
When I dipped everything in revive I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary coming off, just your usually bristle worms and starfish.
My welliso has lost about 15% of it's flesh at this point, and the worst bowerbanki about 2 polyps the rest are in the early stages. outside of maintaining the course and shooting for stability.. thoughts?
Here are my most recent "full test" paramters.
10/6/2011 - 22:15:00
Salinity 1.024 (usally keep my salinty @ 1.025 always calibrate before usage)
Calcium 410
Alk 8.624
Mag 1380
PH 8.05
Phosphates 0.03
Nitrates .2
Temp 76-78
Here is a link to my stats chart..
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...G12ZFhsTXBGTUFZellSWTZ3QkhiLVE&hl=en_US#gid=0
I'd really hate to loose this welliso it's by far my favorite piece in the tank. This is how it looked a couple weeks ago (although and older photo).
I recently have found a number of my LPS all started peeling from the edges in ward. This is happening in both my Frag tank, and my display (different flow, different lighting). Which makes me believe it's not related to flow or lighting. Frag tank has very low flow and Leds and the corals range between the directly under the leds and off to the sides. The display is high flow setup for sps and I only have a couple pieces in that tank as I had to move them to the frag tank when a fish was picking on them (5-6 months ago). The corals that are effected are placed in various locations there is no sand in the frag tank, nor any other critters minus a single sexy shrimp. The main LPS that appears to be effect are my Acan bowerbankis, where 3 out of 6 are showing signs of peeling or skin rescission. Out of my acans, I think 4 of 20 or so are showing signs of issues, and of my wellisos 1 of out of the 3 are showing issues, my biggest and oldest one, and it's peeling fast.
I first noticed it had switched from recession to peeling on Monday, the skeletons are white. I tried dipping them on friday in revive which has fixed the issue in the past but it has never been this wide spread. I have only added one acan in the past months of which I added on monday (bought it while I was out of town, so it can't be related to that as the issue was present prior to addition). All acans effected have been in my system for 8+ months. I feed them but I don't over do it I try to spot feed them once a week. My water parameters are pretty solid I am working out the kinds in my alk right now but I'm getting very minimal swings in the process. Like .1-.2 dkh a day max. (not enough to cause this issue).
What throws me for another loop is I had 1 bowerbanki recently recover from bleaching, and is thriving now, as are 3 acan frags I was having issues with before, a welliso that got stung is healed up and growing back, as is my only scoly which was on the verge of death is now back to 100%. My SPS are getting better and better each day seeing growth and colouration return (had a mag issue a couple months back) So the problem isn't universal I have some stuff thriving of the same species while others are falling apart (literally)
I typically do water changes weekly, I missed a couple weeks due to a salt/shipping issue but my paramters were solid during that time and I've since gotten back on track w/the changes. Everything in my tank is automated, all parmaters are tested for weekly, with alk right now daily.
Temp is kept between 76-78 (I found early on aussie corals don't do well in higher temps.)
Alk/Calc are dosed automatically as in Top off. Mag is dosed by hand when needed.
I run GFO/Carbon which I change out when I see my phosphates start to rise. It's the only thing I've changed in the past month or so but haven't seen any posts or chatter linking LPS tissue recission to Carbon/GFO. If anything it helps keep chemical warfare down, and phos due to feeding.
When I dipped everything in revive I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary coming off, just your usually bristle worms and starfish.
My welliso has lost about 15% of it's flesh at this point, and the worst bowerbanki about 2 polyps the rest are in the early stages. outside of maintaining the course and shooting for stability.. thoughts?
Here are my most recent "full test" paramters.
10/6/2011 - 22:15:00
Salinity 1.024 (usally keep my salinty @ 1.025 always calibrate before usage)
Calcium 410
Alk 8.624
Mag 1380
PH 8.05
Phosphates 0.03
Nitrates .2
Temp 76-78
Here is a link to my stats chart..
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...G12ZFhsTXBGTUFZellSWTZ3QkhiLVE&hl=en_US#gid=0
I'd really hate to loose this welliso it's by far my favorite piece in the tank. This is how it looked a couple weeks ago (although and older photo).
