monti cap

[scbasser5]

I have had a beautiful red monti cap growing for nearly a year, two days ago I noticed a small area about the size of a dime that had turned white. The growth had it in contact with my elephant something so i moved the elephant skin coral. Last night over half the monti was white, this morning nearly the entire thing.

I broke some pieces off for frags and removed most of the white parts. I noticed the white areas were really slimy and oozed some clear snot looking stuff.

Any ideas what may have caused this so sudden die off? The tank parmeters all check with in normal ranges, no sudden swings that I have detected. Temp is on a controller stays pretty darn constant with in 2 degrees. I use IO salt.

Thanks for any tips or commments

 

[RicksReefs]

I'd say your monti lost a coral war and was burned. it's not a water quality issue, it's a placement issue.

 

[Serioussnaps]

yeah if you know it got stung...its probably warfare issue...you fragged it right...i say just keep the frags and start all over...sucks doesnt it....bout the best you can do...you could keep the affected part for a couple of weeks and see if it comes back around but it sounds like its done for

 

[Dansin]

Also if you are dosing kalk a partical that wasen't desolved might have been blown on the corol,that would cause that. Good luck.

 

[scbasser5]

thanks for the info guys. It appears to be a near total loss. several of the frags have gone during the day.

 

[reefinmike]

i have read in eric bornemans book that montipora have very deep set polyps. they will always loose battles but will regain color typically. i had an acro that stung a monti and a chunk .75x.25" was bleached. within three days it is almost completely orange again.

 

[Norwood IND]

Yeah. Sounds like the monit lost the chemical war. I would keep the colony. As other stated, it should color up. Good luck with it.