About 2 weeks ago the fiancee forgot to leave the air conditioner on and I came home to find my tank was 94 degrees. By the next day the temp had come down. I left all tank lights off for 2 days. then at 4 hour intervals i phased back in teh actinics then the metal halides. I lost a few pieces immediately. slowly over the last 2 weeks i've been seeing other pieces suffer and die from tissue necrosis. i can see my acros go from healthy one day to RTN the next then dead 2 days later. when i realized what was going on, i did a 20% water change and changed the carbon. Initially i was using brightwell restore on the tank. i also dose elos amino's and just a week ago started dosing zeovit coral vitalizer (i figured the timing would actually help bring the tank some health). after the spike i introduced 2 new acros to the tank. they looked great for a week and today i notice the tips of one starting to RTN, although it looks healthy otherwise. To top it off a few other pieces are growing nicely and are continually coloring up, maybe there's hope yet????? all tank parameters are good, although my nitrates are a little high, but i figured that was from the tissue die off, maybe 10 -15ppm.
My Tank is Crashing Right Before My Eyes
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scalowagreef
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Sounds like a lot of hope if 2 weeks already passed.
The R in RTN is no joke so if you see any sign of it then you'll want to start fragging immediately. Are the unaffected coral in close proximity to the affected ones?
The R in RTN is no joke so if you see any sign of it then you'll want to start fragging immediately. Are the unaffected coral in close proximity to the affected ones?
Some are, some aren't.
philipchan
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For me, I will get the more exp croals out and put them into friend's or good LFS's tank first, after fixing your water problem, then bring them back...
