Problem w/ montipora

[drgabe]

I have a good sized (for me) orange plating montipora - yesterday looking great, nice and orange, polyps exteded.
Tonight when I got home, the entire coral is white, with some brown/black edges around.

Everything else in the tank looks fine, no known issues with water perams. Any thoughts or comments?

 

[Markk96]

Without knowing more about about it, it just stressed out and now it sounds dead.

 

[Reggae Fish]

Sounds dead. I'm sure someone here can help with a new frag

 

[DrBDC]

I'll hook you up with one. Still wanting that T5 setup? You could pick it up at the same time.

 

[drgabe]

You are probably right about stress... there was a green slimer and a orange monti-digita on either side. Perhaps chem warfare?

 

[DrBDC]

BTW, any additions to the tank? What kind of corals are near it?

 

[drgabe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9310733#post9310733 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DrBDC
BTW, any additions to the tank? What kind of corals are near it?

We entered at the same time.
Those corals have been next to it for several months, no sign of anything.
The last additions were from the frag swap a coulpe of weeks ago, but nothing near this particular coral.

 

[DrBDC]

Check the other monti species real well and look for any areas that might indicate monti nudi's. If they look good, then I'd say it's the slimer that decided to slime a little more possibly. Unless something else went on chemistry wise or system change of some sort.

 

[chadfarmer]

any lighting change

temp swings?

 

[drgabe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9310794#post9310794 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chadfarmer
any lighting change

temp swings?

nope

 

[rjd2reef]

I have seen slimers shed tiny fragments into the water column and kill other corals by this method. For a monti cap(hardy) to die within 24hrs in a usually stable system points directly towards chem warfare. HTH