So I got this realy nice pink sps colony off someone for 40$ and I brought it home and did a revive coral dip like I do all my corals..looked great but was sliming alot..so went to bed..woke up and BAM it was all white with the flesh gone..I see like 2 spots with.pink on it deep in the middle now my tank is super cloudy...so I did a water change and its a bit better... this is the first sps iv ever lost this normaly happen? Should I do another water change agin tomorrow? Also should I cut all the dead branches so the pink gets more light and grows back or will it re encrust on it?
sps death cloud tank? plz help
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mike_cmu04
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It will reencrust over the dead spots but i would not be suprised if you ended up losing all of it. How did you acclimate it to your tank?
stingythingy45
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Pink,sounds like a birdsnest.
They hate any rapid change in alk.
They hate any rapid change in alk.
stangchris
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may not have liked that dip, some corals dont do well in dips
karsseboom
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That's why I never use revive. This happens a lot with that stuff.
Dexters Reef
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Peeling is generally alkalinity related, but can have a few other causes. What is your alkalinity at? Is it stable? I tried my luck with a birdsnest as my first SPS, and overnight the majority of it peeled away. Found out my alkalinity test kits were bad, and my alkalinity was very low.
After I corrected my alkalinity, the coral started regrowing and coloring back up, but it took a few weeks. I originally left the dead branches, but then found that they would grow algae and look bad, so I recently trimmed most of the dead branches off and it made the coral look much better.
After I corrected my alkalinity, the coral started regrowing and coloring back up, but it took a few weeks. I originally left the dead branches, but then found that they would grow algae and look bad, so I recently trimmed most of the dead branches off and it made the coral look much better.
I have used revive on over 200 pieces of sps and never lost one due to revive dips. I have honestly found it is much easier on sps the iodine and the stuff smells great so I am going with user error on your part. Have to agree with the all swing. I drip acclimate everything due to Varying parameters from tank to tank again never lost an sps to drip acclimating.
stangchris
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do you dose anything?
