sps bleaching

  1. R

    Birdsnest browning and losing polyps after fall into sand

    Hoping for some more eyes on this to help me nail down what's wrong with my green goddess birdsnest. She was doing great for months after a rocky start in Nov where it lost over 90% of it's polyps after accidental exposure to RO water during the initial introduction to the tank. (noob move on...
  2. DragonAquatics2024

    Need help guys low parameters

    hi guys i could do with some help i have some montipora that is bleaching can anyone help i think my parameters are low i will post them below can you guys take a look and offer any advice please i am looking into dosing ( All for reef) looking for any advice please guys todays test temp...
  3. justdeb1107

    Casualties of GFO

    So last night I changed the media in my GFO/Carbon reactor. I have run the reactor for 6 weeks or so. My phosphates were at .17. After adding new media last night, they plummeted to .04. Within hours, my 2 previously happy SPS pieces looked bleached. The monti at least now has its polyps...
  4. D

    SPS Corals turning white at tips, slight brown-ish colors in some tips

    Hi! Recently out of the blue my SPS corals are turning white, and some of them have a reddish-brown color. Not sure what is causing issues, some stats are: Temperature: 79.3 F NO3: 13-12 pH: 8.2 PO4: 0.07
  5. D

    Montipora stn? Or something else?

    About 2 weeks ago I moved all of my corals from my 20 long to my new 50 gallon system. Parameters were the sam and I adjusted the lights to the same par value the corals were used to in the old system. I had noticed over the past week that my orange monticap has been losing tissue a little bit...
  6. pandaparties

    Sticks dying top down

    Tips on a lot of my acros have turned white and seem to be spreading down, some have started growing algae on the tips. Could use some ideas and insight. Alk 8.2-8.4 Ph 8.3-8.4 Calc 550 Mag 1400 Nitrates consistently 7-8 Phosphates swing a bit but typically .1-.2 Temp 77.5-78 Par 250-300 (5...
  7. Philler

    Help!! My Reverse Superman Montipora is Turning ashy

    This was my first coral and has grown from about 1.5 in to the size of a strong fist in the last 10 months. It has always been the happiest and most aggressively growing coral in my tank and in the last 2 weeks it's DYING!!! :'( Here's what it looked like 2 weeks ago And here is what it...
  8. Zoa_Fanatic

    Lepto experts needed

    Does anyone on here know if I will be able to grow a jack-o-lantern lepto on the same rock as my Mr. Freeze? I spoke to a vendor at a coral show locally that said some of them will grow side by side fibe and some will try to murder each other. Will these two be ok? P
  9. Trueruby

    SUNBURST MONTİPORA BLEACHING

    Hi everyone, I observed something like bleaching but I am not sure if it is really a bleaching so your opinions are precious. Any suggestions for what to do in this case will be preciated. So, I have this frag for 2 months perhaps, for last 2 days i observed that it was loosingflesh partially...
  10. XanderPR

    Acropora bleaching!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

    All right so here's my story!!! I recently purchased a PC Rainbow Acropora from @WWC and after leaving it in my 29 gallon for 24 hours I dipped it in Revive from 2 little fish and moved it to a recently established 10 gallon quarantine tank. I had used water from my old aquarium and some...
  11. Holmzie123

    Birdsnest bleaching? Recommendations welcome

    Hi fish people, I got this wwc green birdsnest a few months ago and about a month ago it started bleaching. Maybe six weeks at this point. This is my first coral that's started doing that so I was slow to react. I've lowered the light intensity and the time the lights are on. It's still slowly...
  12. Razorp

    High Alk , should I switch salts?

    I have been an aquarist of sorts for over 10 years now, but didn't dive into the salt side until just over a year ago. Like most people i started small with a bicube16 and probably didnt do enough research here before starting. Long story short, I started with Coral Pro salt mix and never once...
  13. Gianluca

    Birds nest acro unhealthy?

    Hello all, my friend bought me a birds nest acropora two days ago. It doesn’t look too healthy in my opinion so I am concerned my tank isn’t up to snuff, the rest my corals are really healthy and growing just this one isn’t (or maybe I am just overreacting) My tank parameters are as follows...
  14. Z

    Green Slimer SPS bleaching in one spot on stem?

    Hey guys, So my green Slimer is on a frag rack and I noticed that part of the body and first bit of the branch is bleaching or dead? I am not sure. Since this part of the Slimer was in the shadow do you think this was why? Recently I had some pretty heavy temperature dips because of my own...
  15. Tdoan

    Acropora losing color

    I am having issue with my acropora corals, the color is fading out, other SPS are doing good with out issue, such as my montis. The acropora has been in the tank about 2 months, seem to be doing good but over the last 3 weeks the color is fading. I have a few things I am working on, first is...
  16. SimbaAnto

    SPS turning White/Brown - Need Help

    Starting yesterday one of my SPS's frag started turning White. Not sure what is going on. Below are my Parameters Changes I did recently Changed my Red Sea 90 and 50 whites to 50% for a week and now back to 10% based on this turning White My blues are 100% always Placement of the SPS was even...
  17. BighohoReef

    Houston the QT has a Problem... SPS RTN high PO4

    So I come down to make coffee this morning and find this happening in my QT tank, PO at .5ish tested twice Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrates: 10 Ca: 415 Alk: 8.3 Mg: 1230 Gonna do a water change, probably head to the store today to grab some phosguard. Any other suggestions? Should I pull the...
  18. hyeclass

    SPS dieing and bleaching

    My sps is dieing and turning to white On my rocks there is this brown hair looking like not sure what I should do to treat my rocks Prior bleaching I was cleaning the rocks I notice my Dunkin is dieing the sps started to bleach any solution
  19. O

    Keep or Trash

    My tanks recovering from a bad time. I lost a lot of SPS to receding skin. My colony of red planet is 90% dead. Now that I’ve corrected the issue, the receding has stopped leaving 10% alive. I had something similar to this happen before and the red planet quickly recovered and grew of the dead...
  20. ScubaZ

    Monti cap discoloration

    I have a red monti cap in the center of my tank that was doing really good for a while and now is taking a turn for the worst. Too much light maybe? It’s right under a hydra 26hd although it’s lower in the tank. It seems to bleeching out possibly in some areas although I’m not sure. Any...
  21. chicago

    strange stringy slim growing in frag QT . Help id this stuff

    Ok.. so I tore down and restarted by sps system. Ick ect . story on another thread... so I am QT everything now.. frags included.. i started a 30 long QT frag tank. things were going ok to begin with.. I have this recent growth of stringy almost detritus looking stuff. it does not look...
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