UGASealDawg
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Agree with what you got from other contributors.
New system? New coral?
QT is almost a necessity - it's an investment that will help protect your major investment in this reef.
Do you see any brown jelly or fleshy like discharge from the affected corals? If so, PM me. That would be brown jelly and not going to be, ummm, fun!?. I'll dump everything I know from a year long battle with a 180 gal system and $10k of coral.
For the temp - 80 seems to be a threshold that affects a lot of coral too. If you don't have a chiller, then get fans pointed at your sump. You can also freeze chunks of RODI water and add them to the sump - not a good plan long term. Need to find a way to keep the temp as stable as you can under 80 and , ideally, between 76 and 78. Do you have to turn on the heaters at night? Perhaps setting the on temp a bit lower so that the tank starts off lower when the heat starts. Temp swings are bad and they are very hard to ID as the culprit because it may be a few days/weeks before the coral starts to show signs of distress from temp shock. That's why a very stable QT is needed.
For the locating, it definitely looks like coral warfare. When the lights first go out, feed your corals a couple evenings in a row. Then watch their tentacles come all the way out after a couple nights when they get used to feeding at dark. Then you can see the room each one needs. Definitely get the trachy and goni moved asap. That definitely looks like stinging from the hammer and the anenome? respectively.
Also, bare in mind, some corals poison the water and the attack can be widely distributed...and some corals are more aggressive and others sensitive. That's why QT then adding one at a time is the best method imho.
Err on the side of too much space between them. Especially different types. A lot of corals are more tolerant/resistant to their own kind. Euphyllias have amazing long tentacles at their disposal...they will reach out and touch some one - if you are old enough to get the reference.
QT the affected if you can.
PM me if anything needs clarification.
Good luck!
New system? New coral?
QT is almost a necessity - it's an investment that will help protect your major investment in this reef.
Do you see any brown jelly or fleshy like discharge from the affected corals? If so, PM me. That would be brown jelly and not going to be, ummm, fun!?. I'll dump everything I know from a year long battle with a 180 gal system and $10k of coral.
For the temp - 80 seems to be a threshold that affects a lot of coral too. If you don't have a chiller, then get fans pointed at your sump. You can also freeze chunks of RODI water and add them to the sump - not a good plan long term. Need to find a way to keep the temp as stable as you can under 80 and , ideally, between 76 and 78. Do you have to turn on the heaters at night? Perhaps setting the on temp a bit lower so that the tank starts off lower when the heat starts. Temp swings are bad and they are very hard to ID as the culprit because it may be a few days/weeks before the coral starts to show signs of distress from temp shock. That's why a very stable QT is needed.
For the locating, it definitely looks like coral warfare. When the lights first go out, feed your corals a couple evenings in a row. Then watch their tentacles come all the way out after a couple nights when they get used to feeding at dark. Then you can see the room each one needs. Definitely get the trachy and goni moved asap. That definitely looks like stinging from the hammer and the anenome? respectively.
Also, bare in mind, some corals poison the water and the attack can be widely distributed...and some corals are more aggressive and others sensitive. That's why QT then adding one at a time is the best method imho.
Err on the side of too much space between them. Especially different types. A lot of corals are more tolerant/resistant to their own kind. Euphyllias have amazing long tentacles at their disposal...they will reach out and touch some one - if you are old enough to get the reference.
QT the affected if you can.
PM me if anything needs clarification.
Good luck!
