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Okay, what bugs would do that?Check with magnifier for bugs. Iodine good, try peroxide dip which they generally respond to.
Look under the plug for little black or red bugs. Also any asterina starfish in the system?Okay, what bugs would do that?
I’ve seen one asterina starfish and I have seen those red bugs before.. but didn’t think anything of it. All the other corals in the tank are doing just fine.Look under the plug for little black or red bugs. Also any asterina starfish in the system?
Bugs will munch on certain coral only and asterina do their destruction mainly at night.I’ve seen one asterina starfish and I have seen those red bugs before.. but didn’t think anything of it. All the other corals in the tank are doing just fine.
I don’t have a par meter but I’m using the current led pro dual light bars and it’s at about 60-75% intensity for 8 hoursI am also a big proponant of Furan 2 and Coral RX , I do 1 cup of water to one package of furan 2 , and mix it up good then 20 mins dip , upto 5 days in a row sometimes with wild colonies I am trying to save , I just had to do it last week actually, so far the tips are getting color again and starting to try and open, whats your lighting, spectrum , schedule ,intensity ?
I’d say about 18 or 20 incheshow far away from the fixture are these frags
I’ve had them in the same spots for 3 or 4 months though and they’ve been just fine. Now the ones that have grown on my rocks are disappearing in a matter of an houryeah like was mentioned , I think you might have a zoa predator if your water is correct , and your lights are like that , only thing that makes sense , they dont have the fungus from that pic . and zoapox we would see also . can you put them lower for now ?like on the sand .... ***edit*** just saw this and maybe you dont have enough PAR , and def not enough PUR ... so its more than likely just the lighting after seeing these numbers
I don’t dose iodine. I only dose alk and calcium is small amountsthey could be surviving off of the energy they have stored , also like "colored up" zoas change over time in peoples tanks and become muted . Those lights are great for FOWLR or the like , but most corals you buy in the hobby now are all acclimated and growing in much diff light than that i have all my z & p 's in around 100-200 PAR with 90% of it PUR which the corals actually use, 3-4 months makes sense to me based on that , just like certain people insisting on running certain channels certain ways on their lights and 1-2 years in have massive colony collapse. So everything else is perfect , what is your iodine @ do you dose iodide ?
I’m going to take some water to the lfs here in about an hourI would recommend having someone test all your water parameters again. This way you can see if your testing was off. Everything declining in 2 days is pretty fast.
Alk: 7.8You stated, "your water parameters are near perfect" could you please list them for all to see
Dont be too quick and dip them without knowing all your parameters. You could potentially make it worse.
Could you possibly post a picture of the "bugs" you are seeing. Maybe lay a frag down on its side to get a decent picture.
Wishing you the best of luck resolving this issue.