My LPS corals have been slowly receeding/dying. It first started with my bubble coral then favia and now my hammer, frogspawn & rics are also slowly receeding/dying. All of these corals have been in my tank for over 2.5 yrs. I do water changes and maintenance monthly. Please let me know your thoughts on what is going on here? The alk,cal,mg & phosphate are all testing accordingly. It is a 72 gallon that has been running for over 3 yrs. I have posted pics to show the problems. Thanks!
LPS Corals Dying
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frank180reef
Well-Known Member
what is the calc and alk?
afboundguy
Acan's are inedible candy
Have you had any sudden rapid change in alk lately?
SharkLover
T5 LPS
what have you changed in the past 90 days? this includes all relative things to the tank, filters, power heads, bulbs, etc.
Kenny B
Reefbikeer
Assuming the term "tested "accordingly" means that the levels are spot on. The next two scenarios that come to mind is something bothering them like another in habitant like s shrinp crab etc. Chemical warfare. some sort of chenical contamination, antibacterial soap or airborne spray. or secondly Stray voltage in the tank from a heater or powerhead.
Cherokee_Dude
Non-member
You check Phosphates? I had this happen on an established tank until I started running Ferric Oxide.
stingythingy45
Well-Known Member
Just in case,check ammonia.
I just recently had a big serpent star die in the rock work and my green cap is bleaching.
I just recently had a big serpent star die in the rock work and my green cap is bleaching.
jackthestrat
DON'T PANIC
Euphyllids are good indicator organisms that something is awry. My guess would be household contaminants. Smoking, window cleaning, bathroom cleaning, hands in tank w/o gloves? Burning incense? Candles?
Sherri
Non-member
Do I see some brown slime? It is kind of hard to see in the pictures. It seems the SPS would react before the LPS to parameters. I have lost several corals -- started in my hammers -- to brown slime. It is almost incurable and you need to get them out of your tank immediately if it is brown slime. I did not do it soon enough and the brown slime from my hammer wiped out a beautiful red lobo I had. Look carefully -- if you see any brown slimey stuff -- remove the corals to a hospital tank immediately.
naturebatslast
Senior Toad Licker
Yup, the brown jelly is normally pretty visible, and FWIW I don't see any in your pics.
Tons of suggestions here, sometimes poop happens. The only thing I would offer would be running fresh carbon. IMO, your tank looks pretty stocked in general, you may just have alot of toxins/warfare going on.
The chance you've been fragging in the display tan. After some Calfo reading, he's really up on fragging outside of the display saying that the mucous of a fragged individual could have some impact on the tank.
Tons of suggestions here, sometimes poop happens. The only thing I would offer would be running fresh carbon. IMO, your tank looks pretty stocked in general, you may just have alot of toxins/warfare going on.
The chance you've been fragging in the display tan. After some Calfo reading, he's really up on fragging outside of the display saying that the mucous of a fragged individual could have some impact on the tank.
I have had similar exp. w/ Caulastrea... over a couple years grew from 4 heads to about 25, then in the course of 2 mos. start to deteriorate. I think I saved by TMPCC dip (2x) and transferred to another system, but it's beyond me why... Have also had sps grow great for a year or more, then all the sudden start sloughing off flesh.. repeated inspections w/ a 30x jeweler's loupe found nothing I could see... fw's or bugs and such.
