need help asap coral could be dieing!!!!!!

[jenreef]

ok i have been noticing my sps coral starting to turn white and no polyp exention for a few days now i dont think it is rtn, becuase it is has got more white over time. can you guys help me i need to know what is going on. all my other sps are doing fine. i thought it was bleaching so i moved it down and it seems to be doing worse.

here are some pics of the coral.

 

[frank180reef]

check your alk, calc and mag??

 

[jenreef]

check your alk, calc and mag??

will do

 

[nichols]

Have you had a heat spike or a sudden change in your Alk? Stability in both are pretty important, especially with SPS.

 

[jenreef]

Have you had a heat spike or a sudden change in your Alk? Stability in both are pretty important, especially with SPS.

the tank has not had a heat spike. change in alk possibly

 

[Jocko]

How long have you had the coral?

What's tek? Is that T5 lights?

 

[jenreef]

i have had the coral for a month or two. tek is t5 lighting

 

[jenreef]

do you guys think it can be red bug?

 

[jenreef]

alk 8
calcium 460
tested these parameters when lights were off

 

[frank180reef]

might raise the alk a tiny bit?

 

[mak3mydae]

Since it seems to only be on the bottom in those pictures, i would wait to see if it gets really bad, and then frag off whatever looks fine.

I was under the impression that you would be able to see red bugs

 

[tmarques]

had the same problem to mine, looks like its a stag(sps) i had one for almost 2yrs and with the heat i lost it all tried to frag it but it didnt work. welcome to the hobby of sps. good luck and make sure you check your heat all day on a hot day all it takes is one hour.

 

[joefish]

Yea! I have had the same problem with my SPS corals, some of my frags are dieing back like you jenreef but some are doing good. My temp go's to 81 in the day and drops to 77 at night, could that be the problem?

 

[JayM]

81 isn't bad, but I try and stay below 80. I hit 85 one day this summer when a certain 10 year old left 8 75 watt spotlights on in my fish room.

 

[jenreef]

i dipped the coral in revive for 10 mins as i heard if you leave it in for 10 mins it will kill off any red bugs it may have. after the dip my fiance threw the water out and he said he noticed red bugs at the top of the water and at the bottom. i asked him if he was sure it was red bugs and he said yes. right now the coral has been back in the tank and it is on the white side in color. it looks pale. i hope it gets better as time goes by

 

[delta]

What color is the coral to begin with? Are you sure you are seeing coral skeleton or tissue changing color?

Alk of 8DKH is fine changing it when things are going wrong is not a good idea.

Personally I like my ALK @ 8DKH the higher it is the faster it drops should something go wrong.

 

[jenreef]

What color is the coral to begin with? Are you sure you are seeing coral skeleton or tissue changing color?

Alk of 8DKH is fine changing it when things are going wrong is not a good idea.

Personally I like my ALK @ 8DKH the higher it is the faster it drops should something go wrong.

i got the coral about a month ago or two. and this coral from the beginning never had good polyp extension, if any. the color of the coral is a plum color. and yesterday i noticed the bottom of the coral it looked like something was eating it's tissue

 

[jenreef]

so i was looking at pictures online. and all the corals i seen that were infested with red bugs had no viewable affect like the coral i have. than i came upon aefw. and i seen a picture of a coral infested in it. and it looked just like my coral. the bottom of the coral tissue is all eating up and white. that's exactly how my coral looks like. so now im starting to think it has/had aefw. hopefuly the dip will help the coral

 

[jenreef]

im thinking maybe what my fiance seen was aefw not red bugs. but i heard the 10 min dip should get rid of red bugs and aefw. so we will see

 

[frank180reef]

would flatworm exit help?