Help!!!!

[colinm822]

I woke up this morning and smelt something funny in the room my tank is in. My tank lights were off so I couldn't see anything wrong with the tank. When the lights came on I realized that ALL of my SPS were very light in color. Almost like pastel versions of what they used to look like, with the exception of the reds, all my red SPS are a light grey. I checked my params and everything was in line with the exception of my salinity, the salinity was .026, so I added some RODI to bring the levels down. It's doesn't look like STN Or RTN , because all of the corals tissue is still in tact.
What could have caused this? Please any advice.

Here is what everything used to look like


Here's what it looks like now

 

[Usingthejohn]

.026 salinity isn't bad as far as I know.

What exactly are you parameters?

 

[Adrock]

put a poly filter in and see what color it turns

 

[Jhuneke]

What about temp?

 

[Wankel]

Do you have a lid? Maybe someone cleaned near the tank and sprayed some chemicals near by? Do you have an Apex to refer to your graphs to see if there were any fluctuations?

 

[gr1mm]

too much evaporation due to the high temps? do you have an auto top off?

 

[colinm822]

Do you have a lid? Maybe someone cleaned near the tank and sprayed some chemicals near by? Do you have an Apex to refer to your graphs to see if there were any fluctuations?

I do not have a lid, and I am certain no one cleaned in that room. I do not have an apex, but I am going to invest in one .



My parameters are :
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate:0
Ammonia:0
Phosphates: .01
Calcium: 420ppm
Magnesium:1300ppm
Alkalinity:9dkh
Ph: 8.1

I have a chiller so I am cruising at 80degrees

 

[colinm822]

too much evaporation due to the high temps? do you have an auto top off?

No auto top off

 

[bvysochin]

Change gfo recently? Add a clam recently? Haven't dosed anything recently? How are you checking your salinity?

 

[Fly5150]

Temp swing in the heat?

 

[colinm822]

Change gfo recently? Add a clam recently? Haven't dosed anything recently? How are you checking your salinity?

I haven't changed my gfo for a while, could that be the culprit? I have had a clam for over 1 year with no issues. I am using a refractometer to monitor the salinity. I haven't dosed trace elements in a while.

 

[tofucube]

Do you have a toadstool in the tank?

 

[CarlosLeFishy]

why toadstool ?

Do you have a toadstool in the tank?

 

[tofucube]

why toadstool ?

Yup. They can release chemical and go kamikaze on the sticks. "IF" there is one in the tank and it was pissed off at something, perhaps heat or salinity swing, then it could release chemical into the tank. Some larger tanks are able to handle it because the larger water volume can buffer the amount of chemical released. I'm not sure about the smell though but that could have been coming from the sticks themselves when they went into shock mode. I would run some carbon to help battle whatever it is in the tank and also the stuff being released by the sticks. Doesn't have to be a reactor. Just decent size bag of carbon in high flow area should help.

 

[SandStorm]

Temp swing can change a lot. I transfer my coral to holding tank and in just a week coral brown out and start dying from bottom to top. Lost 5 colony. Return coral back to display tank. It's been 3 weeks still corals on recovery mode. Now tank transfer on hold until summer is over.

 

[Six2seven]

This happened overnight?

 

[colinm822]

No toadstool in the tank, an yes this happened overnight. I am so depressed right now, my fear was that it was going to progressively get worse and it has. ALL of my SPS are gone, and my softies aren't opening up. I really do not know what to do at this point. What could have wiped out everything in a matter of 24 hours?

Here is a full tank shot from before


and Now

 

[Zoarder]

You should have done what Robert said and added a poly filter, also adding carbon would have help a lot.

 

[jessesoto33]

Do you have any nudibranches? Sea apples or anything like that?

 

[colinm822]

You should have done what Robert said and added a poly filter, also adding carbon would have help a lot.

I did that.

and no sea apples or nudis