Sps keepers (experts) please help.

[wickedfish]

Alright I have an issue and have no idea wtf it is. I have 3 pieces that recently were affected. First was a Gomezi that was one of my finest colored coral in my tank. Now it's just ragged and well you decide

It also basically deteriorated my bad a$$ blue tenuis that was also an unreal color.

well I threw it out about 4 days ago cause I couldn't bare to look at how bad it looked.

Last one that just got affected is a Solitude tort which well look at the tip here

oh and my deep water also has messed up tips.

Recent swings include temp going from norm 78.7 to 80-82. Other one was the salinity went from 1.026 to 1.025 and the final slight swing was a 8.3alk to 7.8. That's about it.

The tips become discolorated like when you put too much flow on a piece. Like the color is being washed off. Really weird. It's not a flat worm cause they aren't bites or spots.

Can it be my Lamark? Or is it flow or what? Freaking lost!

 

[WayneL333]

Do you run bio-pellets, gfo, and or carbon? If so, did you change them out recently? Did you change your lighting recently?

 

[wickedfish]

I lowered the lighting a little. I don't run bp's. I do run Gfo and carbon. Carbon is old like 7 weeks, rowaphos about 4 weeks old.

 

[WayneL333]

Hmm...any new fish that may be nipping at the tips?

 

[wickedfish]

I stared at the tank for days and oy saw the Lamark nip at the deep water once but just where a Lil algae was. And not a constant nip. He's been in the tank almost a year though. Newest possible terror is a coral beauty and a chevron. But neither have been seen biting anything coral.

 

[WayneL333]

It may be that coral beauty. If it were me, I'd take it out, do a 15% water change and replace the gfo and carbon.

 

[wickedfish]

Gonna take the carbon off line. Gfo needs changing for sure. Poor coral
Beauty. I want it to be the Lamark cause I hate the day I traded for him.

 

[campge]

Could be the Lamarck or coral beauty take them out ASAP...

 

[wickedfish]

Came from Rash's tank and I'm pretty sure he has Sps too. Ill ask him

 

[lurking]

Coral beauty is a big risk in an sps tank. I'd take him out. Good luck

 

[Spinner]

Build a little egg crate box and put around corals and see if they turn around then you know it was the basterd fish....lol

 

[solitude127]

What about the flow change you were telling me about? What about all the other params?

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Idk man. That first pic looks pretty nasty. I'd pull them out and dip them. Especially since u have had aefw in ur tank before.

Also when I put that flame angel in my tank, the first sign was no polyp extension. He would go around and nip at all the extended polyps. This doesn't look like that to me.

I'd rule out aefw first before u look at anything else. Dip them sticks

 

[Mr. Plant]

Do you have a lot of large colonies ? Maybe some chemical warfare going on.... Do you run a UV ? UV would help....

 

[Mr. Plant]

Also, now that its summer, people are using sun screen lotion a lot. Then putting their hands in the tank...Sun screen can be a real killer.......

 

[lowbudget]

Go grab one of the tet kits from mike and get the water tested by awt

 

[lowbudget]

i don't think it's aefw. What else you changed

Idk man. That first pic looks pretty nasty. I'd pull them out and dip them. Especially since u have had aefw in ur tank before.

Also when I put that flame angel in my tank, the first sign was no polyp extension. He would go around and nip at all the extended polyps. This doesn't look like that to me.

I'd rule out aefw first before u look at anything else. Dip them sticks

 

[overbored]

what caused your ph to change? did you stir your tank?

 

[Six2seven]

I'm thinking it might have been a combination. Lowering your lights and the sudden drop in alkalinity. Those LEDs can really change par with just an inch or two.

 

[DeadCalm]

I think you need someone to come over with their own test kits to double check all your parameters. I know you've been doing a lot of water changes and making a lot of adjustments recently. What if you've been adjusting based off a bad test kit?