SUPER BUMMED: Monti. Cap crash

[OldReefGuy]

SUPER Bummed.........My favorite monti. cap.....within 3 days, went from looking good, to a white skeleton (sorry picture came out blue....)
rest of the corals are doing fine.
The only changes in the tank:

1. Picked up some corals from fellow reefer 3 weeks ago
2. Started dosing 9ml NoPox (120G tank) daily last weekend. Almost two weeks of dosing......

Looked at monti with lights out to see if I could catch any Nudis.....don't see anything.

 

[OldReefGuy]

Note: Not blaming anyone......

 

[five.five-six]

If you figure out what caused it, LMK. My Red cap is getting out of control. I have used a significant amount of NoPox in the past. No need, SPS consumption now vastly exceeds feeding.

 

[OldReefGuy]

I stopped dosing and did a 60% WC so that should take of any NoPox overdosing issue's (one hopes), but if its Nudis....dont know how to control that now....I guess take out the monti and dip in CoralRX and see. Dont want to introduce any new monti's till this is figured out....dont know any other course of action.....

 

[five.five-six]

LMK if you are in the IE and want to try again, I have plenty of red cap.

 

[bakbay]

What are your params (specifically Alk & Nitrate)? Do you have other SPS and are they ok?

If you're in SoCal, hit me up for some nice pieces -- I've been trying to kill monti cap! In fact, I've scraped the crap out of them from rocks but it came back with a vengeance! lol

 

[OldReefGuy]

LMK if you are in the IE and want to try again, I have plenty of red cap.

Will do.....let me figure this out first and see if I can catch any of the buggers.....

 

[bakbay]

I’ve tried to kill this twice already and they’re gonna kill the acro next to it! lol

 

[OldReefGuy]

What are your params (specifically Alk & Nitrate)? Do you have other SPS and are they ok?

If you're in SoCal, hit me up for some nice pieces -- I've been trying to kill monti cap! In fact, I've scraped the crap out of them from rocks but it came back with a vengeance! lol

Params are in line. Nitrate was at 20 / Pox was a little high BUT, always has been (hence NoPox dosing).
I'm leaning on Nudi's as the culprits.....

 

[OldReefGuy]

I’ve tried to kill this twice already and they’re gonna kill the acro next to it! lol

LOL....
once I figure out my issue, I'll take as much of that as you want to give...

 

[five.five-six]

Params are in line. Nitrate was at 20 / Pox was a little high BUT, always has been (hence NoPox dosing).
I'm leaning on Nudi's as the culprits.....

Don’t the nudis only eat Mounties? Do you just let them eat all your Mounties, wait a month for them to all starve and then start over?

 

[dontavo27]

Probably that Kenya tree

 

[bakbay]

From my experience -- unless carbon dosing abruptly zero'ed out NO3/PO4 or there was an Alk swing, monti's don't RTN like that. I would check the big 3 again, along with N & P to make sure.

 

[bakbay]

LMK if you are in the IE and want to try again, I have plenty of red cap.

Seems like we're in the same boat -- monticap's are almost like aiptasias!

 

[OldReefGuy]

Probably that Kenya tree

LOL.....

 

[joseserrano]

Likely the no pox. Nudi doesn’t help, but not the cause. One dip will also likely not deal with the nudi problem. Btw. Nopox will drop nitrate 4 and phosphate 1. Most carbon sources will.

 

[Jimbo327]

The whole thing just bleached, don’t think that will be nudi’s. Month caps are pretty tough, but if your other SPS is doing fine…then it’s weird. Anything that can sting it?

 

[bakbay]

Please share your “secret” cause I want to nuke my monticap one day!

 

[OldReefGuy]

The whole thing just bleached, don’t think that will be nudi’s. Month caps are pretty tough, but if your other SPS is doing fine…then it’s weird. Anything that can sting it?

Nothing......sigh.....

 

[OldReefGuy]

Please share your “secret” cause I want to nuke my monticap one day!

Not if I take off your hands first LOL