What's wrong with my monti???

[ReefRiley]

Is this receding or growing?

http://s1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb338/rlock4227/?action=view&current=e39c0754.jpg

It's turning white I think cus it used to be all dark red.

http://s1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb338/rlock4227/?action=view&current=b325ea2b.jpg

Could it be to close to the light, it's 16 inches away from a 250Mh

 

[swavings]

Looks like growth to me. On my montis, all of my edges are a bit whitesh, but thats because of the growth.

Not sure if its the same for you, but it just looks like it is growing. Is the white area only around the edge?

 

[Davelink]

give it a quick dip and blow it with a baster, see if any little white feathery guys shoot off... monti eating nudis love the edges of montis like that..

 

[Davelink]

the white on the rim in the first pic looks like freshly munched monti to me

 

[Davelink]

if it was bleaching out from your MH the whole monti would be going white not just the rim

 

[ReefRiley]

give it a quick dip and blow it with a baster, see if any little white feathery guys shoot off... monti eating nudis love the edges of montis like that..

Quick dip in what? I have coral rx.

 

[ReefRiley]

**** as much as I wish u were wrong, u are right! I found like 3 just by blowing um with turkey Baster. Should I take all my monti's out and dip them at the same time? How do I kill them? Cus I know there's more floating around the tank. Will any fish eat them?

 

[ReefRiley]

Should I do this?


How to use CoralRx One Shot:
Step 1 - Pore one gallon of water from your aquarium into a bowl or bucket.
Step 2 - Add the whole vial of CoralRx One Shot to the bowl or bucket.
Step 3 - Shake you coral in CoralRx solution for five to ten minutes.
Step 4 - Rinse with clean saltwater and return to tank.
 

 

[Davelink]

yeah thats basically all you can do really... just get all your montis together and give them all a bath at the same time. its a relatively easy problem to deal with if you dont let them get out of control. if you have montis on a rock, ill usually go around any crevace where monti and rock/plug meet with super glue gel to try to trap whatever may be in there and suffocate it. they like to hang out in areas like that. if you have a sixline wrasse, blow some nudis off in the water column so he gets them and recognizes them in the tank as food... after i got a sixline awhile back, alot of pesky critters started to disappear..

 

[Davelink]

coral RX will do work on most of the adults, but it wont kill many, if any, of the eggs they have already laid. so every 5 days, give the montis a dip, and hope you catch whatever eggs hatch after and any nudis you missed and get them that time around. i think it takes the eggs around 5 days to hatch...

 

[Davelink]

and make sure you dont overdo the coral RX, you can mix it a bit light if anything. montis that are getting munched will usually lose alot of flesh after you dip it if its too stong of a mix

 

[Davelink]

and--- as far as shaking them in the bucket, you can just toss in a powerhead and let that do the work for you, or just stick with the turkey baster. alot of the time youll have leftover nudis if you just give it a little shake in the bucket.

 

[ReefRiley]

Should I mix it with 2 gallons?

 

[Davelink]

nah u can do half dose in a half gallon if you want. i usually do that just so i dont run my sump dry.. it goes dry quick enough on it own without me takin a buncha water out haha

 

[ReefRiley]

Well I was doing a water change anyways so I have 25 gallons sitting in garage