Dieing I think

[newfish]

Any ideas why this coral is starting to bleach?

There are two tips that are starting to turn white?

One towards the left of the pic and one to the right.

Any suggestions or ideas.

Thanks

Josh

 

 

 

[jamesbuf]

What are your parameters?

[DaveS]

Given what I'm seeing in the last picture, I'd those white tips off ASAP.

[newfish]

Ok, Well I went to do a water change today and I think I found the problem. My salinity was out the roof.

I did some major diluting and so we will see how it goes.

Thanks

Josh

[Larry Grenier]

Ok, Well I went to do a water change today and I think I found the problem. My salinity was out the roof.

I did some major diluting and so we will see how it goes.

Thanks

Josh

 

I hope you did he correction slowly/gradually

Correct me if I'm wrong but salinity is one of those thing you should avoid sudden large changes even if in the right direction.

Edited March 14, 2008 by Larry Grenier

[ReeferMan]

agreed. What was way off and what did you bring it to? Dont think high salinty would RTN a SPS unless its very high or happened very fast.

[jason the filter freak]

James is on the right track what are your current water params

[OrientBlueReef]

James is on the right track what are your current water params

 

Agreed, it looks more like stn/rtn to me. I would bet on something other than salinity. Plus, unless I am missing something, you would have to be missing a very noticeable amount of water for your salinity to be out of hand.

[Freezerburn]

yeah we need a full list of parameters

 

One time I had to do a water change with a different salt mix and it started RTN all over my sps. You might want to do small more frequent water changes and start running Carbon. sometimes I'll just get a filter sock and throw the carbon in there. when things go wrong it usually helps.

[treesprite]

If you're going to use carbon also use phosphate remover.

[newfish]

Ok, Newbie here. RTN, What is it and can it spread to other corals. I looked it up a little but wasnt sure about some of the specifics. Alot of the sites I looked at said that it could be physical damage or something like that. I have some ?Pacillipora? that really isnt looking good at all either. It seems that alot of my LPS Corals are having problems. All of my softies are doing great. I am thinking of following Gmubeaches lead and sticking with Softies for now.

 

I will try to post some Params here soon, sorry for the delay been a little busy.

Thanks

Josh

[treesprite]

rapid tissue necrosis.

 

Actually if it was RTN would it not have been dead the same day, or at least by the next?

[OrientBlueReef]

Ok, Newbie here. RTN, What is it and can it spread to other corals. I looked it up a little but wasnt sure about some of the specifics. Alot of the sites I looked at said that it could be physical damage or something like that. I have some ?Pacillipora? that really isnt looking good at all either. It seems that alot of my LPS Corals are having problems. All of my softies are doing great. I am thinking of following Gmubeaches lead and sticking with Softies for now.

 

I will try to post some Params here soon, sorry for the delay been a little busy.

Thanks

Josh

 

RTN is rapid tissue necrosis, but slow tissue necrosis also exists. In my experience, pocillipora is hard to do that to. I had pocillipora that outlasted ricordea in bad tank conditions. I would stick to softies for a bit. Collect zoos, I had a lot of fun doing this when I couldn't support an extremely stable tank in college.

[treesprite]

somewhere is a thread around here about rtn and stn and what they are...

ah, here it is: http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=18210

Edited March 17, 2008 by treesprite