whats going on corals dying??
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acrofragger
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looks like po4 check it
acrofragger
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i believe thats it algea outcompetein coral
Overlook reef
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I would do a water change.
When was the last water change?
When was the last water change?
kingfish62
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Probably cyano or dino choking out your coral. I would start some water changes.
acrofragger
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i believe water changes feed cyano or dynos forgot witch one but i could be wrong
kingfish62
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I may be mistaken but in the first picture it looks like bubbles on your coral. I think it is a kenya tree so what ever is on your rocks are on them too. Increased circulation may help.
What is your tank temp? BTW.
What is your tank temp? BTW.
kingfish62
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What are you using for for water changes? RO/DI water? Where is it from?
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ffsteve
The tool man
after close inspection your right kingfish there is bubbles on them i didn't notice them with the lights on but with the blue led moon lights on the bubbles pop right out at ya.
i do use ro/di water and i make it. filters are fairly new last three months. very little discoloring.
so how do i get rid of this problem?
and will the corals recover?
i do use ro/di water and i make it. filters are fairly new last three months. very little discoloring.
so how do i get rid of this problem?
and will the corals recover?
newenglandreef
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Looks like classic dinos choking your corals. Dinos aren't just on the surface, they'll also in the water column. In my experience, they slowly kill everything. Any idea what you PH is? If dinos, the new silicates in the water change is believed to feed the dinos. One thing I noticed when I went through the horrible dino battle was that the water, itself, had kind of a rotten smell to it. If that's what you're dealing with, search on this site and on RC for how to manage them.
That's interesting, I have never heard that silicate might fuel dinos, but I have observed and heard others report seeing that water changes can fuel dinos. I have also observed that when my DI cartridge starts getting old I often see a diatom bloom which IIRC is known to be associated with silicate levels.
Whatever the case, it can be difficult to ID dinos accurately unless you can find someone that knows what they are looking at under a microscope. The other way to know is by what it ends up taking to end the problem.
Personally I have fought off dinos by maintaining a slightly elevated PH via kalk on a continous slow drip.
Others have had luck with total light black outs, and the newest thing is a peroxide treatment of some sort but I'll leave that for someone else to clarify (since it scares me to the point that I haven't even read up on it).
acrofragger
Non-member
i agree with ^ about peroxide ....i would start with light out for 2 days to see if it dies down ....
frank180reef
Well-Known Member
did u dose recently, it is hard to get alk that high and leave it there consistently.................
I would say water changes and more flow......................
I would say water changes and more flow......................
