Birdsnest dying

[Timandkatereef]

Hey everyone I’m having some issues with my Birdsnest suddenly dying… yesterday I noticed it began to bleach. I then tested.

The first two images.

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I then checked this morning and it’s totally bleached after work I tested and the findings were

I know that my mag and alk are low and I’m trying to figure out a better system in dosing.
I am running al prime hd with eddie putra settings.

https://www.aquaillumination.com/signature_series/eddie-putraThis tank has been established since December of 2023
I was told birdsnest corals by this app and employees they prefer direct flow. What is causing this.

 

[ryanjohn1]

How old was the frag? I personally run my tank at 78-79 degrees. And maybe not enough light down in the sand there.

 

[Timandkatereef]

How old was the frag? I personally run my tank at 78-79 degrees. And maybe not enough light down in the sand there.

I moved the frag from the top to the bottom. I’m not really sure I bought it from a store on March 1st

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Unfortunately it looks dead. The tank also looks rather new, this is a more difficult coral, sps do better in more mature tanks.

 

[Timandkatereef]

Unfortunately it looks dead. The tank also looks rather new, this is a more difficult coral, sps do better in more mature tanks.

Since December of 2023

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Yes thats a brand new tank lol.

I also see its on the sand, its normally placed higher in the tank, it likes higher light and flow. AI Prime is barely strong enough to keep many sps.

The Alk is somewhat lower than 'average', so a change of alk going into your tank could have affected it....

It could have been many things, but sort of points to the tank and your knowledge and experience being too new. (not meaning to offend, this is a difficult hobby and takes time to learn)

I would suggest that montipora (caps, digitata's, and setosa's) and pavona are much easier sps to begin with

 

[Timandkatereef]

Yes thats a brand new tank lol.

I also see its on the sand, its normally placed higher in the tank, it likes higher light and flow. AI Prime is barely strong enough to keep many sps.

The Alk is somewhat lower than 'average', so a change of alk going into your tank could have affected it....

It could have been many things, but sort of points to the tank and your knowledge and experience being too new. (not meaning to offend, this is a difficult hobby and takes time to learn)

I would suggest that montipora (caps, digitata's, and setosa's) and pavona are much easier sps to begin with

So the first two weeks it started to grow a lot showing great polyps and then one night it looked like this… I don’t believe it’s the “new tank”. it was moved down to the bottom after noticing it bleached…

 

[ryanjohn1]

Hope it was cheap frag bud. Try try again.