First Acro Dying?

[Tristan Rogers]

I ordered my first sps corals and they arrived yesterday. After about eight hours with the lights on the lowest settings, both my acro and monti cap looked to be okay. However, I turned on the lights this morning and half of the Acro has bleached away. Did I do something wrong here?

 

[Tristan Rogers]

The outer layer of tissue just seems to be peeling off of the coral

 

[29bonsaireef]

How old is the tank? What are your parameters at?

 

[OriginalUserName]

Could be many things. That speed makes me think something went wrong with acclimation, assuming none of your parms aren't way off the charts.

 

[Tristan Rogers]

do you think a clown goby could be the culprit? I saw him swimming around the Acro a lot

 

[UM Aquarium Club]

I'd recommend getting a picture or two of them along with measuring and posting your water parameters including calcium, alkalinity, and pH. Also +1 to the question about how old the system is.

 

[speedstar]

As mentioned we need more info and some pics would help. I have found temp acclimation is often the most important thing

 

[markalot]

Clown gobys irritate acros to no end. No idea if it's the problem this time but it will be an issue down the road. Pealing one day after shipping points to a shipping problem IMO, maybe the acro got too cold or too hot. How was the temperature of the bag when it arrived?

 

[OriginalUserName]

Quick note OP. Don't get discouraged. Most struggle with SPS early on. I'm still in that bucket myself but I think I'm close to getting it sorted. (knock on wood)

Clown gobys irritate acros to no end. No idea if it's the problem this time but it will be an issue down the road. Pealing one day after shipping points to a shipping problem IMO, maybe the acro got too cold or too hot. How was the temperature of the bag when it arrived?

Yeah, I don't see RTN happening that fast just due to fish irritation.

 

[Ashish Patel]

How was the temperature on the day of arrival? My guess is combination of stressful shipping temperature, Alk difference from previous tank to yours, and maybe these 2 being combined with not enough time acclimating to your tank.. This is my guess because its happened to me many times lol