My tank finished cycling in Feb and I’ve had great luck and lots of coral growth and seemingly everything is happy, but then in 24 hours my big monti just bit it (Friday it was bright and looked happy as a clam, if you’ll pardon the metaphor) as did a small bird’s nest and a ricordea mushroom seems to be melting. Other coral still look good but not great, a couple other ricordea that open but not as before, leather (which just started shedding - unless they can get shiny when really unhappy and that is why it’s polyps aren’t extending), a bubble coral that is extended but not like “yay! I’m so happy to be in this tank!” extended, etc.
Only change I see in parameters is Ph is down and I don’t know why. I did use “fuel” for the coral for the first time on Saturday. Could it be bad? I did a small water change (15%ish) now and am making more RO/Di and could do a bigger one.
Here are the parameters:
Temp 78
Sal 1.235 ( I know a bit low, but stable)
Ph: 7.8ish, maybe 8 (lowest I’ve seen since Mar before this was a solid 8.1)
Kh: 9.0 (also lowest, but it’s bounced off 9 before)
Nitrate - 5ppm
Nitrite- 0
Ammonia - 0
Calcium - 450 (dosed last week)
Mg - 1600
Iodine - .03 (dosed last week)
Any ideas/ suggestions? Also, when I took the monti out to frag and bathe in idiodine what was left to try to save it, I found these little tiny white things on the bottom:
Only change I see in parameters is Ph is down and I don’t know why. I did use “fuel” for the coral for the first time on Saturday. Could it be bad? I did a small water change (15%ish) now and am making more RO/Di and could do a bigger one.
Here are the parameters:
Temp 78
Sal 1.235 ( I know a bit low, but stable)
Ph: 7.8ish, maybe 8 (lowest I’ve seen since Mar before this was a solid 8.1)
Kh: 9.0 (also lowest, but it’s bounced off 9 before)
Nitrate - 5ppm
Nitrite- 0
Ammonia - 0
Calcium - 450 (dosed last week)
Mg - 1600
Iodine - .03 (dosed last week)
Any ideas/ suggestions? Also, when I took the monti out to frag and bathe in idiodine what was left to try to save it, I found these little tiny white things on the bottom: