A few weeks ago I noticed my corals (all SPS) lose all PE and color. I initially thought it was something to do with the waterquality so I sent out an ICP. It came back fine.
I took another look and saw a bunch of small vermetid snails which led me to believe the mucus nets are irritating the corals to the point of death. Take a look at the pic, you can see the strings clinging to the tissue. These strings are all over the tank. Another thing I was thinking about is calcium precipitation from a somewhat high pH that ends up forming these strings.
Params:
NO3: 10, PO4: 0.8, Ca:420, pH: 8.3 - 8.5, kH: 8.3 all stable for months.
I took another look and saw a bunch of small vermetid snails which led me to believe the mucus nets are irritating the corals to the point of death. Take a look at the pic, you can see the strings clinging to the tissue. These strings are all over the tank. Another thing I was thinking about is calcium precipitation from a somewhat high pH that ends up forming these strings.
Params:
NO3: 10, PO4: 0.8, Ca:420, pH: 8.3 - 8.5, kH: 8.3 all stable for months.
