Help! Acros dying

[ReefAddict16]

Two weeks ago I had my nutrients drop to zero and tissue was dying off. So I recently removed some of my biomedia/ gfo and now my nitrates are staying around 10 but my smaller frags are still dying.
What should I do to help stop the tissue from dying off?

 

[TaylorJames]

What is your alk, calc, mg, and has it been stable?

 

[ReefAddict16]

Alk 8
Cal 410
Mag 1400
Nitrate 10
Phosphate .06

My mini colonies are all doing good. The frags* were the ones effected.

 

[Auto-pilot]

I think the only thing you can do is make sure everything stays stable and your tank's nutrients stays up. It will eventually bounce back!

 

[ReefAddict16]

Sad thing is those are my most expensive pieces :\

 

[cperry7467]

I think there was a BRS episode where they researched amino acids and one thing that stood out was tissue repair was faster in tanks where they dosed aminos. Could be worth a shot but outside of that just patience and stability. Keep an eye on nutrients I've seen a lot of times when people zero out and then add nutrients that they tend to drop back to zero fairly quick and need to continue dosing for a while until it stabilizes.

 

[cperry7467]

Found it, around the 20 minute mark. Specifically WWC uses aminos to nurse stressed corals.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/vide...-i-feed-corals-the-brs-wwc-system-ep15-brstv/

 

[GodfathR]

I would honestly concentrate on increasing your nutrients. I used to struggle a bit with SPS until I actually started dosing Po4. My sps have never had so much color or polyp extension. I keep my phosphates around .2 to .6. That seems to be the sweet spot for me

 

[Blackice615]

Same issue here. Did a water change, upped the carbon dosing, and increased my light intensity purposely without realizing my nutrients dropped as much as they did. Definitely a costly mistake

 

[Blackice615]

Feel like selling my tank off now it's tough transition. Have had great streak for the past 3 years.

 

[ReefAddict16]

I honestly feel like doing the same and starting over. I’ve had the worst experiences this year. Heater broke and killed half of my acros. Nutrients dropped and killed a quarter of them. These were my most expensive frags too.

 

[Blackice615]

I've learned to hang in there during these times if you n can. Generally your tank comes back thriving.

 

[ReefAddict16]

Found it, around the 20 minute mark. Specifically WWC uses aminos to nurse stressed corals.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/vide...-i-feed-corals-the-brs-wwc-system-ep15-brstv/

Appreciate that. I’ve started dosing pohls xtra special after my nutrients dropped but didn’t seem to change much. Though I’ll keep dosing aminos.

 

[Blackice615]

Reason why I did a 30% water change the last time is I dosed acropower and nitrates were upwards of 50 and phos was at least 2 using red sea test and salifert respectively.. scared to try again

 

[Blackice615]

I did however see crazy colors on some of the corals for a few weeks

 

[GodfathR]

A few videos on high nutrients and SPS. Don't give up. Just stop the carbon dosing and keep those nutrients up.

 

[RussiReef]

Stability is a key. Keep your system stable and it will bounce back. And try not to dose too many things at once. Good luck.