Help! Something is killing my montiporas

[imnotmike]

Something is killing my montiporas this started about two weeks ago I'm not sure what's going on. The only thing I've done it changed is that I added a Black comb tooth blenny and used Reef Rx about two weeks ago

 

[JonoH]

Your Phosphate and Nitrate are both very low (Phosphate is Zero)
They may be starving!

I would suggest dosing some Reef Roids to bring the phosphate up a little - perhaps look into Ammonium dosing?

 

[Dburr1014]

Yep, that zero phosphate is likely the key.
Raise phosphates before raising nitrates is my recommendation. The other way is not good.

 

[SaltyBlue]

Wondering the motivation to dose Reef RX to the display 2 weeks ago

 

[Dburr1014]

Wondering the motivation to dose Reef RX to the display 2 weeks ago

That is a great question.

 

[imnotmike]

Your Phosphate and Nitrate are both very low (Phosphate is Zero)
They may be starving!

I would suggest dosing some Reef Roids to bring the phosphate up a little - perhaps look into Ammonium dosing?

I feed reef roids mixed with fuel and frozen food once a week. I have hair algae issue but when I completely whipped it my phoa stayed at zero and my nitrate went to 10. Not sure where to starrted

Wondering the motivation to dose Reef RX to the display 2 weeks ago

i have a issue with green hair algae I posted something in the past on reef2reef about using chemiclean to get rid of some
Cyno i had and it killed all of my gha at the same time I tested my water after this happened ny nitrate went up to 10 but my phos stayed at zero.

 

[imnotmike]

Yep, that zero phosphate is likely the key.
Raise phosphates before raising nitrates is my recommendation. The other way is not good.

How would you suggest I raise phos?

 

[JonoH]

Reading that you have dosed both Reef RX and Chemiclean recently...i think they may also have contrubuted.

As tempting as it is to dose things to control algae, its not a great long term solution, and dead coral can be a side affect of messing with the reef biome/symbiosis.

Easiest way to raise phosphate is to dose Reef Roids, but i would also suggest that you might need to boost the bacteria in your tank as it may have taken a hit.

 

[imnotmike]

Reading that you have dosed both Reef RX and Chemiclean recently...i think they may also have contrubuted.

As tempting as it is to dose things to control algae, its not a great long term solution, and dead coral can be a side affect of messing with the reef biome/symbiosis.

Easiest way to raise phosphate is to dose Reef Roids, but i would also suggest that you might need to boost the bacteria in your tank as it may have taken a hit.

I've been adding microbactor 7 to help with that. What would be a good amount of reef roids to add daily to bring it up?

 

[JonoH]

I've been adding microbactor 7 to help with that. What would be a good amount of reef roids to add daily to bring it up?

Just go with the recommended amount per volume of tank - but keep an eye on it as it will jack them up fast!

Best maybe doing it once then measuring how long it lasts over x amount of days.

Your not running any Phosphate removal at the moment also? Rowaphos/lanthanum etc?

 

[Dburr1014]

How would you suggest I raise phos?

Reef roids because you have it.
Just feed more than you are now, like double until you get readings.

I've been adding microbactor 7 to help with that. What would be a good amount of reef roids to add daily to bring it up?

Stop microbactor. It's not helping nutrients.

 

[redacted_]

Could be Phestilla subodiosa, the Montipora eating nudibranch. Break a frag off and take a look at the nooks and crannies for something that could pass as an anemone

 

[SaltyBlue]

When my monti-dominated tank had an STN crash a year ago (believe starting NoPox caused it), I could not get the STN to stop - and I tried hard with amoxicillin and then cipro. The only fix was fragging healthy parts of the colony and discarding the sick parts of the colony. I dipped the healthy cuts in iodine and they’ve grown back.

 

[BriDroid]

How would you suggest I raise phos?

Trisodium or monosodium phosphate will work wonders!

 

[sjfishguy]

I killed half my montis when I dropped my phosphate too quick once. That would be my guess too