Help: Tissue Necrosis

[clifton89]

I am pretty sure this is something that I am facing at the Moment, Birds nest, Stylo, Monti, Chalice, they seem to be affected. How do I fight the good fight, will this affect my Duncan, Torch, Zoas and star polyps?

 

[clifton89]

 

[shercash1963]

Im by far no expert, but it's lps an sps. Lps is a lot more tolerant, then sps. So I would say, no, but I may be wrong

 

[clifton89]

 

[bluemon]

Did you manage to get your salinity up?

 

[Pod_01]

From my experience when SPS corals like bird nest decide to RTN there is not much you can do. SPS are finicky and they really don’t like fluctuating parameters, so what ever you do try to make slow changes and if possible only change one item at a time.
With fluctuating salinity you are changing all of the parameters so corals do really get upset.

In your case adjust your salinity slowly. Ensure PO4 is available, the tank looks new so you may have PO4 deficiency. Sometimes you can reducing light intensity by 20% for few weeks and bring it back up slowly.
I would check on Alk and try to keep it in 7-8dkh range. Most of my SPS corals respond at this level.

Good luck,

 

[clifton89]

Did you manage to get your salinity up?

Yes, after a 10% water change and adding some saltwater to the back of the aquarium it went from 31 to 34.6. Seems to be holding steady, I did go ahead and frag the Birdsnest and Stylo and dropped them to the bottom in an attempt to save them