Montipora issues

MrsPepper · Apr 1, 2015

Hi I'm hoping to get some advice off you more experience reef tank people. We've had our montipora for about two months and up until this week has been fine. We had an outbreak of Cyanobacteria and after talking to our LFS we found our water had high phosphate levels. We were advised to siphon off the cyano and dose something called nopox from Red Sea and leave our lights off for 48hours. We've done that and the cyano seems to be much better but our montipora seems to be suffering. There are bits missing (white) and the surface appears swollen and puffy. How do we fix this and if at all it is fixable? I'm starting to lose fath in our LFS as they seem to just sell us more additives for every issue. All other corals seem happy and livestock. Please help we're new to this hobby (since last October) and the montipora is my favourite coral.

MrsPepper · Apr 1, 2015

MrsPepper · Apr 1, 2015

MrsPepper · Apr 1, 2015

MrsPepper · Apr 1, 2015

vuqchu · Apr 1, 2015

I would do a water change and run carbon. Montis are generally pretty hardy so yours may be able to bounce back given system is back to normal. Good luck!

Stoneyman · Apr 1, 2015

Those big circular white patches are troubling. Look real close and try to identify and creatures lurking around that coral. Montipora eating nudibranch.