Montipora shedding color!!

[TheTangFuzz]

I think they are also eating my leather......

I got some close ups of the bugs

 

[Hemmdog]

Bring alk up, find out your cal, mag, phosphate. If you are going to keep stony corals you will most likely need to dose. I personally like esv b-ionic 2-part

 

[TheTangFuzz]

Bring alk up, find out your cal, mag, phosphate. If you are going to keep stony corals you will most likely need to dose. I personally like esv b-ionic 2-part

I'll try to get me some test kits and look into the dosing portion!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Bugs look like isopods. Most are harmless.

Anytime I have one or more of my corals look bad, I drop my light intensity a little till I can figure out what's changed or what's wrong.

 

[CuzzA]

Also it's not uncommon for small critters to eat dying coral and then label them as the cause. There are certainly coral pests, but corals don't typically sloth off tissue from them without noticeable damage done before hand.

Water quality would be my guess. I'd grab a copper test kit too if you don't already have one for quarantining fish.

 

[TheTangFuzz]

Also it's not uncommon for small critters to eat dying coral and then label them as the cause. There are certainly coral pests, but corals don't typically sloth off tissue from them without noticeable damage done before hand.

Water quality would be my guess. I'd grab a copper test kit too if you don't already have one for quarantining fish.

I just picked up a phosphate and calcium kit. 400 calcium 0 phosphate. Also, can't imagine any copper got in there but I can pick up a test to check

 

[TheTangFuzz]

Alright. Update. The monti is completely gone as of last night. And now my Hollywood stunner is losing tissue. Salinity is stable. I’ve been keeping up with my 10% weekly water changes. No bugs to be seen. Phosphates 0 calcium 400 alk 7.5

 

[HawaiianReef]

Just throwing this out there: Is you Ph high? I'm wondering if it could cause this kind of reaction when it gets high enough to be acidic.

 

[TheTangFuzz]

Just throwing this out there: Is you Ph high? I'm wondering if it could cause this kind of reaction when it gets high enough to be acidic.

I tested last night at 8.1