Nephthea turned black

[ewanho]

I bought a neon green nephthea coral about 6”;

-added to my tank (15 g tall) and next day turned black; all shrivelled up and still black; not disintegrating , yet.

-Water parameters are where they should be; nothing out of whack.

Temp 78F
Flow medium
Lighting AB+
Placement mid-low




-also, no gsp, goniopora, euphyllia , candy canes have ever survived in this tank

-snails crabs dont last too long

-just able to have a small bunch of pulsing xenia for the last year that hasnt grown but looks a tad thin.

-cant see any critters attacking during the nigh either

-dose with AB+ and iodine strontium from time to time

-cursed tank?

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

I had that happened to the same coral. It was just me blasting it HUGE amount of par.

That was completely my fault.

 

[ewanho]

Oh, did it come back or did u lose the coral?

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Oh, did it come back or did u lose the coral?

yeah, definitely didn't survive. Turned to dust almost :face-with-tears-of-joy:

 

[vetteguy53081]

I bought a neon green nephthea coral about 6”;

-added to my tank (15 g tall) and next day turned black; all shrivelled up and still black; not disintegrating , yet.

-Water parameters are where they should be; nothing out of whack.

Temp 78F
Flow medium
Lighting AB+
Placement mid-low




-also, no gsp, goniopora, euphyllia , candy canes have ever survived in this tank

-snails crabs dont last too long

-just able to have a small bunch of pulsing xenia for the last year that hasnt grown but looks a tad thin.

-cant see any critters attacking during the nigh either

-dose with AB+ and iodine strontium from time to time

-cursed tank?

Any pics before it fell apart?
Sounds like high nitrate, lasck of flow-iron and salinity issue

 

[ewanho]

-Nitrates 30; good flow;salinity 1.025
-Iron idk, but can try dosing