Pretty discouraged :/

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I recently bought a nice green frogspawn frag with several other corals. It appears that it is not going to make it. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I love euphyllia, but I cannot seem to keep one to save my life.

I had a green hammer coral several years back and the same thing. It really makes me sick. The pagoda cup, favia, and acan are looking pretty darn good. I would love to have a nice hammer, torch, or frogspawn, but not if I'm just going to kill it :/

Apologies for the rant.

 

[chefjpaul]

What are your parameters?
Flow?
Tank set up / lighting etc?

I collect euphyllia, they're my first love too.

 

[Shep]

No Apologies needed! Tell us about your tank. [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG]

 

[steve&mari]

Getting good lighting I was losing heads on ours n turned up our leds some n we're getting heads coming back n the heads that were ok are blooming. It was only thing I could figure it maybe seeing other lps n sps n zoas were good. Water parameters looked good flow looked good for it. A 10% bump in lighting and everything is looking better now.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

• Temp: 78.3 °F
• SG: 1.026
• pH: 8.1
  
• NH3: 0
• NO2: 0
• NO3: 1-2 ppm
• PO4: 0.04-0.08 ppm
• Magnesium: 1420 ppm
• dKH: 9.0
• Calcium: 430 ppm

Running three Kessil A360WEs on a 125 gallon tank. Two Jebao RW-8s and one 160gpm fixed speed powerhead. Run the Kessils at about 40% for a couple of hours, 85% for about three hours, then back to 40% for a couple of hours. I have a 55 gallon sump with a Reef Octopus 200INT skimmer and a Jebao DCT-6000 return pump running at about 80%.

 

[christ1991]

Your phosphates are pretty high. But to be honest I don't think at that level it would kill a euphyllia. Check your ammonia. I would also do a large volume water change. Also run some carbon if your not to remove impurities (metals)

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Ammonia was zero and so were nitrites. I'm already running carbon. The phosphates may be closer to 0.04 ppm, but I'm not really good with the color comparator tests.

 

[christ1991]

-check your rodi source

brown jelly?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

No brown jelly. Just some tissue recession around the base and much reduced polyp extension.

 

[Shep]

Could you post a pick? It sounds like you are doing everything right

 

[christ1991]

Have you tried dipping in idodine for pest?

 

[christ1991]

iodine

 

[melypr1985]

Yes! Pictures please! I'd look at a pest as well. Be sure your dipping all new corals before going into the tank - if your not already. You'd be surprised what will fall off of them in a dip.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I have not tried the iodine dip. I could try that tomorrow if it lasts that long.

 

[melypr1985]

Where are you getting them from? All from the same source? Are they 100% healthy when you buy them? If bought from a LFS are they newly arrived when you get them or have they been there for a bit first?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

The picture is not very good as I took it with my cell phone. I've changed the light settings to give it more light the rest of this evening and tomorrow.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Yes, all of them from the same source. They all looked very healthy when I bought them...I was very picky about that.

 

[sevens_up77]

What livestock do you have in your tank? And have you looked at night for pests?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

four peppermint shrimp, a brittle star, a banded serpent star, four yellowtail blue damsels, a pajama cardinal, a clarkii clown, and an orange Linckia starfish.

Yes, I've looked at night and haven't really seen anything.

 

[melypr1985]

Ever seen those peppermint shrimp on your corals? specifically any of the corals that started receding and died? - just curious