Sps dying after adding new sps

[Abloom2719]

Okay here is what I do know tank was purchased and set up in January. As of last week everything was good. I went and bought some sps and dipped them out them in the tank with existing sps a leather torches zoas hammers Goni and fish. They died right away. Covered in brown stingy stuff. Some all white within hours the others took two days. Now my existing sps have this stringy stuff on them and are dead or dying my zoas are closed up and my leather was slimy and closed for a day or so torches seem to be okay..

Nitrates 0 to 5 hard to tell on my cheap api kit looks 0
Phosphates 0
Salinity 1.026
Temp 78.4 did swing up to 81
Ph8.33
Magnesium 1220
Alk 8.0
Calcium 440

lights are ai


did the dip get in my water? Was it the temp swing?? Is it Dino killing them??

 

[Uncle99]

How long temp rise, they don’t like that.

 

[Abloom2719]

A day I would say. Would that cause that stringy stuff or is that how they die?

 

[AZMSGT]

That stringy stuff looks like dinos. Your low nitrates and phosphates allowed them to take hold. The temp swing may have stressed things but not likely.

Did you do a clear rinse post dip? After I dip corals I do two clear rinses to make sure no more dip is remaining.

 

[Uncle99]

A day I would say. Would that cause that stringy stuff or is that how they die?

Some are more sensitive to temp swings than others, potentially.

 

[fishguy242]

hi get lots of carbon in to clear that water and ,following,remove dead,high oxygen for fish,blow crap off remaining corals,water changes

 

[Abloom2719]

Okay I have carbon in the reactor how do I get more oxygen

hi get lots of carbon in to clear that water and ,following,remove dead,high oxygen for fish,blow crap off remaining corals,water changes

 

[Abloom2719]

I thought Dino’s too maybe with such high lights I did have the t 5s on for the day too I did two clear rinses but it just followed adding them and it’s been so stable that I was mostly worried on that and the Dino’s. Now I have a algae scrubber and some chaeto will waste away that kills the Dino’s mess up my scrubber?

That stringy stuff looks like dinos. Your low nitrates and phosphates allowed them to take hold. The temp swing may have stressed things but not likely.

Did you do a clear rinse post dip? After I dip corals I do two clear rinses to make sure no more dip is remaining.

 

[Riphter]

Surface agitation, skimmer or at least a bubbler in the sump.

 

[fishguy242]

top water movement,air stone if fish show signs of heavy breathing

 

[Abloom2719]

Should I dose some nitrates and phosphates? I had also been feeding reef roids I’m sure that fed the Dino’s also but I was trying to get those phosphates up some

That stringy stuff looks like dinos. Your low nitrates and phosphates allowed them to take hold. The temp swing may have stressed things but not likely.

Did you do a clear rinse post dip? After I dip corals I do two clear rinses to make sure no more dip is remaining.

 

[Abloom2719]

I have a nice large skimmer

Surface agitation, skimmer or at least a bubbler in the sump.

 

[Riphter]

Is your water yellow? Or is it just the lighting? Carbon is your friend as long as you dose.

 

[fishguy242]

Should I dose some nitrates and phosphates? I had also been feeding reef roids I’m sure that fed the Dino’s also but I was trying to get those phosphates up some

no fed fish couple x a day for now

 

[Abloom2719]

Can dino come in on the pieces I brought?? Or as they were dying?

 

[Riphter]

Dino’s are everywhere. They will always be in your tank. It’s the conditions that bring about a bloom. Low nitrates and po4 will cause a bloom.

 

[Abloom2719]

No it’s just the orange glasses I took the pic through water looks super clear I have the carbon in a reactor but I haven’t dosed it

Is your water yellow? Or is it just the lighting? Carbon is your friend as long as you dose.

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[Abloom2719]

Also can Dino alone cause then to die that fast

 

[Riphter]

Also can Dino alone cause then to die that fast

Not to my knowledge. They take time. It was a swing in water parameters or something toxic was added. Anything can do it. Cleaning sprays, air freshener. If it’s sprayed close enough. Maybe you had lotion on and didn’t wash it off well enough. Lots of things.