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Sorry. Nothing I do to help! Incredible tank! So sorry for the issue, paying you get it fixed fast!
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Don't let him know we're on to him!Wish I had better advice. I think Ty was jealous of your tank and cursed it.
It seems quite random. And unfortunately I travel a lot for work, so I'll come home after a couple days of being gone and a colony will be gone. Sometimes I come home and everything looks great, there doesn't appear to be a pattern, but maybe I'm not recording deaths with enough frequency to determine a pattern.Does this only happens to one colony at the time, and a few days/week it shows up on a different colony?
If you don't mind me asking, what change in lighting and improper dosage caused similar results?Ive been there and nothing like dream to frustration. I am sick to see this.
For me, it was change in lighting, improper dosage and too lazy to use the ro unit.
went from Radions as they never remained on schedule to SB reefs and T5 lighting.If you don't mind me asking, what change in lighting and improper dosage caused similar results?
Your Triton test shows High Li could this be the problem?
Doubtful. I’m going to assume he uses IO and just about every IO ICP test is very high lithium.
Your Triton test shows High Li could this be the problem?
I would double check any magnets also. It caused similar issues for me in the past.
It seems quite random. And unfortunately I travel a lot for work, so I'll come home after a couple days of being gone and a colony will be gone. Sometimes I come home and everything looks great, there doesn't appear to be a pattern, but maybe I'm not recording deaths with enough frequency to determine a pattern.
Frustrating! Have you checked for stray current? Very strange on the sponges. Tyree seems to be a huge advocate of lots of sponges for system health these days.
Sounds a bit like the old, "Old Tank Syndrome" but, from what I remember, those cases usually involved a DSB.
Have you seen the posts about using Witchhazel? Some groups on FB are swearing by it stopping RTN, might be worth a try if another starts to go down. I'm not sure if we can post a link here but PM if you want.
I remember your post losing your Confetti and was sick to my stomach!
Todd
I had something similar happening to me last year after I’ve introduced a wild small colony. First the wild colony started STN den randomly in the opposite side of the tank other coral started STN and so on, this affect also LPS not just SPS but for some reason it only did one coral at the time. I only was able to stop it wend I removed a coral that was half affected. Never really understood what really happened. My guess is would be worth for you to carefully remove the next coral affected wend the STN is half way on the coral, if it is a bacteria/parasite they communicate in a way that they only prey on one coral at the time. Just a thought
I have calibrated my refractometer, but my buddy up the road has a digital one, so I might bring some water over to his place and test it against his to double check mine doesn't have any issues.I have seen this patchy, slow death when salinity gets too low. I imagine that you have calibrated your refractometer, but can you borrow one to double check it? I fought bad growth and tip recession once when I had a refractometer that was bad... read 35 ppt when it was really 26 or 27.
If you are constantly getting over 81, then get a chiller.
I have seen filaments in the past. It’s always a bad sign for me when I see that, especially when they’re coming out of the sides of branches away from the polyps. I haven’t seen any in a while, maybe all those corals that did that have already died. But I was always worried when that would pop up in colonies. I haven’t seen it in a while though.