trachyphyllia frag dying

[Andrew2255]

So IV had this frag for around a month 2 months now. Recently it's started to look strange with some white marks around it.

Would love

Any opinions or advice

 

[MnFish1]

Do you have any fish in the tank.? Parameters? Other coral near it?

 

[Andrew2255]

Yeah tested today and everything seems ok

Calcium 450
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Ammonia 0

 

[MnFish1]

Yeah tested today and everything seems ok

Calcium 450
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
Ammonia 0

Do you have any fish?

 

[Andrew2255]

Do you have any fish?

Yeah 2 clowns , vampire tang , sand sifting goby, fire shrimp 3 hermits and a tuxedo

 

[JCOLE]

What is your Alk and phosphates at?

 

[alton]

What is your lighting level? My wellso’s do great around 200 par

 

[Andrew2255]

What is your Alk and phosphates at?

Alkalinity 2.86

Haven't checked phosphates for a while could be that

 

[Andrew2255]

Alkalinity 2.86

Haven't checked phosphates for a while could be that

Although everything else in tank seems to be quiet happy

 

[Dolelo96]

2.86? That is extremely low. Should at least be 8

 

[Dolelo96]

I keep mine between 8-8.4

 

[Andrew2255]

I keep mine between 8-8.4

Maybe I tested it wrong will check again shortly if not there's my problem

 

[MnFish1]

Yeah 2 clowns , vampire tang , sand sifting goby, fire shrimp 3 hermits and a tuxedo

2.86? That is extremely low. Should at least be 8

I think he's using PPM rather than DkH

EDIT-I meant he's using Meq/liter rather than Dkh

 

[Dolelo96]

Absolutely! My trachy is very sensitive to salinity & alkalinity changes. When he doesn’t look good that is the first thing I check

 

[Andrew2255]

Absolutely! My trachy is very sensitive to salinity & alkalinity changes. When he doesn’t look good that is the first thing I check

Never mind alkalinity is around 8 salt is .25

 

[Rakie]

phosphates are crucially important. Especially for LPS.

 

[JCOLE]

Never mind alkalinity is around 8 salt is .25

Ok that's better. The 2 got me worried :-). Do you test Alk regularly? Do you have a baseline for Alk? Have you done anything recently like a large water change or Alk additive? Large Alk swings will not make corals happy.

Will need to test Phosphates if not already. 0 phosphates causes my LPS to close up.

What's your PH?