Bird of paradise tissue loss

[DrunkenViking]

I’ll post the pictures up and give you guys my numbers and see what you think.

salinity 1.025
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Dkh 9
Ph 8.0
Phosphate 0.1
Calcium 410
Magnesium 1275

skeleton used to be green and is now white I do have it up pretty high in the tank

 

[fishguy242]

hi ,nitrates bottomed out,feed fish or corals a little extra ..

 

[Suohhen]

Seriaropora can handle higher light given enough time but chances are good wherever you got it from it was being kept in lower par. Coral in general acclimates much better in lower light especially if that is what they are coming from.
It also looks like their is a pump pointed directly at it?
And yeah as fishguy said sps doesn't like 0 nutrients especially birds nest. Needs to get a bit dirty.

 

[DrunkenViking]

I have been feeding a ton and spit feeding reefroids and mysis quite a bit I have a 13.5 fluval nano and only 3 fish didn’t want to over do it

 

[DrunkenViking]

Sounds like I need to bump up feeding just a bit then. As far as lighting goes atm I am using the same settings as the guy I get coral from

 

[Suohhen]

I have been feeding a ton and spit feeding reefroids and mysis quite a bit I have a 13.5 fluval nano and only 3 fish didn’t want to over do it

Nitrate is the end of a biological process so without the bioload it simply doesn't matter how much you feed you need more fish. Overfeeding to the point where food is going uneated would yield nutrients but not the kind you'd like. The best option is to dose nitrates until you can up your bioload.

 

[DrunkenViking]

Should I use reefroids more or frozen coral food?

 

[Suohhen]

Sounds like I need to bump up feeding just a bit then. As far as lighting goes atm I am using the same settings as the guy I get coral from

Settings is only one component, placement is another and even if it is getting blasted the part your getting the frag from could be partially shaded or receiving directional light. So you take that frag and face any of what was the shaded side up and it is now being blasted by a huge increase in par.

 

[fishguy242]

both, but careful not to do too fast,do you have skimmer?

 

[DrunkenViking]

Settings is only one component, placement is another and even if it is getting blasted the part your getting the frag from could be partially shaded or receiving directional light. So you take that frag and face any of what was the shaded side up and it is now being blasted by a huge increase in par.

So from what I’m understanding I should move it to where the fleshless side is getting light and more flow?

 

[Suohhen]

Your phosphate is already where it should be so to start overfeeding will be dangerous. You can certainly help make up for low nutrients with coral food and aminos but that could also have unintended consequences so take it slow and correct the nitrate deficiency asap.

 

[DrunkenViking]

both, but careful not to do too fast,do you have skimmer?

I do not have the skimmer on this build just because I heard they are useless I am in the process of adding a sump and putting a skimmer in that

 

[DrunkenViking]

Tank has only been going close to 5 months

 

[Suohhen]

So from what I’m understanding I should move it to where the fleshless side is getting light and more flow?

All sps should receive good flow but not too much. That is why I was asking about the pump because it might be blasting the coral with too much flow. The point about the shaded side is that sps is solid. It has no way to shrink away from too much light or extend when it is being shaded. So there is always a side of the coral which is getting way less par. The goal is to provide diffuse multidirectional light to limit that but it is still always a thing. Add to that the fact that frags can come from any part of a colony that is quite possibly shading itself. So it is very common to see frags that have very little pigmentation on their shaded side and if you all if a sudden blast that flesh with light your going to see flesh loss.

 

[DrunkenViking]

All sps should receive good flow but not too much. That is why I was asking about the pump because it might be blasting the coral with too much flow. The point about the shaded side is that sps is solid. It has no way to shrink away from too much light or extend when it is being shaded. So there is always a side of the coral which is getting way less par. The goal is to provide diffuse multidirectional light to limit that but it is still always a thing. Add to that the fact that frags can come from any part of a colony that is quite possibly shading itself. So it is very common to see frags that have very little pigmentation on their shaded side and if you all if a sudden blast that flesh with light your going to see flesh loss.

Yes my power head is pointed directly on it should I move the power head away from it a bit and see how it does?

 

[DrunkenViking]

It was a bright green skeleton when I got it and now it’s a pale green and white. Sent a vid so you can sorta see flow

 

[Suohhen]

Yes my power head is pointed directly on it should I move the power head away from it a bit and see how it does?

The video doesn't load for me only the audio. You can try pointing the powerhead away, I can't say for sure if it is too much flow as I don't know the size of the pump, distance from the frag or other flow devices you have in the tank but if it feels like the coral is receiving a strong directional current then I would move the pump. It is best that SPS get a lot of water movement that changes directions, but if there is a constant stream of water pushing one way I would certainly move the pump.

 

[DrunkenViking]

The video doesn't load for me only the audio. You can try pointing the powerhead away, I can't say for sure if it is too much flow as I don't know the size of the pump, distance from the frag or other flow devices you have in the tank but if it feels like the coral is receiving a strong directional current then I would move the pump. It is best that SPS get a lot of water movement that changes directions, but if there is a constant stream of water pushing one way I would certainly move the pump.

Yeah no directional flow just straight at it so I angled it away

 

[DrunkenViking]

Looks like it’s moving in multiple directions now. As far as bio load I have two clowns and a diamond goby what else should I add in this tiny tank? I’m not used to small tanks at all

 

[Suohhen]

Looks like it’s moving in multiple directions now. As far as bio load I have two clowns and a diamond goby what else should I add in this tiny tank? I’m not used to small tanks at all

It's hard to say, depends on a lot of things so I'd need to know far more details about the system but like I said for now it is best to dose nitrate to fix the imbalance and not get too concerned with making a ton of changes until you get a grasp of things.