Birds nest question

[m0nk3y69d]

I have a birds nest coral and it was doing really good until recently it started to go south and last night when I looked in the tank when the lights where off it was covered in copepods could they be eating it

 

[Triggreef]

They are eating the decaying parts. Look at flow, lighting, and water chemistry. Any alk swings? How often you test alk?

 

[m0nk3y69d]

I tested last night and everything is almost right on with no big changes and flow schould be good it's right near a power head but I did just upgrade from t5 to leds

 

[deerhunter06]

I almost killed mine with GFO now when I run gfo I run it for a day and I have to take it out because all of sps start to look agitated. not sure if you are running gfo but just a thought.

 

[deerhunter06]

Also did you acclimate your corals with the new LEDs what kind did you get and what % did you start them out on?

 

[m0nk3y69d]

I bought 2 of the Chinese 165wat fixtures and they are running at 50 to acclimate everything but I just put them on yesterday and it started before then