Can someone tell me what’s wrong?!

[Frizzy reefnewb]

My monti I’ve had for years is now turning brown I thought it was my flame angel but now he’s gone and he’s still going bad ....all water parameters are checked I’m thinking the only thing is pests?? How can you have a coral for 4 years then one day decides it wants to die ?

 

[LAA]

My monti I’ve had for years is now turning brown I thought it was my flame angel but now he’s gone and he’s still going bad ....all water parameters are checked I’m thinking the only thing is pests?? How can you have a coral for 4 years then one day decides it wants to die ?

Corals just like all things eventually die… however most of the time there are causes. Has it gotten enough food?

 

[Frizzy reefnewb]

Corals just like all things eventually die… however most of the time there are causes. Has it gotten enough food?

He never ate I didn’t even know they ate I put shrimp on top of him and it just sat there lol he’s gone 4 years no food and before this he just kept spreading he started from alittle frag

 

[IKD]

My monti I’ve had for years is now turning brown I thought it was my flame angel but now he’s gone and he’s still going bad ....all water parameters are checked I’m thinking the only thing is pests?? How can you have a coral for 4 years then one day decides it wants to die ?

Can you elaborate on ‘all water parameters’? Maybe provide alk, calcium, phosphate, temp, salinity, and lights?

 

[Frizzy reefnewb]

Maybe your right and that’s just that with him? That sucks tho he legitimately just got nice within the last 2 years

 

[LAA]

He never ate I didn’t even know they ate I put shrimp on top of him and it just sat there lol he’s gone 4 years no food and before this he just kept spreading he started from alittle frag

Have you changed the lighting recently?

 

[Frizzy reefnewb]

Can you elaborate on ‘all water parameters’? Maybe provide alk, calcium, phosphate, temp, salinity, and lights?

I’ll get it all tomorrow I bring it to my lfs he says everything’s good I forgot the specific numbers he said your magnesium’s alittle low but not a issue at all (he said it’s so low he wouldn’t even dose it) and to keep doing what im doing

 

[IKD]

He never ate I didn’t even know they ate I put shrimp on top of him and it just sat there lol he’s gone 4 years no food and before this he just kept spreading he started from alittle frag

I don’t Target feed Monti’s either

 

[IKD]

I’ll get it all tomorrow I bring it to my lfs he says everything’s good I forgot the specific numbers he said your magnesium’s alittle low but not a issue at all (he said it’s so low he wouldn’t even dose it) and to keep doing what im doing

What lights do you use? If they are T5’s or MH, maybe need to change them

 

[Frizzy reefnewb]

Have you changed the lighting recently?

The lighting is the same I mean it’s never been constant it’s a knob to increase intensity so throughout the day I start low then medium then some days high but majority of my other corals hate the high intensity setting but honestly I’ve barely used it even in the beginning I usually leave it on medium

 

[IKD]

The lighting is the same I mean it’s never been constant it’s a knob to increase intensity so throughout the day I start low then medium then some days high but majority of my other corals hate the high intensity setting but honestly I’ve barely used it even in the beginning I usually leave it on medium

Are these Metal halide, LED, T5 fluorescent? Bulbs do degrade over time and wondering if that could be an issue. How long has this deterioration been occurring? For Monti’s, I tend to look at the phosphate level first

 

[Frizzy reefnewb]

Are these Metal halide, LED, T5 fluorescent? Bulbs do degrade over time and wondering if that could be an issue. How long has this deterioration been occurring? For Monti’s, I tend to look at the phosphate level first

I’ll get phosphate first thing tomorrow but this guy knows his stuff I trust him when he says everything’s good but your right my leds are 5 years old ...maybe time to get new ones?? I never even thought of that tbh interesting they’re kessil if it matters

 

[Frizzy reefnewb]

And it’s been going downhill for like 6 months now and seems to be spreading up as it’s dying mainly from the frag part and spreading

 

[IKD]

I’ll get phosphate first thing tomorrow but this guy knows his stuff I trust him when he says everything’s good but your right my leds are 5 years old ...maybe time to get new ones?? I never even thought of that tbh interesting they’re kessil if it matters

Hmm, less leery of lights degrading if they are LED. Check Nitrates too at the store.