Chemical warfare!?!?

[Tippfish]

My LPS corals have not been looking the best lately.

I have a Kenya tree that has just exploded (growth-wise). Including dropping sprouts and new starts.

Could the Kenya tree be poisoning my LPS?

 

[Tippfish]

Bump

 

[cloak]

I doubt it, but running some GAC wouldn't hurt. What exactly are your parameters?

 

[Tippfish]

Ca - 480
Alk - 8
Ph- 7.8
Ammonia- 0
Nitrate - 0
Phosphate - 0.2
Specific gravity- 1.026
Temp - 78
Carbon reactor - ROX 0.8
Added ClearFX Pro yesterday
20 gal sump
Skimmer
Added chaeto yesterday

 

[cloak]

Can you explain exactly what your seeing with your corals? What's your magnesium level at? What kind of fish do you have in the tank?

 

[Tippfish]

Acans, branch hammer, and frog spawn shriveled up or very small polyp extension.

No Mg test

2- clowns
1 - cardinal
1 - coral banded shrimp

 

[Tippfish]

 

[Ashley L]

Mine did the same thing! Chemical warefare I was having because of a umbrella and toadstool leather caused me to lose my hammer, torch, stylophora, neon clove polyps, brain coral, fox coral, and two plate corals. Everything else was doing great and then it just came from nowhere. If you have a leather like mine, they can cause some major problems with chemical warefare. If you have one, put him in your QT and do a large water change and see if that helps. Mine did that right before they all died and my Parameters were great.

 

[sc50964]

Phosphate is too high, and ph is a bit low.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Leathers can be very toxic to many lps. Especially if it has just begun growing like crazy. I would take it out and see if the others recover. Make sure to change carbon often.