Dead coral over night

[CoralClasher]

Rip

Looks like diatoms have found the dead coral. Most of the hammer frags looked good enough to place back on rocks. Two heads still look funny.

 

[92Miata]

Nutrients are high probably because 18 well fed fish. A few weeks ago I started vinegar dosing. Started slow 4ml a day now I’m at 10ml a day. This morning I didn’t dose any vinegar. Phosphate is 0.46. Just recalibrated salinity still 1.026

So you started dosing vinegar a couple weeks ago, recently doubled the dose, and now are seeing significant die off?


How did your corals look before you started dosing?

 

[CoralClasher]

So you started dosing vinegar a couple weeks ago, recently doubled the dose, and now are seeing significant die off?


How did your corals look before you started dosing?

Everything was looking ok before vinegar and most everything is looking pretty good today.

 

[CoralClasher]

Two minute video update.https://youtu.be/q9KZPM3CmVc

 

[CoralClasher]

 

[CoralClasher]

Update nothing has gone up in smoke like the bird’s nest but the orange Monti is not doing good. What should I do it is slowly turning white? I stopped vinegar dosing and cut back on dosing core7.
Temp 80
Salinity 1.025
ALK 8.7
Cal 503
Phosphate 0.42
No3 about 20ppm

 

[brandon429]

Jon wow just saw

I noticed on page one the Xenia looked healthy, pulsing etc was this only an affliction on the lps and sps but not softs

 

[CoralClasher]

Jon wow just saw

I noticed on page one the Xenia looked healthy, pulsing etc was this only an affliction on the lps and sps but not softs

Yeah soft corals are good. Fish are all happy. Macros are looking good. I don’t know what happened? Maybe I have some bug? I dipped a few corals and didn’t see any flat worms.

 

[CoralClasher]

Only thing I can think of is GAC carbon that I don’t normally run or vinegar dosing that I’ve stopped now but was 10ml a day.

 

[brandon429]

I have no idea my gosh, when that ever happens to mine I’ll be posting here for ideas


I thought you did great taking best remedial actions you could, that risk vs ability to navigate it is what sets the hobby apart from the rest $. Nice teamwork clue hunting I enjoyed seeing options mentioned here

 

[CoralClasher]

I have no idea my gosh, when that ever happens to mine I’ll be posting here for ideas


I thought you did great taking best remedial actions you could, that risk vs ability to navigate it is what sets the hobby apart from the rest $. Nice teamwork clue hunting I enjoyed seeing options mentioned here

So I haven’t changed any water since the last rip clean except for a little for dipping and fraging. Maybe I have some contamination and should do a large water change?

 

[brandon429]

Based on the selectivity / not a whole tank issue, no clouding water indicating benthic die off, fish normal I’m just stumped

 

[CoralClasher]

Here is a new video. I’m noticing a lot of scum on the water surface.

 

[Niam]

Everything was looking ok before vinegar and most everything is looking pretty good today.

Hi i am very new to reefing. May i ask, why do you dose vinegar if the tank is looking ok? Is there a formula when to dose vinegar? Sry i cant help on your problem but just curious about dosing vinegar as some reefer from my local reef club told me to dose vinegar too.

 

[nereefpat]

Hi i am very new to reefing. May i ask, why do you dose vinegar if the tank is looking ok? Is there a formula when to dose vinegar? Sry i cant help on your problem but just curious about dosing vinegar as some reefer from my local reef club told me to dose vinegar too.

It's a form of dosing a carbon source. The goal is to lower nitrate and phosphate. Vinegar and vodka are the most common liquids some reefers use for carbon dosing.

 

[fishguy242]

hi try to get more surface flow directed at weir,poss cal burn,if at 500 now,let cal fall ,monitor alk ,still see no groth ring on stunner,cal alk mag are not working together??

 

[Niam]

It's a form of dosing a carbon source. The goal is to lower nitrate and phosphate. Vinegar and vodka are the most common liquids some reefers use for carbon dosing.

Thanks for the explanation.

 

[redeyejedi]

Heres a thought.. you only just started with GAC and vinegar... maybe the GAC has cleared the water from the yellowish tint and maybe.. just maybe it could be light shock?

 

[CoralClasher]

Heres a thought.. you only just started with GAC and vinegar... maybe the GAC has cleared the water from the yellowish tint and maybe.. just maybe it could be light shock?

Hay you might be on to something here. My lights are messed up I can’t adjust the slave at all and it’s stuck on preset. I’ll put my window screen on the tank for a few days.

 

[redeyejedi]

Hay you might be on to something here. My lights are messed up I can’t adjust the slave at all and it’s stuck on preset. I’ll put my window screen on the tank for a few days.

Im sure i remember that par can go up by 30% if you dont normally use GAC because of how clear it makes the water. Let me know how you get on. I just use GAC 24/7.