EMERGENCY!!! EUPHYLLIA DYING

[lucyretz]

guys please help me. all of my beloved euphyllia that were totally open and fine yesterday are shrivelled and look to be dying.

AlK:10
CAL:460
MAG:1410
SG: 1.026
temp: 79.9 (slight spike from 77 this morning)
i am using salifert test kits and a hanna salinity checker. i don’t have nitrate/phosphate but tons of marine pure and purigen in the sump.
please please please help.

 

[Dave1993]

how old is tank what is nitrate and phosphate

nvm about nitrate/phosphate just read you don't have how old is tank though

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

How long have you had the corals?
What else besides euphyllia do you have in the tank? Specifically, do you have any mushrooms or leathers?

 

[mcgullen]

How long have you had the corals?
What else besides euphyllia do you have in the tank? Specifically, do you have any mushrooms or leathers?

I am curious. Why would mushroom / leather matter?

 

[reefingaz]

Zero nitrate and po4 is worse for torches than high levels of it. That’s not good to zero out those two.
Do you have coral rx and iodine you could dip them in as well??

 

[polyppal]

i don’t have nitrate/phosphate but tons of marine pure and purigen in the sump.

this is most likely the problem with euphyllia, you need to be testing for phosphates. Biomedia isn’t going to pull much phosphate out of the water, you need GFO/LaCl3 to do this

 

[blaxsun]

Wouldn't hurt to check for any initial signs of BJD.

 

[rhostam]

I am curious. Why would mushroom / leather matter?

Leathers (sarcophyton) release terpenes to inhibit grown of neighboring corals.

This can be mitigated by placement (downstream) and through the use of carbon.

Not sure where they were going with mushrooms (assuming they meant stuff like ricordia or discosoma ) other than they pack nasty stings as they come into contact with neighbors.

This is mitigated by placement.