Euphyllia Dying slowly

[Deago]

Lost almost all my branching hammers. Already dipped half of my rocks and corals was able to save some torches and 2 hammer corals but the hammers are sad. torches seemed to be coming back.



Parameters:
Alk: 192
PH 8.0
Phos : 0.0
Ca 500
MG 1440
Ammo .01
Nitrite 0
nitrate 2

all other corals are happy Zoas are thriving.

Don't see flat worms or anything

 

[crazyfishmom]

Lost almost all my branching hammers. Already dipped half of my rocks and corals was able to save some torches and 2 hammer corals but the hammers are sad. torches seemed to be coming back.



Parameters:
Alk: 192
PH 8.0
Phos : 0.0
Ca 500
MG 1440
Ammo .01
Nitrite 0
nitrate 2

all other corals are happy Zoas are thriving.

Don't see flat worms or anything

I would say that your nutrients are likely the issue. That’s fairly low for most LPS.

 

[Deago]

I would say that your nutrients are likely the issue. That’s fairly low for most LPS.

I've been dosing AFR about 7Ml a day should I up the dose

 

[crazyfishmom]

I've been dosing AFR about 7Ml a day should I up the dose

I think you should add in nitrates and some phosphate. Do you have fish in the tank? If so maybe you can feed your fish a bit more.

 

[Naekuh]

192 ppm for alk is 10.7 dKH.

Your tipping on the high side.... is it normally that high?
Did you do something to alter the water chemistry lately?

 

[Matt Bravo]

I've been dosing AFR about 7Ml a day should I up the dose

All for reef doesn’t raise nutrients, alk calc and mag are not the problem here. You need to get nitrates and phosphates up as the lps might be starving

Pics would help too

 

[Deago]

I think you should add in nitrates and some phosphate. Do you have fish in the tank? If so maybe you can feed your fish a bit more.

I do have fish 2 clowns, 6 line, helfrichi, tail spot blenny. was dealing with hair algae so been trying to feed more frozen than pellets

 

[crazyfishmom]

Frozen is great but it does lead to a reduction in nutrients and euphyllia are sensitive to such low nutrients. Maybe consider dosing NeoNitro and NeoPhos for a bit until you have phosphates between 0.01 and 0.1 and untreated between 5-10 ppm.

 

[crazyfishmom]

Lost almost all my branching hammers. Already dipped half of my rocks and corals was able to save some torches and 2 hammer corals but the hammers are sad. torches seemed to be coming back.



Parameters:
Alk: 192
PH 8.0
Phos : 0.0
Ca 500
MG 1440
Ammo .01
Nitrite 0
nitrate 2

all other corals are happy Zoas are thriving.

Don't see flat worms or anything

The combination of high alkalinity with low nutrients tends to be a hard combo for a lot of coral.

 

[Deago]

The combination of high alkalinity with low nutrients tends to be a hard combo for a lot of coral.

ok, So maybe trying to feed more pellet type food first. before dosing nitrate and phos

 

[crazyfishmom]

ok, So maybe trying to feed more pellet type food first. before dosing nitrate and phos

Probably worth giving that a go first. Just thinking about damage control and raising them quickly in a controlled way and that would be with NeoPhos and NeoNitro.

 

[BriansBrain]

Do you have photos? Have you checked for polyclad flatworms/eggs around the base of the flesh? Do you still have algae issues in your tank?

 

[BriansBrain]

Do you have photos? Have you checked for polyclad flatworms/eggs around the base of the flesh? Do you still have algae issues in your tank?

I guess I didn’t see the last line of the original post, sorry. Is there a flesh band around the polyp/head, is there any brown jelly? Photos may help. Euphyllia is susceptible to bacterial issues