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This is not a sting. There a water issue going on and requires some checking.
Possible alk spike but some things that cause this:
High Salinity
High temperature
Low PH
High alk
High nitrate
Too much light
too much water flow
Bugs such as black bugs
Bleaching which is the release, rejection, or loss of zooxanthellae from coral tissue
When this occurs, it can be very difficult to assess whether or not coral tissue remains. In some cases, tissue expansion can be apparent and it is obvious that there is coral tissue remaining, but that it is transparent. In other cases, and especially when a stressor is still present, coral tissue may not expand, or be reduced in mass, and remains tightly contracted. It is then very difficult to determine if there is coral tissue remaining, or if tissue loss has occurred. One of the fastest ways to assess this is to watch for the rapid colonization of diatoms and other algae.
Because a coral appears white, however, does not necessarily indicate that bleaching has occurred. The same signs of a pale or bare coral can also be indicative of tissue recession, competition, predation, environmental stress, and disease.
What test kits are you using? Hopefully not API which may be giving you false readings in which levels are higher than you realize.
Possible alk spike but some things that cause this:
High Salinity
High temperature
Low PH
High alk
High nitrate
Too much light
too much water flow
Bugs such as black bugs
Bleaching which is the release, rejection, or loss of zooxanthellae from coral tissue
When this occurs, it can be very difficult to assess whether or not coral tissue remains. In some cases, tissue expansion can be apparent and it is obvious that there is coral tissue remaining, but that it is transparent. In other cases, and especially when a stressor is still present, coral tissue may not expand, or be reduced in mass, and remains tightly contracted. It is then very difficult to determine if there is coral tissue remaining, or if tissue loss has occurred. One of the fastest ways to assess this is to watch for the rapid colonization of diatoms and other algae.
Because a coral appears white, however, does not necessarily indicate that bleaching has occurred. The same signs of a pale or bare coral can also be indicative of tissue recession, competition, predation, environmental stress, and disease.
What test kits are you using? Hopefully not API which may be giving you false readings in which levels are higher than you realize.
ppatches24
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Yeah i said the same thing about my torch and acans but one night i went down because the acan had be receding, The torch was having a war with the acan at night. At least 4 inches away. During day time they aren't anywhere near each other.
