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[chefbuddy24]

Picked up these three frags from an online auction my local LFS was having. Got them home last night, acclimated them for thirty minutes and then dipped in Coral RX and then rodi. Place them on the frag rack on the bottom of tank. This morning the Red cap monti was bleached all the way around, the Jedi mind trick looks bleached and the gaft bonsai doesn’t look good at all and even has a brown slime collecting on the tips. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My parameters are:
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.2
Alk 156
Calc 451
75 gallon mixed reef
Red Sea led 90’s times 2

 

[homer1475]

Why did you dip then in RO/DI? Unless this is something new for pests, I have never heard of dipping corals in RO/DI.

 

[Mooses]

They bleach when they get stressed; I think everything you're experiencing is "par for the course". The RO/DI dip is to insta-kill any HHs.

 

[chefbuddy24]

I was rinsing off the coral rx before placing in my tank

Why did you dip then in RO/DI? Unless this is something new for pests, I have never heard of dipping corals in RO/DI.

 

[homer1475]

Should have rinsed in a fresh batch of SW, or tank water.

They are probably over stressed from the RO/DI dip.

After some research(never heard of it, and didn't know it was a thing), seems it's ok for softies and LPS. But, SPS will die from FW dips.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Placing coral in any type of freshwater not a good idea, in which you obviously did not know but rinsing sort of shocks the coral unless water is same temp as tank temp..
Moving forward, They stand a good chance of recovery. Keep the white light intensity way down, or even place in acclimation mode if your lights have such feature.
Assure your parameters are good and welcoming:

Temp range 77-79
salinity 1.025
alk 8-9
mag 1300
CA 450
ph 8.0-8.3

 

[chefbuddy24]

Thank you, I was misled in believing that I was supposed to rinse in rodi water after using coral dip. Thanks for the correction

Placing coral in any type of freshwater not a good idea, in which you obviously did not know but rinsing sort of shocks the coral unless water is same temp as tank temp..
Moving forward, They stand a good chance of recovery. Keep the white light intensity way down, or even place in acclimation mode if your lights have such feature.
Assure your parameters are good and welcoming:

Temp range 77-79
salinity 1.025
alk 8-9
mag 1300
CA 450
ph 8.0-8.3

 

[chefbuddy24]

Thanks, I was misinformed and now know better and hopefully don’t lose all three frags.
The gaft bonsai is totally white but you can see little green polyps barely extending on about 3/4 of the frag and the monti cap is still deep red in the center but the mind trick is totally white and looking rough

Should have rinsed in a fresh batch of SW, or tank water.

They are probably over stressed from the RO/DI dip.

After some research(never heard of it, and didn't know it was a thing), seems it's ok for softies and LPS. But, SPS will die from FW dips.