I did the impossible. I killed my GSP

Mical · May 22, 2021

TheDallasCollector said:
I goofed up, did an RODI-only dip to my GSP yesterday. He’s still in hiding (probably dying?)

$50 says you're wrong...

tailoftwogobies · May 22, 2021

OceansinAZ said:
I have no idea where I went wrong. On Sat (today is Wed) I bought a frag of gsp. I brought it home and dipped it in "Reef Dip" that is the brand name. It says it is safe for soft corals. I drip acclimated it and then placed it mid tank in a moderate flow area. They never opened. I read on a few threads that it may take a few days, so I let them be. Today I went to give them a light dust off with the power head (to make sure there wasn't any sand or algea bothering it) and 80% of it disintegrated down to the plug it came on. I removed it and immediately did a water test. Results were 1.024 salinity, 0 posphate, 2.5 nitrate, and 7.7 dkh. Same as the last day tested, which was the day the gsp was added. I have a 30 gal tank that is almost 3 months old. The only other oral I have is some zoas that just gave me three new polyps (5 total now), so I assume it wasn't water quality. I also have 3 chromis, a cleaner shrimp, and a few snails. I am doing small amounts of Vibrant to knock off the last of the brown algea from the ugly stage. Was it possibly the dip or something else due to ignorance? I can't believe I killed one of the hardiest corals.

may i ask why you did the reef dip? or even what that is? we’ve never done that for any coral in our tank ever…

tailoftwogobies · May 22, 2021

our GSP is the most thriving coral in the entire tank.. it’s literally taking over a whole rock and growing across a ‘branch’ rock formation we have. sometimes snails and things bother it and it hides but it’s back out usual within a day or two. are you sure that it’s not just sleeping or something? i can’t imagine you killed it.

Mical · May 22, 2021

If you were local I'd give you some...

Sshannon · May 22, 2021

Could've been the Dip, may have been the conditions in the store you got it from. IT may have even been the transport from their tank to yours. Did it get overly hot or cold during transport?