Montipora help!!

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Hey everyone I have about a 2-3 inch frag of an orange montipora. For about two months it has been thriving and growing. But in the last couple days it started to turn white. I have no clue what to do to save it. It is about 10-12 inches under a kessil a150 led. I would say it receives moderate to high flow. I will post water parameters later today. Here are some pics.

Please help! Thank you!

 

[Masgatigata]

Have you had any KH swings. Montis are very sensitive to these types of swings and will bleach out. Check your levels. Usually, once they start bleaching like that, you have to cut away the dead parts and frag the living parts out.

 

[eliramos]

i had a monti that was directly exposted to some alk i dosed i mean you could see exactly where the alk flowed over it

however within a few weeks it was back and badder than ever! dont give up just really watch your levels!

 

[mike007]

All parameters need to be kept stable espially alk. Thats where a doser can make life so much easier keeping parameters steady. Be carefull when dosing for alk. and do not add too much at one time.

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Ok thanks I'll check my levels when I get home. And I recently did calcium dosing, would that affect alk? And so what should I do?

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Are there any good doser brands that you can recommend?

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Alk level is 8-9 somewhere in between those numbers. So should I frag out the living parts still? Can someone please help fast I don't know what to do. Thanks! have a great night!

 

[rworegon]

Also check for Montipora eating Nudibranch's. Point a strong light on the underside of the Monti and look for little fuzzy looking things. If there, you will need to remove the coral and dip in Coral RX or other coral dip repeatedly. Can do a number on monti's. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[Masgatigata]

Has the bleaching spread? If so, you need to frag. If not, it might heal over. Keep an eye on it.

 

[Mole]

I'd see if it was spreading before breaking it up. I fed oyster feast one time and got too much concentrated in a localized area on my monti, killed a couple spots on it but I jeft it alone and it healed over after a couple weeks and now you'd never know.

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Thanks for responses. And yes it is spreading.

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

How do I frag a monti?

 

[RichieT]

Just snap it off by finger. Should just break like a potato chip. A thick potato chip

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Ok I think I'll give it 12 more hours. If it gets worse, I'll frag.

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Can I glue the new frags on to rocks?

 

[Mole]

yep

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Ok thanks