Palys dying off

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Slowly but surely I am losing polyp after polyp of my paly collection. I have observed lights on and lights off for hours and nothing is picking at them so it is something other than a predator.

I have read through forums and not seen anything entirely helpful so maybe you guys can help me. I will get actual pics of the palys that are dying right now, but here's a description of what happens:

Paly open and happy.
Paly grows and spreads after months in the tank.
Palys close one by one and appear to be pinched at the top.
Pinched palys die within days.

Billions of dollars lost (we'll not really but close)

Like I said ill try to get pictures, but basically as I said, they appear to be pinched at the top until they pop and melt basically. No spots. No predators.

Parameters:
Alk- 9.4
Ca- 410
Mg- 1300
Sg- 1.025
Temp- 78.0-78.5

Tank has been up for a year. No other problems. Some colonies unaffected. No other corals have problems.

Up for anything now. Losing my 5 color rainbows colony as we speak. :'(
 
Bacterial infection. Do daily water changes. I had the samething happen and lost tons. Just keep up with the water changes and it should clear up. By the way do u happen to use kent carbon? They had some bad batches that would start killing stuff.
 
Tank Is a 75g with 30g sump ~100g total volume. What daily change would you recommend? I am limited to 75 gallons a day but I assume it will be a lot less than that lol.

Started Kent carbon a week into the ordeal, but it was a few years old so I'm sure it was not affected.
 
Its a lot of work... but if your up to it do the following. Dip everything that looks even remotely affected.

Day 1
15 minute bifuran dip followed by 10 minute iodine dip
Day 2
Rest
Day 3
See day 1
Day 4
Rest
Day 5
See day 1
 
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Tank Is a 75g with 30g sump ~100g total volume. What daily change would you recommend? I am limited to 75 gallons a day but I assume it will be a lot less than that lol.

Started Kent carbon a week into the ordeal, but it was a few years old so I'm sure it was not affected.

i would try like 10gal
 
Ahh the love and hate relationship of the zoanthid.
 
Its a lot of work... but if your up to it do the following. Dip everything that looks even remotely affected.

Day 1
15 minute bifuran dip followed by 10 minute iodine dip
Day 2
Rest
Day 3
See day 1
Day 4
Rest
Day 5
See day 1
+1 this realy work + water changes for 5 days
 
I will try the furan 2 dipping as well as simultaneously daily water changes as soon as I get both at the store tomorrow lol.
 

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