Sps dying

[Magostini]

Hello all, sharing here, please let me know if you can help here.
My spss are getting white and dying since 3 weeks ago....the parameters below are not bad, in the beginning I thought it was lack of water movement, I added a MP40 vortech on top of existing Nero 5...anybody any idea?

Thank you!
Alk 8.5
Mg 1500
Ca 440
Nh4 0
Nh3 0.005
Nitrite 0
Nitrate it was 10 in the beginning started nopox and now 5 ppm
Phosphate it was 0.12 in the beginning started nopox and now 0.05
Light 300 par with 2 kessil a 360x at 85%

 

[ASIN28]

Following because I can’t keep sps alive if my life depended on it. I have similar experience to you

 

[Pistondog]

How old is your tank, do you have coralline growing on the rocks?

 

[Magostini]

Hi 5 months....yes coraline started to grow recently too...but the sps were fine when I didnt have coraline...

 

[Pistondog]

Hi 5 months....yes coraline started to grow recently too...but the sps were fine when I didnt have coraline...

Nothing except maybe high magnesium stands out. But a snapshot does not describe a tanks stability and biome.
Some corals I put in my tank look fine for a few weeks, then show decline.
The truth might be they were declining the minute they went in the tank and took some time to show obvious symptoms.
Can't say why, but tank age seems to play a part in sps success.

 

[Dolphins18]

Nopox has done damage for me, I understand it works for some, but it is detrimental to all of my tanks. Were things doing good prior to nopox, and if so, why did you start using it?

 

[Magostini]

They were there since

Nopox has done damage for me, I understand it works for some, but it is detrimental to all of my tanks. Were things doing good prior to nopox, and if so, why did you start using it?

Actually I started to dose nopox after they started to die in order to reduce phosphate...so far so good on that

 

[Magostini]

Nothing except maybe high magnesium stands out. But a snapshot does not describe a tanks stability and biome.
Some corals I put in my tank look fine for a few weeks, then show decline.
The truth might be they were declining the minute they went in the tank and took some time to show obvious symptoms.
Can't say why, but tank age seems to play a part in sps success.

What is strange is that the sps are there for more than 3 months, I moved them from my old tanknand they were even better than before....
But the low age may bring some variations and impacting on them...

 

[Dolphins18]

I know a yellow coris is in there but do you dip your corals? I'd assume you probably do, but coris don't always eat them.

 

[ZoWhat]

I'm 16, 17 yrs in. It took me the first 8yrs to realize Acro SPS will die as soon as your parameters "drive off the road"

Extremely hard to keep Acros long term.

This is why in 2012ish I completely swore off Acros and have been happier ever since

 

[Magostini]

I know a yellow coris is in there but do you dip your corals? I'd assume you probably do, but coris don't always eat them.

Actually I do not dip....just checking this means feeding them? I just have the lights there...no food for corals

 

[Dolphins18]

Actually I do not dip....just checking this means feeding them? I just have the lights there...no food for corals

Coris are known to eat SPS pests sometimes, but not always. I it may be worth pulling one and dipping it in a mixture of tea tree oil and water, or coralrx mixed with water would probably be best. If things start coming off and moving around a minute it could be the killers.

 

[Acros]

Do you do regular water changes? It could be something like iodine.

 

[Magostini]

Do you do regular water changes? It could be something like iodine.

10 percent per week

 

[Dolphins18]

Also if you dip them i think most instructions say 5-10 mins but the pests will fall off in just a couple minutes I usually do less than 5 minutes. The dip will not hurt the coral.

 

[RMS18]

A few things stand out:
Age of the tank 5 months is young even if they were doing well before, how long is before 3-4 weeks? The pictures aren't clear but I don't see a lot or any encrusting so they couldn't have been doing to well. Unless I can't make out the encrusting. In addition the drop in po4 and no3 you made definitely will not help rebound those values are to low imo and experience especially with the Lps you have. No reason to use nopox with hardly any bio load. Rocks look very new. Take a look at the corals at night with a flash light look for white round marks, meaning aefw.

Stability is key with SPS even "newer" tanks can house easier SPS but without stability there's no shot.

What I would do, return nutrients back to decent levels, ditch the nopox. .12 isnt horrible for SPS, I keep mine at .08-.1 and I have all the colors and growth. Focus on stability and give the tank time. A few small areas of Coraline does not always mean you have the green light for SPS.

 

[Magostini]

Also if you dip them i think most instructions say 5-10 mins but the pests will fall off in just a couple minutes I usually do less than 5 minutes. The dip will not hurt the coral.

Never did that...I have just bought

 

[Magostini]

Just bought seachem dip...

 

[Dolphins18]

Just bought seachem dip...

Yes seachem dip will do the job, seachem are some of my favirote products in this hobby over the years. Great company often under-looked! Let us know the results

 

[Magostini]

Yes seachem dip will do the job, seachem are some of my favirote products in this hobby over the years. Great company often under-looked! Let us know the results

Thank you!