@Russ265; A couple of corals that I have (Like the one that I posted the most recent picture of has been receding from the base up for months. I have 2 others in my tank that are in the same boat. They get bone white at the base and then the branches on the SPS will slowly turn white from the base up until the entire branch is bone white then another branch will be effected. This is a super slow process though. I have been losing a highlighter acro for months this way. It is only a frag with 3-4 branches but lately it has been going quicker. Not sure if this is the high alk/alk swing issue or something else. All I know is I am learning a lot this time around with my tank. I've encountered a ton of problems in the last year that I never had with my other tank that I had for 3 years. It is definitely discouraging to have problem after problem - I'm really hoping that with everyone's help I can straighten this out and get into maintenance mode rather than defense mode.
Thanks everyone!
if it was me....
id get a melanarus wrasse.
id pull all unaffected corals out and wait 2-3 months before adding any more sps.
if that is not doable. get bayer from home depot and do a bayer dip on any salvageable corals.
of course i would be clipping tips 1/4 above the white on any coral before doing this, and chucking the rest in the trash.
dont feel bad.
last year alone:
my tank drove me up the wall til i dosed nitrate and phosphate due to my light bioload.
then i got a cyano outbreak and treated it with chemiclean.
after the cyano was gone, a month later i had dinos. eventually had to dose peroxide for 3 months.
then my return pump died due to some spiderweb white bacteria clogging my sponge filter and my pump ran dry.
and by december i was on my last led panel as my other 3 burned out.
this year has been pretty solid so far
...so no. it isnt hopeless
