Sps tissue necrosis

[GHOSTLY]

I had a fish pass away and my nitrates were raised. Just noticing my slimers tissue peeling away at the base. Is this possible to cure or live?

 

[blaxsun]

What are your other water parameters like, size of the tank, what do you dose/feed, etc.

 

[GHOSTLY]

What are your other water parameters like, size of the tank, what do you dose/feed, etc.

So everything was stable. The issue was nitrate. I had a fish die and go unnoticed causing a spike in nitrate.
Ammonia 0
Nitrate originally 5 spiked to 30
Alk 9.1 stable
Calcium 430
Mag 1400 roughly
Phosphate 0.05 pridignally spiked to .1

 

[blaxsun]

I guess it depends what your nitrate levels normally are. Mine are close to 40 and my SPS seem to love it.

 

[GHOSTLY]

I guess it depends what your nitrate levels normally are. Mine are close to 40 and my SPS seem to love it.

Mine are usually 5 but they spiked to 40

 

[blaxsun]

Mine are usually 5 but they spiked to 40

Are your nitrates back down to normal...?

 

[GHOSTLY]

Are your nitrates back down to normal...?

Been doing wc. Mixing more salt atm but its around 10 to 15 rn. Trying to lower it to normal

 

[Kmst80]

Might have to do more with stability...you nitrates going up and down. I 've had close to 60 ppm nitrate, 1.125 ppm phosphate...all was good until I figured my Test kit was crap and then tried to lower the numbers way to quick. Only then I saw corals not being happy. Get stability back and your spa might come back.

 

[ZoWhat]

Use to work for 5yrs in a coral shop.

Once tissue starts dying bottom up, for us to stop it we'd cut above the dead tissue and reglue

Without cutting its like cancer that keeps going upwards

 

[Lavey29]

A little nitrates rise didn't cause that.

 

[GHOSTLY]

A little nitrates rise didn't cause that.

25ppm in 2 days?

 

[Lavey29]

25ppm in 2 days?

Nah, but you had an ammonia spike prior to all those nitrates, that may have irritated SPS.

 

[GHOSTLY]

Nah, but you had an ammonia spike prior to all those nitrates, that may have irritated SPS.

Oh for sure but that seems to be the only parameter that jumped. I did change lighting but I have that set to 25% slowly ramping up

 

[Spare time]

Nah, but you had an ammonia spike prior to all those nitrates, that may have irritated SPS.

Corals like ammonia (up til an unknown point, of which is unlikely to have spiked that much in an established tank given that everything photosynthetic may attempt to take it)

 

[GHOSTLY]

Use to work for 5yrs in a coral shop.

Once tissue starts dying bottom up, for us to stop it we'd cut above the dead tissue and reglue

Without cutting its like cancer that keeps going upwards

The tissue is also dying in the middle

 

[V A R I A N T]

How are your other SPS corals doing?

 

[Lavey29]

Corals like ammonia (up til an unknown point, of which is unlikely to have spiked that much in an established tank given that everything photosynthetic may attempt to take it)

Agree but SPS don't like sudden changes or spikes. I'm only speculating that if his fish died which ultimately resulted in a nitrate spike this was probably preceeded by an ammonia spike that upset his coral now showing STN.

 

[GHOSTLY]

How are your other SPS corals doing?

No polyp extension but they're alive still

Agree but SPS don't like sudden changes or spikes. I'm only speculating that if his fish died which ultimately resulted in a nitrate spike this was probably preceeded by an ammonia spike that upset his coral now showing STN.

Update. Sadly the piece is completely dead. Tissue necrosis got to it extremely quickly and it was 90% gone. Preparing wc tomorrow and hopefully it'll be ok

 

[livinlifeinBKK]

In the future, I've heard (although don't have firsthand experience myself) that iodine dips can help with STN...Seachem Reef Dip is one product I've heard used among others

 

[bobssecrtsn]

How long has the tank been set up?