Tricolor SPS fading!

Vahanyos · Mar 3, 2018

Hey guys

So I woke up this morning and found a white patch on my tricolor frag... it’s been in the tank for 2 months roughly. It started growing and encrusting after 2-3 weeks, with only PE at night. I think something irritates it in the day time but I still haven’t found out what ....

It showed zero signs of stress and noting has been changed on tank. To be honest I don’t have parameters except for 0 nitrates, and salinity 1.25 - but I’ve been consistent with maintenance and water changes, no lack there.

Is this going to be a goner? Is it fading? Dying?

Sorry if it’s not much info. It literally happened overnight.

Kinggeorge818 · Mar 3, 2018

Do you dip your corals for pests

TonyNguyen · Mar 3, 2018

Looks like your getting RTN better put some super glue on it to stop it from spreading... Something is making it unhappy!

Kinggeorge818 · Mar 3, 2018

Check ur phosphate levels to make sure it’s not zero

Vahanyos · Mar 3, 2018

I do not dip the corals when I get them. The LFS I get them from dips it already and their display has a ton of healthy corals so I didn’t think to :/

Reading about RTN and it’s brutal. I’ll try super glue.

It seems I’m not ready to take on such demanding SPS ;Sorry

Chris86 · Mar 3, 2018

Try the super glue. If the RTN starts spreading closer to the branch, I would cut the branch with about half an inch of space between healthy tissue and the RTN. Then glue it to another frag plug or rock.

I had this randomly happen to one of my bonsai frags once. I did what I described above, and it is still alive. I didn’t change anything afterwards.

TonyNguyen · Mar 3, 2018

I would still hit the SPS with a Bayer dip just in case. You can't trust anyone, even if they have the best tank in town... Its brutal in this hobby with Flatworm and all the pest...

Jason_MrFrags · Mar 7, 2018

Break it off now and try to save it

Vahanyos · Mar 7, 2018

I actually did the super glue method and it stopped spreading. I can see some growth in it now , and it stoped fading. There’s a little blob of glue by the base but at least it’s not fading it anymore lol