Why is my SPS peeling and turning white??

[Breakthecycle2]

Depends.
Your kh is good. But if you lower your nitrates any more, can cause issues. Mainly in sps burning tips.

I personally think the tank just needs to re-stabilize.

Be patient kind of thing. Work on stability and po4 a touch.

Don't be dosing things just to dose to fix one thing, it tends to throw others off.
Slowly

Do you think I should do some water change or jut leave it as it is right now?

 

[robert]

In reply to a poster seeking help to address STN in his SPS - I may have inadvertanly derailed his thread as a considerable discussion ensued which although only only slghtly tangental to his problem - did not focus on his specific situation - My apologies. I though the topic however an important one so I moved it here to clean up his thread and to open it to a more general discussion.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dissolved-organic-carbon-and-coral-disease.212072/

 

[chefjpaul]

Do you think I should do some water change or jut leave it as it is right now?

Just make sure your parameters are matching up.

 

[Emac909]

I'm a European, so my opinion does not match american standards amd that's ok, but what alleays catches my eye is the diversity of stuff you americans dose and then ask why something goes wrong.
Get back to the basics, nitrates around 5, po4 around 0.04.. Then balance alk, cal and mag, nothing else should go in your water. Ofcourse when that all is in balance you can look at the more secondary water parameters, in a very slow, overtime and patient way.
Still, with just this basic values, you can achieve good coral growth and colour.

Amen to that bro

Man I'm probably one of the laziest reefers. I haven't done a water change in 10+ months. Before last Monday the last time I tested my parameters were back in November of 2014 and if it wasn't for my auto feeder my fish would have starved a long time ago. Basically the only thing I do to my tank is turn on my ro/di once a week to fill the top off containers. Empty my skimmer cups every other week, and once a month pull just about all the chaeto out of my fuge. Then top off my calcium reactor every few months. Other then that I don't do a thing. My tank runs on auto pilot
I'm getting great coloring and growth from my gen1 radions.
These pics is from April 19

This was from this month

I don't dose anything but crushed coral from a calcium reactor.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thank you Randy
But more or less I was stating that people drown themselves in answers to a problem but don't think of the whole picture.
So besides you, Randy, how many threads have been started with DOC's as a culprit.
Such an overlooked subject when it comes to poor coral or tank health.

You are right, not many. I think we have no idea if organics cause/contribute to no STN issues, or a reasonable share of unexplained STN issues. The things one might do to reduce organics often will also reduce other cuplrits (metals, nutrients, specific toxins, etc.). So it is very hard to ever pin it down as a direct cause.

 

[Russ265]

just turn off the powerheads and all will be clear.

doc theory may take a part. but we generally dont measure for it.