SPS are bleaching, help!

coral keeper

coral keeper

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A few of my SPS are bleaching and aren't looking good. The SPS that are bleaching are: Desalwii, Purple Polyp Bnest, Incredible Hulk acro, and ULTRA green birdsnest. I had them for about 2 months. Everything els I have in the tank are fine. The 2 clams, torch, Hot Pink Birdsnest, Purple tip Acro, Miami Orchid, Tyree Blue chalice(its a bit brown for some reason but its not dieing), Pink and Green Chalice, green candy canes, Green Eye Chalice, SUPER PINK chalice, xenia, kenya trees, rics, all the diff mushrooms, diff encrusting Montiporas, bubble coral, leather, galaxy, zoas, margarita snails, palys, and I think that's it. The calcium lvl is 480(i know, its a bit high). I dose 50 mL of phytoplankton every 2-3 days, I have a skimmer, got chaeto in the back, there's 30 lb of sand in DT, 25 lb of LR in DT, there's a 150 watt HQI MH over the tank, the MH bulb is the same one that came with the tank when I first bought it, the tank was up for about 3 months, I do 10% water changes every week, I top off with RO/DI water, Only have one large female maroon clownfish. What could be the problem?? The only thing that I can think of is the bulb, should I get a new bulb? the currant bulb that's there is the stock bulb that's 14k. There are 3 powerheads that put out a total of 800 GPH. The sps that are bleaching are in a very good flow area. I already moved the bleaching sps everywhere, and they still don't like the spot they are in. The tank is a 28 gallon nano cube. Here is a link to my diary. https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/322862/coral-keepers-28-gallon-nano-cube-hqi-diary
PLEASE HELP!!
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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My camera broke and I sent it back to the company to fix it and it will be at my house in about 8 days. I only have test for calcium. I had these corals for 2 months. I got them from a reefer online. The corals that are bleaching were turning brown during those 2 months, now they are starting to bleach.
 
jpa0741

jpa0741

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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/2746533
My camera broke and I sent it back to the company to fix it and it will be at my house in about 8 days. I only have test for calcium. I had these corals for 2 months. I got them from a reefer online. The corals that are bleaching were turning brown during those 2 months, now they are starting to bleach.

You really need to tests for alk, mag, trates, and phos. Take your water to a LFS if needed. I am just guessing but sounds like your trates or phos might be high if they were turning brown.
 
mx#28

mx#28

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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/2746231
A few of my SPS are bleaching and aren't looking good. The SPS that are bleaching are: Desalwii, Purple Polyp Bnest, Incredible Hulk acro, and ULTRA green birdsnest. I had them for about 2 months. Everything els I have in the tank are fine. The 2 clams, torch, Hot Pink Birdsnest, Purple tip Acro, Miami Orchid, Tyree Blue chalice(its a bit brown for some reason but its not dieing), Pink and Green Chalice, green candy canes, Green Eye Chalice, SUPER PINK chalice, xenia, kenya trees, rics, all the diff mushrooms, diff encrusting Montiporas, bubble coral, leather, galaxy, zoas, margarita snails, palys, and I think that's it. The calcium lvl is 480(i know, its a bit high). I dose 50 mL of phytoplankton every 2-3 days, I have a skimmer, got chaeto in the back, there's 30 lb of sand in DT, 25 lb of LR in DT, there's a 150 watt HQI MH over the tank, the MH bulb is the same one that came with the tank when I first bought it, the tank was up for about 3 months, I do 10% water changes every week, I top off with RO/DI water, Only have one large female maroon clownfish. What could be the problem?? The only thing that I can think of is the bulb, should I get a new bulb? the currant bulb that's there is the stock bulb that's 14k. There are 3 powerheads that put out a total of 800 GPH. The sps that are bleaching are in a very good flow area. I already moved the bleaching sps everywhere, and they still don't like the spot they are in. The tank is a 28 gallon nano cube. Here is a link to my diary. https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=322862
PLEASE HELP!!


That's an awful lot of coral in that size tank - you are very likely experiencing some chemical warfare as well as direct stinging. Both the bubble coral and the galaxea are capable of reaching a foot or more away from their base and damaging other corals, octocorals can be quite toxic to SPS and LPS, and SPS will wage war as well.
In addition, your lighting is border-line for some of the SPS and you really need to test for more parameters.
 
brandan

brandan

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Originally Posted by MX#28
http:///forum/post/2746900
That's an awful lot of coral in that size tank - you are very likely experiencing some chemical warfare as well as direct stinging. Both the bubble coral and the galaxea are capable of reaching a foot or more away from their base and damaging other corals, octocorals can be quite toxic to SPS and LPS, and SPS will wage war as well.
In addition, your lighting is border-line for some of the SPS and you really need to test for more parameters.
I think that this could be a possibility also. . . Talk about going a little overboard
. That is a ton of coral for a 28gal. I think it may be time to start thinning some stuff out that you no long like.
 
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