Whats wrong with my Setosa (PICS)

coolguy818

coolguy818

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This is one of my rarest pieces in my tank. I've had it for about 2 months, it did fine for about a month then is slowly started to STN in different spots.
I've watched it slowly die for the past 3 weeks.
What to do?
Since the first question will be Parameters..... here you go.
Temp - 77.9-78.9
PH - 8.0-8.3 (Salifert)
Ammonia - 0 (API)
Nitrite - 0 (API)
Nitrate - 2.5 (Salifert)
Calcium - 460 (Tropic Marin)
Alk - 8.95 (Lamotte)
Phosphate - 0 (Salifert)
Iodide - .03 (Salifert)
Magnesium - 1320 (Red Sea)
Specific Gravity - 1.029 (Refractometer)
I think that about covers is it.
The picture is taken under Actinic lighting only. I will post a full lighting picture later.
 
threed240

threed240

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The salinity is high. I would get a refractometer to test the SG level again. If you don't have one, your LFS would probably do it for a small fee.
 
jmick

jmick

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You have monit eating nudi's, I can see the eggs on the bottom side of the coral. I have dealt with these buggers in the past and let me tell you they are nearly impossible to get rid of. Had to toss a killer blue berry monti after trying unsuccessfully to get rid of them. Dips work only to get rid of the adult nudis and nothing other then cutting/scrapping will get rid of the egg sacks. Good luck and I hope I am wrong.
 
teen

teen

Active Member
yea, looks like nudi eggs to me as well. take the coral out, give it a dip in something like TMPCC and give that coral a good scrubing with a new toothbrush. dont scrub the tissue too hard, but enough to remove the eggs. i hope you dont have other montis in the tank
 
coolguy818

coolguy818

Member
Originally Posted by teen
yea, looks like nudi eggs to me as well. take the coral out, give it a dip in something like TMPCC and give that coral a good scrubing with a new toothbrush. dont scrub the tissue too hard, but enough to remove the eggs. i hope you dont have other montis in the tank

First off what is TMPCC?
I have 15 different species of Monti's?
 
a_thrice

a_thrice

Member
yeah looks for sure to be monti eating nudis you can dip them if you want but it wont kill the eggs i would pull it out cut off the dead spots and anything that looks like eggs or little white things and throw them in the trash then i would go get 2 radiant wrasses and pray ALOT because your in a world of trouble
 
racerw

racerw

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It is possible to get rid of nudis. I found out I had them several months ago.
I took out all my montis and put them in a QT tank. Fragged the rim of all the montis where the nudis were eating them. I dipped them every 3-5 days for 3-4 weeks in Tropic Marin looked for eggs, if I saw eggs I scrapped them off. I can now say I am Monti eating nudi free
 
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swalchemist

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Just a bit of friendly advice... I would keep an eye on your tank, those things are evil and and have a nasty habit of reappearing months later.
 
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