This is what I'm thinking:

1. 25% water change twice a day.
2. Change one liter of carbon daily.
3. Test ammonia frequently. (Amquel if needed)
4. Cut back on fish feeding.
5. Keep fingers crossed.

What do you recommend? Anything else?


Additional List:
6. Buy more salt.
7. Buy more carbon.
8. Start picking out replacement SPS from web sites.
9. Ignore Visa statement.

Excellent list, thats pretty much what worked for me except I got tired of 1 and 2 and 3 after awhile. Number 8 was pretty fun though :biggrin:

As you feel you can slow down with the waterchanges, keep on top of the ammonia testing, you never know what can trigger another coral to go south and you'll need to be prepared if that happens.

OK. Thanks again.
Water changes aren't too bad. I have a 55 gal container for mixing and a big pump for quick mixing. I'm just thankful it wasn't the big tank, then the water changes would be a real PITA!

A couple of pics of the bleaching.

Blue-tipped Stag. One of my first SPS corals. (12"x12") The acro to the right of it is now bleaching as well.
http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...6/IMG_2045.jpg

Large orange Monti Cap (14"x6") About 50% bleached
http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...6/IMG_2046.jpg




Losses so far:
Blue-tipped stag, Acropora Lovellei, Sky Blue Loisetteae, Blue Teal Acro, Pink Bird's Nest, unknown Acro, one small colony of zoas.

Iffy but so far still alive:
Orange Monti Cap, 2x smaller Acro colonies, Hammer Coral (5 of the 18 heads are done), two large Poccillopora colonies.

Survivors:
all softies; all LPS excluding the above mentioned Hammer, which I'm thinking will make it; all fish; all shrimps; all snails; feather dusters; and of course all Aiptasia, Majanos, Bubble algae.


Funny how the larger SPS were hardest hit. It seems the smaller the SPS the better it came through the ordeal.

And the clam came through okay. :biggrin:

Even if they look dead, don't chuck them until you can see algae on them. Caps are remarkably resilient, I had a couple with small bits of tissue on them, they closed the gap in no time at all and look great now.

Not sure what the blue tipped stag looks like but I have the lovelli, loisettae and two pink birdsnests (not sure which one yours is) as well I have a teal acro (again not sure if the same as yours) that I can get to you if Marie or Dave don't have them :biggrin:

Isn't it a ****er that aiptasia and majanos survive this kind of stuff? Ugh. :twised:

Oh and great to hear about the clam! :)

Won't be touching anything until I'm sure they're goners. Thanks muchly for the offer. (I think we all can find a few of each other's pieces in our tanks). :biggrin:

Geez Lance that really sucks. I was really keeping my fingers crossed for you. I am glad it wasnt a total wipeout for you tho. What about fragging some of the worst ones a little and putting the pieces in the other tank? Sounds like you are on the right track tho with the water changes and carbon. Of course any frags that I have that would be of use to you you are more than welcome to. Keep us posted.

Thanks Darren. I'm just going to watch closely for a bit. If the Cap and others continue to bleach I'll frag the rest of them.

Don't frag them if it is just bleaching....everything else being good they can regain their colour again in no time....last year I had all my caps bleach completely white and within a month you would never have known it


It would be a different matter if the tissue is gone though