Need help Dying SPS
 

One of the tanks that i bought came with some SPS
one of them is doing great
the other, well not so great
This morning i noticed that it was starting to bleach white in some spots
is there anything i can do to stop this?
or anything i can do to salvage some of this coral?
any help would be appreciated
thanks
Neal

Sps
 

We need some more details about your tank to assist you. We need to find out why the SPS is dieing. In the meantime, if you have multiple tanks, you could try transplanting it to a different tank if there is a more appropriate setup for it.

Lighting?
Filtration?
Water flow?
Water tests?

temperature?

Sorry to hijack this thread, but is that a green clown goby in your picture?

(it is)

SPS will die or decline in health for a number of reasons... definately need ALL your tank paramaters...

start with the basics... ammonia,nitrate,nitrite. then go calcium, alk, pH, temperature, salinity. lighting... any corals near the SPS?

any sudden changes in the tank? it's hard to pin-point what happens to SPS .. they are so picky and fragile most times.

more info
 

I agree more info required... SPS are put off by change...any change :rolleyes: test water, any changes in lighting ( duration intensity) new fish corals around it, anything you can think of? how long has the tank been setup?

sounds like you just bought a tank second hand from someone, and it came with some SPS corals... In this case, it could have been stress from the move (it's cold outside!), stress from the tank resetting its cycle at it's new established location, water parameters unstable and undesirable due to stirring up the sandbed, and live rock in the move.

I would test the water parameters.. but don't go messing with the chemistry (too fast) because in an effort in bringing the water to the "correct" parameters too drastically you might make the corals even more stressed.

I dunno if this helps.... I'm making assumptions because there isn't much to go on.

Did I mention I hate SPS for this reason. boo colored stix.

also.. to salvage. .Fragging when the SPS starts to RTN might save a portion of it...

something to consider when things get dire.

why yes it is ;)

re SPS
 

the tank that they were put into is all good
the other SPS is fine and doing well
I know that a couple of corals cam e into contact with it, so maybe it got stung or something.
how do i go about fragging it to try to save some?
thanks
Neal