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Old 11-03-2010, 09:51 PM
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Default UPDATED: Any Help is appreciated

Well as many know, I have had coral issues this summer. I thought things were going well and corals are revitalizing, but I guess not.

Last night, I had an SPS with a bit of RTN from the base upwards. Today it is totally dead. This was approximately 3 inches in width and 7 inches in length. The whole thing is gone.

I don't want to get into parameters stuff, as I have gone through this over and over again, and even had my LFS check things and again perfect.

Today, I also took that coral in just to make sure there were no critters, red bugs or something else. Well it was clean, no critters, no claw marks, chew marks nothing. So now I can rule out bugs and fish/crab/whatever coral eating critters.

So now I back at the starting point, why did this coral die so quickly. It was in my tank for almost 2 years without issue. And what happened, is what has been happening over the summer.

I am becoming quite frustrated here. Any ideas? Again, please don't ask me to check my parameters. As this is not the issue, I am now needing to look for that needle in the haystack.

Remember though, other corals that had issues in the summer, are still showing great signs of growth and improvements. Water is clean, fish are healthy and overall tank looks pretty good.

Thanks.
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Setup: 180G DT, 105G Refuge (approx. 300lbs LR, 150lbs Aragonite)
Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker
Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO)
Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish
Dosing: Mg, Ca, Alk

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