Need help Dying SPS

TheReefGeek · #1 01-31-2006, 05:55 PM

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?

Raf · #2 01-31-2006, 07:51 PM

temperature?

TheReefGeek · #3 01-31-2006, 08:04 PM

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

OCDP · #4 01-31-2006, 08:15 PM

(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.

vanreefer · #5 01-31-2006, 10:14 PM

I agree more info required... SPS are put off by change...any change

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?

Raf · #6 01-31-2006, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

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

why yes it is

howdy20012002 · #7 02-01-2006, 12:07 AM

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

muck · #8 02-01-2006, 12:12 AM

Which corals came into contact with it?
Any LPS by chance?

howdy20012002 · #9 02-01-2006, 12:25 AM

yep..some rice bubble
i have noticed that my hammer coral is very aggressive around anything else in the area..almost like it is reaching out to touch them.
Can hammer coral hurt zoos by touching them?
thanks
Neal