Anyone ever seen anything like this before (sps death)?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by untamed

That coral looks beyond saving. Take it out and frag off any remaining healthy bit ASAP. As it goes, I think it is causing the reaction you are seeing elsewhere. You've got one coral there sending out chemical signals of stress and death. Of course it is upsetting to the others!

The funny thing is yesterday before I left for work at 11am there was a completely different coral doing that white stringy thing and the green birdsnest looked perfectly fine. Then I come home at 7pm, the "different coral" looks fine and the birdsnest is half gone. I fragged a couple pieces off the unaffected side (as well as clipped off all the "gunky" parts) and put them in different spots in the tank (ie, the two frag racks I have on either side of the tank). Those frags that were near the birdsnest went the same way but the one frag on the opposite side of the tank is perfectly fine, like nothing ever happened. Weird!!

I did turf the affected coral this morning, there was no saving any bit of it as it was almost completely gonzo and I could see if was affecting the other two photos and would pollute the tank even further if that amount of tissue sloughed off.

[PoonTang]

Geez those poor things look awful. Let me know if you need anything.

[lngrhaul]

boy, this is the frustrating part of this hobby. You do all the right things like water changes and then something hits out of left field that you can't identify, can't treat and can't save the affected corals.

no advice to offer, but plenty of sympathy and well wishes.