Please help tank going down SOUTH FAST!

[lastlight]

frag the sps well above the recession and remount. toss the bottom piece. gives the coral a chance at least.

lots of new carbon!

[somewherebeyondthesea]

Originally Posted by lastlight

frag the sps well above the recession and remount. toss the bottom piece. gives the coral a chance at least.

lots of new carbon!

+1

[jason604]

Originally Posted by lastlight

frag the sps well above the recession and remount. toss the bottom piece. gives the coral a chance at least.

lots of new carbon!

Yes I have new carbon. How can the purple sps recess so damn fast tho.

[jason604]

It's body is also starting to turn to the color of the recessed part =(. Would dipping it in revive save the base since it just happened in the last few hours?

[Slyguy00]

I would do 80% water change. Then do another one two days after.

[jason604]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

I would do 80% water change. Then do another one two days after.

Oh damn 80%!!! That's insane! I just fragged off my purple acro now. Scared if I wait till Tmr it will be dead at this rate.=(

[Slyguy00]

Iv been fighting dinos for the last month, and finally got some good advice. So decided to take the advice, and I have done two 80% water changes and one 50% water changes in the last week. As of right now, my tank has never looked better. Corals and fish are happier then they have ever been. And absolutely no sign of any dinos. And if you have had to battle them before you know the **** grows back almost as fast as you can remove it. Just my opinion.

[SanguinesDream]

Originally Posted by lastlight

frag the sps well above the recession and remount. toss the bottom piece. gives the coral a chance at least.

lots of new carbon!

+2

[jason604]

I just noticed recession in a few other acros but they at the body of it near middle of the pieces what do I do? Also what is dinos? Is that another term for recession?

[Starry]

Dinos = dinoflagellates. kinda like cyno-bacteria. red slimy algae looking stuff.

As for your acro, the tissue recession is generally referred to as STN, or RTN, depending on the speed of the recession and is sometimes caused by bacteria as well as several other possible causes. Cutting the coral well above the affected area sometimes stops the spread of tissue loss, saving the coral.

I would also try and knock your phosphate down using GFO, 0.25 is pretty high, could be causing the browning of your other corals.

Best of luck!