Help please!

[jimidalock]

I just found a maxi jet 600 pump that was putting stray voltage into the sump. Could that be causing my SPS to die off?

 

[cdamiano]

It sounds like it could be some type of bacterial infection. If the problem starts at the base, then you should try and cut off the base of the affected pieces and then glue the rest of the coral back to a rock. You could also make a few frags from it. This will at least give you a chance to save some of the coral.

I have also heard of GFO and possibly Carbon causing this type of problem if not rinsed properly or if too much is used or if a different brand is used from what you had been using.

Have you added any new corals to your tank recently? Possibly something not aquacultured (maricultured or wild caught)?

 

[jimidalock]

Is there any chance that a large colony of Green Star polyps on the bottom of my tank be whats killing my SPS?

 

[Jzhou]

Highly doubt it since gsp doesn't really have a sting or much of one at least. But anything is possible.

 

[Jzhou]

It sounds like it could be some type of bacterial infection. If the problem starts at the base, then you should try and cut off the base of the affected pieces and then glue the rest of the coral back to a rock. You could also make a few frags from it. This will at least give you a chance to save some of the coral.

I have also heard of GFO and possibly Carbon causing this type of problem if not rinsed properly or if too much is used or if a different brand is used from what you had been using.

Have you added any new corals to your tank recently? Possibly something not aquacultured (maricultured or wild caught)?

The GFO statement is a really good point, there have been some reefers that I delt with in the past who had a lot of issues with both LPS and SPS simply because they were running their reactor too the point that it was grinding the gfo into a fine powder that was released into the tank.

 

[jimidalock]

Thanks Jzhou, I stopped running GFO about a week ago and I'm pulling the plug on my carbon reactor as well. Lets see if it makes a differance.
I also dosed 2 interceptor tablets this morning.

 

[knockout]

Thanks Jzhou, I stopped running GFO about a week ago and I'm pulling the plug on my carbon reactor as well. Lets see if it makes a differance.
I also dosed 2 interceptor tablets this morning.

Did you identify red bugs in the system? otherwise adding more stuff in to the mix may simply aggravate the situation