Massive SPS die-off in my tank:(

[smoq]

Removing dead&dying sps colonies after recent massive die-off in my tank. So sad to see corals I've grew for few years gone to hell All my parameters are in check and the die-off suddenly stopped. Everything that didnt die starting to grow again, but more than half of my sps are dead or badly hurt. I don't know what happened, truly. The only good explanation for me right now is coral war and sps tissue necrosis. The corals where fighting for space and now most of them are dead. I checked my water many times with different test kits and nothing- ph 8.2, nitrate 0, phosphate 0.04, alk 8, calcium 390-400, mag 1250. I even checked if the heater works, but to my understanding if something was wrong other corals would suffer, but all my lps, anemones and softies are just fine, like nothing happened. Well, anyway, I have an sps colonies to rebuild

Hopefully I can get some good deals at the swap. Pleade, anyone that I hooked up with a free frag in the past, I may need your help with a piece from my old colonies. Thank you friends and family and see everyone at the swap

 

[prattreef]

Wow, sorry to hear this Marcin. Did they just die off over night or was it a slow progression over the course of time? If it was rapid then I suspect bacterial and/ or viral infection.

 

[smoq]

That's what I think too. They started to bleach all at once but they died in a matter of week or so. This is my mistake here, cause I should have been cutting off the bleaching parts of the colony before it spread, which I didn't. Lesson learned. I'm glad that all my LPS are fine, otherwise I would be really pissed

 

[prattreef]

If it is as suspected, there isn't a lot you could have done. Often, fragging into the healthy tissue doesn't help much. We'll help you restock.

 

[smoq]

I see. Thanks Randy. The whole thing proved to me that there are so many things I don't know about corals and their chemistry. Oh, and if you consider a hardy SPS for your tank, get Red Planet acropora- the damn thing looks better than before the die-off and it looks like a king of stonies in my tank now

 

[Ziggy]

Sorry to hear about that, that what happened to me 5 week a go! In one week I lost over 120 different corals including all SPS and LPS!

 

[Gabe]

So many of us lost lots of coral and fish in the past weeks.... It just blows!!!

 

[smoq]

That's true Gabe, I can't complain too much as I was fortunate enough not to lose power for too long during the storm.

 

[pecan2phat]

I go through this every 2 years with my SPS and still haven't figured it out yet.
LPS is looking better and better as I contemplate ...........

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Sorry Marcin.

 

[BKLYN REEF]

Sudden die off can be very frustrating. I had this happen to a 8 x 8 red cap colony and a huge rainbow birds nest colony overnight with no explanation

There one day gone the next.
Sorry to hear man!
I have some fRags for you to help you get going again!

 

[reefs4life]

Sorry to hear this happened to you. I know the pain of losing so much livestock in one shot. I'm not big on SPS myself, literally have just 4 pieces of it. However I have a montiopora setosa with a couple branches I think and I wouldn't mind giving you a branch at the swap if you're interested in it.

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[smoq]

Thanks everyone for your kind words and your offers, I really appreciate it. And thanks for the setosa offer, actually this particular frag didn't suffer in a die-off so I'm good

 

[Dakotah]

I just had the same thing happen to two of my sps but the rest are fine I don't understand it either to be honest......