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    Posted: March 19 2014 at 9:15pm
I have a Red Montipora that its cover by this white-ish substance. I tried to blow some water to remove the particles, but they seemed to reappeared the next day. I was wondering if you have seen anything like that and how can I fix it before it spreads to the other Montiporas. Thanks for your help!

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I'm interested in seeing what this is.

I just did a quick search and the only hints that come up are.
1- Montipora eating nudibranch which would be very tiny and found in the underside if the coral.
2- Another coral stung the Monti.

Can you see anything on it? Has another coral been close to it? Are perameters stable and in a good range? Can you think of anything that has changed in the tank over the last 3 weeks?
Could it be RTN? The only coral I've ever lost was a pink digitatus. It turned gray and half of it died a week after going into my tank. It turned white and then gray. I broke off the infected piece and saved the other half of the coral.

I'm new to reef keeping but hear are just a few questions off the top of my head.

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Nevermind. I'm way off. I just picked up on the fact that you were able to blow it off with some water. Now it's starting to sound like a bacteria.

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Particles doesn't sound like bacteria. It sounds like something dropping from above. I've lost tons of coral for many different reasons. Thanks for the pic. Thumbs Up From what I can see, these are the things I would look at:
Something dropping from above, like salt off the lights?
New lighting?
Salinity level?
Alkalinity level?
Calcium level?
Any changes in the tank up to 2 weeks before this began?
Answers to those questions will help figure it out and a pic of the entire tank could help.

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Nothing that I can think of has changed. I took a water sample to the pet store last week and they checked all the parameters and they were fine. There are no other corals touching it, I think the picture does show one that its about 2"- 3" away. Nothing else in the tank looks sad... 

Well, I did add those little bugs (I can't remember their name) to feed my Mandarin fish. I got them from a pet store that grows them. I did pour them near the Montipora... Do you think those bugs could harm the coral?
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Salt Creep falling down on it?
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Whoops. I must have missed the March 20 response and question. No, the addition of some bugs should not not have caused it. How is the coral doing today?
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This is just off the top of my head but could it be spawning?
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