Sick Montipora??
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Topic: Sick Montipora??
Posted By: Cowan
Subject: Sick Montipora??
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 7:34pm
I am pretty new to the hobby, I got this Monti a few weeks ago and was out of town for a week. When I came home I noticed that this Montipora has a lot of white spots on it now, any ideas? It is placed about 3/4 up the tank, the blue and green monty's aren't showing the same signs ------------- RSM 250 |
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Posted By: ctreeftank
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 7:40pm
| Have you put it in a revive bath |
Posted By: Cowan
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 7:53pm
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I dipped it in ReVive when I first bought it Not since then though ------------- RSM 250 |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 7:57pm
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Are you sure it's a Montipora? The septa on the skeleton don't look quite right for a Monti...although I'm looking at the pic on my phone. That sort of bleaching is usually from either low alkalinity or montipora eating nudibranchs. Bleaching from lighting is usually more uniform, and the tissue rarely receeds like that so quickly. So...what are your parameters? ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: ctreeftank
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 7:57pm
| Try it again |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 8:01pm
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I wouldn't redip a coral that is stressed without a reason...especially for a newbie. Let's rule out water conditions first...then worry about disease and parasites. It's bugging me. The skeleton really looks like Australomussa or some sort of chalice. Do you have a photo of it healthy? Who sold it to you as a Monti? ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: Cowan
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 8:17pm
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I purchased it at a LFS here in the Salt Lake Valley, I was told there it was a montipora. Latest water test was 1250 Mg, 450 CA, 11.5 KH, 1.023 sg, 78.3 deg F ------------- RSM 250 |
Posted By: Cowan
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 9:17pm
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Looking at some pics online I have to say it does look a lot more like Australomussa than a montipora ------------- RSM 250 |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 10:40pm
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Is it fleshy at all? Sorry, but coral species can matter for diagnosis and treatment. What lights do you have? If you placed it under the same lighting as your Montiporas and it is Australomussa, then you need to move it to less light. Australomussa like lower light and take a while to acclimate to higher light. At night about an hour after the lights go out, turn of the flow and squirt some fish food onto the coral. If tentacles appear, it's not a Monti. With that level of bleaching, I would feed it every other day. My specialty is saving dying coral and fish. Check out the link in my signature to read more. ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 11:20pm
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I'm with Nikki it doesn't look like a monti. Pulling the pic in closer it looks like a lot of the flesh has actually died... ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: Cowan
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 6:28pm
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@reefdup I have some reef roids and fuel, or would you suggest like mysis shrimp? Lighting is all T5s, 1 white, 3 actintic, coral plus, blue plus I moved it to the bottom of the tank ------------- RSM 250 |
Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 7:12pm
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I'm guessing those are ATI bulbs? That is probably your problem. The coral got burnt. I would feed mysis and see what happens. If it makes you feel any better, the coral you have is probably more valuable than a pink Monti. ------------- www.reefdup.com Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987 200g, 75g, & 15g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water |
Posted By: Cowan
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 10:36pm
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The white and actintic are stock Red Sea, the coral plus and blue plus are ATI ------------- RSM 250 |