siskiou Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Something happened in my 60G cube (almost like a red tide). Water turned pink, and all sps retreated. Same with the GSP and leather in the tank. I have no idea what triggered this. I did several waterchanges over the next few days, ran carbon and changed it out twice a day, checked all paramenters (they were fine). Now, about a week later, all sps have polyp extension again, but everything is browned out, and my purple haze is no more! :( Any ideas what this could have been? And will the corals eventually get their color back? And does anyone have a little piece of purple haze to trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 hard to say what your problem was, but you did the right thing commencing several water changes. Ive found that this is simply part of the hobby, at least for me, and you deal with it the best you can and hope it doesnt happen very often. Most corals do come back to color as long as they are not too far gone IME. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finch6013 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Color should come back. I have had some really bad brown out sps come back after about 4 months. I have just about killed a few sps and had them come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 I've never heard of water just turning pink before... have you added anything to the tank (livestock or supplement) or changed your dosing recently? Are you carbon dosing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 That is weird!! Do you have anything in the tank that could have got made and Inked or secreted anything? I've herd that anemones will secreat there color sometimes while pissed off, especially when being caught. Or an apple? Red sea isn't it a bacterial thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 No carbon dosing, no new livestock and nothing added. I had a bit of cyanobacteria in that tank, so I wondered if that morphed into a red tide type event. I'm glad to hear there is a chance of the corals coloring back up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 That is weird!! Do you have anything in the tank that could have got made and Inked or secreted anything? I've herd that anemones will secreat there color sometimes while pissed off' date=' especially when being caught. Or an apple? Red sea isn't it a bacterial thing?[/quote'] No, the only animals in the tank are snails, and emerald crab, an ocellaris clown and 3 pajama cardinals. GSP, 2 leathers, red shrooms, and various sps corals. No anemonies or sea apples. Maybe it was leather warfare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 How about kids at your house? Couyld someone have dumped in their mountainberry punch coolaid? Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 Well, my daughter *did* have her 18th birthday party right around that time, and now that I think about it, that was also the day I had something trip the GFCI several times (before the party), but I really don't think the kids (or now adults!) would have done something to the tank. Not sure if something tripping the power could have set things off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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