Saltfinsax Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Well now that most my acros and some small eyed lps have been thrashed now. I guess I am going to have to blame it on leather toxin. I haven't been able to find anything wrong with my water parameters and most the corals grew well before but have had little hiccups along the way. (white spots that show up and then heal up in a week or two) My bulbs are new My flow has gone down some from losing my wavy sea, but they grew well before I had that. I have been running carbon most the time Before I go about getting rid of this bad boy, anyone found a good way to deal with this? His is the size of a 10" dinner plate, maybe more if he had the room to open up. I do have a Devil hand as well that about 5" and a few baby's from it that got away from me. Tank is 125gal and total water vol. is about 150 Any idea's? [/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Have you tried to run active carbon in a power filter of some kind that will strip out any terpins the softcorals might be releasing into the system. If it builds up to much it can be detrimental to the SPS corals. Also when you run carbon, it is going to make the water super clear, so i would reduce your light schedule so you dont burn the corals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I was not aware softies released toxins. I have a HUGE yellow leather. Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I would guess that is your culprit, as well. I have a pretty similar yellow leather, and the last time I tried to frag it, I neglected to add fresh carbon, and I lost all my acros (just 2 or 3), and a few other things looked unhappy. Montis were fine. (worst part is the leather frags did not make it for some reason). Perhaps a year ago, I had a lot of stuff in the tank that slowly started to look more and more unhappy, including zoos and stuff, which I thought should be pretty hardy. I tested nutrient parameters and nothing looked too out of whack. I figured it must be toxins (allelopathy) like you are suspecting. I started running activated carbon, and over the course of several weeks things really started to perk up. If you don't already run carbon, I would try it. And, don't frag that thing (scary) - at least not while it is in your tank. If you do frag it, give it some time to heal before putting it back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Did the SPS and LPS die after you put in the new bulbs? If so, did you acclimate the tank to your new bulbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 My advice: trade it in and get something that is colorful and non toxic to other corals... Carbon should work, but it doesn't always do the trick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Oops, didn't see in the first post that you already run carbon. Hmm. (scratch) What kind of carbon are you using? It might (or might not) matter what pore size you are working with. Also, how close are the SPS to that big hydno? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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