What happen to my sps?

[jason604]

I got my blue German last week but it was too big to be placed on my rocks so I left it on my sand bed till I had time to move things around n yesterday I notice a huge area of its center RTN. Is this because I left it on sand bed for too long? I fragged a bunch if pieces off it on day 1 and this is also on sand bed but it shows no signs of damage at all. Should I chop up my huge colony or leave it as is and let it encrust the dead part over time ? I really prefer to keep it as 1 big colony if possible =(

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/CB89285D-EAB3-4349-A6AB-64002AD1B39D_zpsdcgr0qx7.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/CB89285D-EAB3-4349-A6AB-64002AD1B39D_zpsdcgr0qx7.jpg.html)

[Craigdillman]

Was that part dead at all before? Cause sometimes big colonys have dead parts that are just in the shaded parts of the corals or did it just start dying

[Ryanerickson]

Something wrong with your water params maybe frag below looks like it's on it's way out also what's your water temp.

[riceboy]

Something wrong with your water params maybe frag below looks like it's on it's way out also what's your water temp.

Agreed. Your other digi isn't looking to good and looks like u have a bit of hair algea. Check ur phosphate.

[jason604]

Nope none of it was dead when I bought it I have pics to prove so. None of the frags from this is in the pic only the colony. Pic is with no lights on so mybe it looks worse than it is but I am battling green hair algae. Just bought one of those API phophate removed bags n it's currently in my sump. My doser's powe supply broke last week so I'm manually dosing till a new one ships in. Alk fluctuating from 7 to 5.4. Should I chop up the colony or leave it n let it encrust? Or does blue German digi even encrust at all?

[denny_C]

Nope none of it was dead when I bought it I have pics to prove so. None of the frags from this is in the pic only the colony. Pic is with no lights on so mybe it looks worse than it is but I am battling green hair algae. Just bought one of those API phophate removed bags n it's currently in my sump. My doser's powe supply broke last week so I'm manually dosing till a new one ships in. Alk fluctuating from 7 to 5.4. Should I chop up the colony or leave it n let it encrust? Or does blue German digi even encrust at all?

if water quality is the issue chopping it up wont do anything but just that...chopping it up...it will still stn

if your having troubles with dosers, po4 etc. then thats your issue and would need fixing before anything will heal or grow..

sps are hard corals to keep as in they dont like sudden changes to water quality and especially new pieces as they go through twice as much change just changing tank to tank.

[Slyguy00]

Not to mention an alk level of 5.4 seems very low to me. Im sure that would have something to do with it.

[jason604]

It does another cm in each branching direction!! I'm lost in to what I do. I'm about to do a water change today or Tmr. I can't keep alk steady without my doser.

[jason604]

It died another cm in each direction *

[Craigdillman]

i would cut it or super glue it too stop the RTN and give you time to figure out the water parameter issues

[jason604]

my doser power adapter just arrived in mail!! ok if it starts to rtn more i guess ill have to chop it off.. i tried to chop off a few small frags that had its base rtn and they just fully died

[jason604]

Decided ill finally have to chop it up =( tested chopping a few branches last night n those pieces did not RTN at a but my colony is. N it's dying up to multi branches pieces! After cutting is it possible to glue it back those pieces to the main dead branches so it will encrust back?

[jason604]

From a beautiful giant colony to like a mini forest of digis. What a shame. Now if I ever see RTN again I will chop I off instantly n not wait for a miracle no more. After chopping it didn't RTN at all

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/6D500146-AD2C-4720-BC96-FBECCAED9794_zps6dgtyamc.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/6D500146-AD2C-4720-BC96-FBECCAED9794_zps6dgtyamc.jpg.html)

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b578/kosin604/C70068EC-9F31-4658-9EC0-401EC6F7CD4A_zpshi7ox1uh.jpg (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/kosin604/media/C70068EC-9F31-4658-9EC0-401EC6F7CD4A_zpshi7ox1uh.jpg.html)

[Ryanerickson]

Looks happy now Jason

[KPG007]

Yeah, once RTNing starts happening, it's hard to stop it.

As for your nce large colony, this might be better. Glue a bunch of frags onto a piece of rock that fits into you aquascape. You'll get a large colony now, and it will fill in better. Bonus is, you'll have a few extra frags to sell / trade for more coral ;-)

[jason604]

Yeah, once RTNing starts happening, it's hard to stop it.

As for your nce large colony, this might be better. Glue a bunch of frags onto a piece of rock that fits into you aquascape. You'll get a large colony now, and it will fill in better. Bonus is, you'll have a few extra frags to sell / trade for more coral ;-)

Yea I'm gonna glue it to a nice piece of rock soon. Is it bad I glue it back to its dead branches? I kept them in tank still. And yup tons of big frags for sale soon when I have time =)