Really starting to hate SPS

[Van-rookie]

wow... seems people have been losing their SPS by "unsure" reason. It make me think whether I really want to try having sps in my tank.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Van-rookie

wow... seems people have been losing their SPS by "unsure" reason. It make me think whether I really want to try having sps in my tank.

Well the whole challenge in SPS is defeating the "unsure factor" Sometimes they just get bored and die. Even when everything is perfect in our minds, obviously the SPS don't agree.

[niloc16]

do you have red bugs? they are extremely small and lots of times when pieces die people think its just by fluke but the colony is infested with them. just an idea

[untamed]

Your water chem parameters look good. What is your lighting? Did you get any temperature fluctuation?

[Puff]

it's the government. they dont want canadians keeping SPS, so they are fighting us through our tanks!!


i guess i shouldnt have asked for more tax cuts

[Puff]

Originally Posted by niloc16

do you have red bugs? they are extremely small and lots of times when pieces die people think its just by fluke but the colony is infested with them. just an idea

do these red bugs ever go on to zoas? last night i was looking at my zoas and saw 2 small red flecks on them, but they werent moving so i assumed it was nothing.

[BMW Rider]

Red bugs are specific to acros. They do not go after any other types of corals.

[Chaloupa]

Murray...I totally get where you're at! I have recently had red bugs and now have acro eating flatworms =disaster!!! so I totally understand!

[rusty]

I feel your pain buddy!!! I had a dozen beautiful bali acro frags ready for sale I was going to post pics and sell them but then they died. All my othe sps are fine though. Including the mother colony!! Just the frags died, three months after I mounted them on plugs and up to that point the were growing awesome.

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by BMW Rider

Red bugs are specific to acros. They do not go after any other types of corals.

Actually I once had them and they were all over a Montipora danae as well. They do however just feed on sps.
Sorry to hear about this Murray, but I doesn't sound like red bugs to me. My guess is nitrate/phosphate issues, temp swings, alk too low and then spiked or perhaps not enough flow. Not enough lighting can cause problems but will mostly brown them out as the corals tend to increase their hosting zooxanthellae count to compensate for the lack of carbohydrate production due to lower light levels. Lighting issues don't happen over night. Was it RTN? (rapid tissue necrosis) What did the corals look like? Is there a loss of tissue leaving just the bare skeleton? Pictures would be helpful for a diagnosis.