What's Wrong With My Monti Cap?

[LeslieS]

Hi Guys,

My monti is getting white spots. It almost looks like the red has been rubbed away where the ridges are.

Any ideas what is wrong?

 

[House of Laughter]

needs alk -

that looks like stn

House

 

[LeslieS]

Thanks Jim,

That makes sense as my alk was low all last week.

What exactly does stn stand for?

 

[Deanos]

STN = slow tissue necrosis

 

[jhale]

did any dry salt fall on it? that would cause the spots also.

 

[LeslieS]

did any dry salt fall on it? that would cause the spots also.

mmm....well....maybe I was tring to kalk aptasia and ended up with kalk bits floating all around the tank....but that only caused the one round white spot in the top pic on the right hand side. OopS!

 

[House of Laughter]

did any dry salt fall on it?

Hmmm . . . dry salt inside a fish tank with water - i want what you are putting in your coffee :groupflip

House

 

[jhale]

you know what I mean the crusty salt on the rim of the tank that falls in when your cleaning and always lands on your most expensive corals :arg:

 

[fritz]

Hmmm . . . dry salt inside a fish tank with water - i want what you are putting in your coffee :groupflip

House

AHahaha I thought the same thing!

 

[jf2381]

Also check for monti eating nudibranch

 

[LeslieS]

My monti cap was getting better for a while, but he has taken a rapid turn for the worse.

I fixed my alk. My phosphates are high even though I have a reactor. But they have always been high. My mg is low, but it is always low. I have been dosing to bring it slowly up to normal (trying to raise it by 5 ppm each day).

I usually do a water change every week, but last week I skipped.

I did a 30 gal. water change hoping that it will help a little.

 

[jhale]

leslie you can bump the MG up faster than that.

if the MG is off the alk and CA will never stay balanced for long.
that could be effecting the cap.

 

[House of Laughter]

also, check what jf said - could be them as well

House

 

[jackson6745]

Put it in someone else's tank. That doesn't look too great. If it bounces back in a different well kept reef, take note of the differences between the two tanks. I've had caps do well through all kinds of alk swings. I don't think that is it.

 

[LeslieS]

Put it in someone else's tank. That doesn't look too great. If it bounces back in a different well kept reef, take note of the differences between the two tanks. I've had caps do well through all kinds of alk swings. I don't think that is it.

Unfortunately, I have both mojanos and aptasia and a potential monti eating nudibranch. I doubt there are any willing foster homes :-(

Would a quarantine tank work for a coral?

 

[ellebelle]

Absolutely! I know there are some people who do use QT for all of their corals. Technically I suppose that's the safest thing to do so you don't end up with all of those nasty pests.

Also, is there anything shading the monti at all?