Pepermint shrimp eating sps corals ??

twintrades · 05/09/2010, 08:41 AM

I received a sps coral Looked fine when i got it. Over night it looks white !!

Can they loose all there color ?? It has a stony skeloton and only small patches of it are colored. Most turned white. I only have pepermint shrimp in the Temp tank.

what could have happend ? I can see where the poloyps would come out there like little craters. The coral is about fist sized.

Its under t-5s With params stable. Well nitrates are at 20 and phos is at .25-

jeepguy242 · 05/09/2010, 08:49 AM

high nitrates for sps, what is your alk and ph, i have never heard or pep shrimp eating them, and phos. is a little high also

fstar25 · 05/09/2010, 08:55 AM

I don't think phosphate would cause that, but yours are higher than you think. Should shoot for 0.03 as a target with 0.10 as a Max.

Hope you figure out the bleaching.
Are your lights more intense then the lights where you got it?

twintrades · 05/09/2010, 09:02 AM

No a little less light. For 1 day they were in our temp tank. with the shrimp. Then to day i moved them to our DT

I hope It dosnt Die

If it does will it affect my tank ?

ill get a pic up soon.

05/09/2010, 08:41 AM	#1
twintrades Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 671	Pepermint shrimp eating sps corals ?? I received a sps coral Looked fine when i got it. Over night it looks white !! Can they loose all there color ?? It has a stony skeloton and only small patches of it are colored. Most turned white. I only have pepermint shrimp in the Temp tank. what could have happend ? I can see where the poloyps would come out there like little craters. The coral is about fist sized. Its under t-5s With params stable. Well nitrates are at 20 and phos is at .25-

05/09/2010, 08:49 AM	#2
jeepguy242 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Winston Salem NC Posts: 370	high nitrates for sps, what is your alk and ph, i have never heard or pep shrimp eating them, and phos. is a little high also __________________ Greensboro NC area reef club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef, 40 gallon sump, mag 9.5 return, quiet one 6000 closed loop, reef octo NWB-150 2010 model, diy kalkwasser reactor and ATO, 3 250 watt MH 14k

05/09/2010, 08:55 AM	#3
fstar25 Getting there Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Friendswood, Tx Posts: 884	Re: Pepermint shrimp eating sps corals ?? I don't think phosphate would cause that, but yours are higher than you think. Should shoot for 0.03 as a target with 0.10 as a Max. Hope you figure out the bleaching. Are your lights more intense then the lights where you got it? __________________ The only thing I know for sure is nothing! Carrie, why do you want someone in need to die? -iCam Current Tank Info: 29G BioCube with LED lighting, media basket, fuge (chamber 2), MJ1200 return pump, K nano & K 1 power heads, 32# LR, ~2" SB

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05/09/2010, 09:02 AM	#4
twintrades Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 671	No a little less light. For 1 day they were in our temp tank. with the shrimp. Then to day i moved them to our DT I hope It dosnt Die If it does will it affect my tank ? ill get a pic up soon.