montipora digitata dying!!!

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  1. reefermadness420

    reefermadness420 Flamingo Tongue

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    So about a month ago I bought a German blue polyp montipora. It has been very happy everyday. Well today my lights turn on I go to check my tank and my montipora is losing a lot of flesh on its base almost to halfway up it on the back. I dont seeanything on it and it is separated from everything in the tank. Anybody know what will cause this. And should I break aeway the part that doesn't have flesh loss yet?
     
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  2. April Hope

    April Hope Fire Shrimp

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    Do you have pictures?
     
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  3. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Parameters?
     
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  4. reefermadness420

    reefermadness420 Flamingo Tongue

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    gotta wait on the pics my phone doesn't upload but I will from my wires phone.
    parameters are
    s.g 1.024
    ph8.2
    nitrates 0
    nitrites 0
    phosphates 0
    alk 11
    temp is a constant 79-80
     
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  5. reefermadness420

    reefermadness420 Flamingo Tongue

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    and the parts of it that dont have tge flesh loss seem happy and open it looks like it started at tge base and is moving up
     
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  6. Av8Bluewater

    Av8Bluewater Giant Squid

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    Mine has done this too. Cut it off above flesh and re mount it.
    That worked for me.
    Then it grew to full colony and started to die again. Not sure why but I suspect bacterial and or being too irritated by Dino in my case.
     
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