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12/15/2014, 05:41 PM
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A few corals fading
I am at a loss here. I have one small rock of zoas, about 5 heads of duncan and now a big rock of gsp not doing well. Zoas are almost gone, duncan has lost most heads and 3/4 of gsp is opening. I am not sure if my levels are off. If they are, can anyone tell me how to get them where they need to be?
SG: 1.026 TEMP 78 PH 8.0 MG: 1380 KH: 7.7 DKH CA: 395
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12/15/2014, 07:20 PM
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Nm, found a way to raise alk
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12/15/2014, 08:05 PM
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What do you add to the tank (additives) and how do you measure your salinity? Also, how big of a tank and how old?
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12/15/2014, 09:03 PM
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I dont dose or add anything. I run gfo in a reactor. I measure salinity with a refractometer. Tank is 65g with 20g sump. It has been up for a year and a half.
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12/16/2014, 05:12 AM
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Moved On
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But alk is fine.....
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12/16/2014, 06:23 AM
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Maybe your lighting is too intense for those corals.
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12/16/2014, 06:25 AM
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They are all on the sandbed though
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12/16/2014, 08:59 AM
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I have chinese leds kinda like reef breeders, but just whites and blues. Whites at 50%, blues at maybe 80%. They dont seem that strong and the light doesnt seem that blue either. The light is hung about 10 inches above water and tank is 24inches tall.
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12/16/2014, 09:04 AM
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all your params are a little low but I would not think that would not bother these corals. Either too much light or not enough food in the water column. I would think with the fish load you would be OK with food in the water column so that leaves only the lighting. Turn down 20% and see what happens over a week.
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12/16/2014, 09:30 AM
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Ok, I will give it a try. Thanks all for the help. Will report back with what happens.
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12/16/2014, 04:07 PM
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and raise your calcium. JUST your calcium. |
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12/29/2014, 10:07 AM
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Update!
I think it may have been the lighting, but still too late for the zoas and duncans. The duncans all browned over. I blew the stuff off, but they eventually all died. The zoas are even moved to under a shade from the other rocks, but no change. I think I see maybe one or two zoas left, but not opening. The gsp is improving though. It is opening up more and slowly covering the rock again in polyps. I have my blues at 50 and whites at 40%.
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12/29/2014, 10:26 AM
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what is your flow like?
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12/29/2014, 11:54 AM
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Have you maybe just been messing with it all too much? I have killed quite a few coral from just moving it a ton when i first bought it.
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12/29/2014, 01:14 PM
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I have one powerhead. Jebao wp-40 on lowest setting sitting towards top in back-right corner pointing a little up and towards front-left corner.
I have not touched either of the three corals in a long time before the problems started.
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