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08/01/2012, 09:12 PM
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HELP!!!! Corals not doing well
I've had some pretty sudden declines in my tank in the last few weeks. SPS losing color. LPS dying. Lost xxxl frogspawn ive had for two years. All mushrooms detached from rocks. Not sure what happened. All fish are great. I did have a bad temp spike to 84, but not for very long. Cal. 460, alk 4.5, nitrate is 5ppm, I use luqid reef , reef code b for buffer, and replentish trace elements, all from brightwell. The only thing that happened was that temp spike and it was a few hours. Help!!!
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08/01/2012, 09:19 PM
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And coraline is gone
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08/01/2012, 09:22 PM
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Alk 4.5? Is that different than KH? Unless I'm misunderstanding that's very low. Mine sits around 8.5 and everything is all good. What about your mg?
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08/01/2012, 09:32 PM
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4.5 mel
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08/01/2012, 09:35 PM
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4 meq/L += 11 dKH
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08/01/2012, 09:36 PM
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meq/l is just another way to measure it. Thats how my test kit reads
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08/01/2012, 09:37 PM
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I dont test magnesium
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08/01/2012, 10:59 PM
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Various Zoas | 1 Acan | meteor shower safastria | 7 ricordia | big frogspawn | 2 non branching and 5 branching Duncan's | GSP | pulsing xenia | mushrooms | palythoas | hammer coral | torch coral | pipe organ | orange fungia | pagoda cup | two ocellaris clowns | foxface | 2 blennies | 2 bangais | YWG Current Tank Info: 110 gallon oceanic dual overflow 60" tank | 33 gallon sump | 2 Ecotech Radion LED's | reef octopus skimmer | reeflo snapper 2500gph return pump | 2 next reef reactors denitrate and roa | 2 koralia 1440's for flow | eheim heater |
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08/01/2012, 11:00 PM
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I'd test your ph mushrooms like a high ph so if they are dropping that could be one of the problems. Test your salinity. Definitely do a water change maybe two or three in a short period of maybe 1-1.5 weeks. Water changes usually help fix most water parameter problems.
If all else fails did you add anything from your lfs and get copper in your system? Just don't freak out use your brain and make good decisions. You'll figure it out.
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Various Zoas | 1 Acan | meteor shower safastria | 7 ricordia | big frogspawn | 2 non branching and 5 branching Duncan's | GSP | pulsing xenia | mushrooms | palythoas | hammer coral | torch coral | pipe organ | orange fungia | pagoda cup | two ocellaris clowns | foxface | 2 blennies | 2 bangais | YWG Current Tank Info: 110 gallon oceanic dual overflow 60" tank | 33 gallon sump | 2 Ecotech Radion LED's | reef octopus skimmer | reeflo snapper 2500gph return pump | 2 next reef reactors denitrate and roa | 2 koralia 1440's for flow | eheim heater Last edited by Scizzle; 08/01/2012 at 11:02 PM. Reason: Edit |
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