Test results off the chart!!

Rogerscody17 · 05/07/2014, 03:59 PM

75g reef tank fully established.
Noticed my chalices started losing flesh, moved them and did a few readings.. If you guys need more information or other tests, please let me know. Thanks.

Salinity - 1.028
Temp. 78.5
Calcium - 420ppm
KH(Carbonate hardness) - 196.9
Nitrate - 0-0.3ppm
Ph. - 7.4
Po4- 0.5ppm
Lighting - 2xfull spectrum LEDs

1xclown fish
1xfire shrimp

Coral, 20 different species, mainly lps, a few montipora frags and a few chalices

Filtration/ fx6 canister filter

Also!!!!! - please someone tell me why I can keep all this coral but for some reason, hammer coral and torches always receed and die?

Rogerscody17 · 05/07/2014, 04:04 PM

Miami hurricane chalice

disc1 · 05/07/2014, 05:18 PM

Which one are you thinking is off the charts? Those all look pretty normal to me with the exception of phosphate which is a bit high. And your salinity seems to be a bit on the high side too. But I don't see anything I would call off the charts.

How did you get that pH reading? It is most likely wrong.

Cbsailor11 · 05/07/2014, 05:28 PM

Please tell me that KH is ppm.

Randy Holmes-Farley · 05/07/2014, 05:52 PM

Now that would be off the charts if it were dKH.

tmz · 05/07/2014, 06:06 PM

pH is pretty low at 7.4 ,probably a bad reading though.

Do you dose organic carbon? Euphylia and a variety of chalices types and caulastrea do ok in my tanks but some of them but not all don't grow nearly as well as they did without out it. I don't know why. Could be the organics or lack of a specific trace or minor element or allelopathic affect from the other corals in the tank.

Chalices Echinophylia, oxypora, mydedium and otetr pectinidae seem prone to infections,ime which often take the whole coral if you don't frag it off early enough.Usually a white splotch or a aspot of thinning tissue sows up and spreads. Sometimes it stops if you shade the coral for a while. Fragging it away with a 1/4 inch margin into good tissue often saves the specimen.

05/07/2014, 03:59 PM	#1
Rogerscody17 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Turlock, Ca Posts: 80	Test results off the chart!! 75g reef tank fully established. Noticed my chalices started losing flesh, moved them and did a few readings.. If you guys need more information or other tests, please let me know. Thanks. Salinity - 1.028 Temp. 78.5 Calcium - 420ppm KH(Carbonate hardness) - 196.9 Nitrate - 0-0.3ppm Ph. - 7.4 Po4- 0.5ppm Lighting - 2xfull spectrum LEDs 1xclown fish 1xfire shrimp Coral, 20 different species, mainly lps, a few montipora frags and a few chalices Filtration/ fx6 canister filter Also!!!!! - please someone tell me why I can keep all this coral but for some reason, hammer coral and torches always receed and die?

05/07/2014, 05:18 PM	#3
disc1 -RT * ln(k) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 9,705	Which one are you thinking is off the charts? Those all look pretty normal to me with the exception of phosphate which is a bit high. And your salinity seems to be a bit on the high side too. But I don't see anything I would call off the charts. How did you get that pH reading? It is most likely wrong. __________________ David Current Tank: Undergoing reconstruction...

05/07/2014, 05:52 PM	#5
Randy Holmes-Farley Reef Chemist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Arlington, Massachusetts Posts: 86,233	Now that would be off the charts if it were dKH. __________________ Randy Holmes-Farley Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef

05/07/2014, 06:06 PM	#6
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	pH is pretty low at 7.4 ,probably a bad reading though. Do you dose organic carbon? Euphylia and a variety of chalices types and caulastrea do ok in my tanks but some of them but not all don't grow nearly as well as they did without out it. I don't know why. Could be the organics or lack of a specific trace or minor element or allelopathic affect from the other corals in the tank. Chalices Echinophylia, oxypora, mydedium and otetr pectinidae seem prone to infections,ime which often take the whole coral if you don't frag it off early enough.Usually a white splotch or a aspot of thinning tissue sows up and spreads. Sometimes it stops if you shade the coral for a while. Fragging it away with a 1/4 inch margin into good tissue often saves the specimen. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals. Last edited by tmz; 05/07/2014 at 06:19 PM.

05/07/2014, 05:28 PM	#4
Cbsailor11 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 123	Please tell me that KH is ppm.