Coraline dieing...

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 08:42 PM

Coraline is dieing...all my levels are good but calcium.... it is 480 and salanity is 1.026...would that cause it?

ek9vboi · 05/30/2006, 08:47 PM

Magnesium (sp) might be a key factor too. It takes 2 to tango.

Craig Lambert · 05/30/2006, 08:50 PM

Your calcium isn't all that high. If you refrain from dosing any suppliments it should fall back to a normal level soon. (425-450).
Salinity is fine at 1.026. What is your ALK and Magnesium level? If you keep both at the high end of the range (ALK 7-11dKH, Mag 1250-1350) your coralline growth should be fine.

Also if the tank is a new set-up and the rock was exposed to air for a period of time, it can cause coralline to die off.

Did you do anything different with the tank lately? New lights?

Underwaterparadise · 05/30/2006, 08:51 PM

Temp???

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 08:52 PM

Ok...did not test for mag. Alk is fine

Craig Lambert · 05/30/2006, 08:53 PM

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Originally posted by SECTER1
Ok...did not test for mag. Alk is fine

What is the ALK level?

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by maddness
Temp???

80

Underwaterparadise · 05/30/2006, 08:56 PM

OK, what do you mean by dieing? Bleaching?

Craig Lambert · 05/30/2006, 08:57 PM

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Originally posted by maddness
OK, what do you mean by dieing? Bleaching?

Just that. It will turn white if dieing or bleaching. Exposure to air can cause this. It will grow back in time.

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by Craig Lambert
What is the ALK level?

Can't remeber th exact number..Tested for the first time at my LFS. Dude showed me the chart and it was as good....so he said.

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally posted by Craig Lambert
Just that. It will turn white if dieing or bleaching. Exposure to air can cause this. It will grow back in time.

How much air..I rearanged my rock the other day and had to pull a few out..only for like 2 mins

Underwaterparadise · 05/30/2006, 09:03 PM

I have left rock out for hours and not had the coraline die.

Ursus · 05/30/2006, 09:06 PM

Have you changed the flow going over the currently bleaching coralline? I noticed when I amped up the flow over my rocks, coralline took off.

Craig Lambert · 05/30/2006, 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by SECTER1
How much air..I rearanged my rock the other day and had to pull a few out..only for like 2 mins

No, that wouldn't be long enough. How long was it out when you bought it and placed it in the tank? This was recent right?

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by Ursus
Have you changed the flow going over the currently bleaching coralline? I noticed when I amped up the flow over my rocks, coralline took off.

I did..But I want to say it was dieing before I changed the flow...could be wrong

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally posted by Craig Lambert
No, that wouldn't be long enough. How long was it out when you bought it and placed it in the tank? This was recent right?

3 weeks..but I had coraline show up since then and now is turning white

Me No Nemo · 05/30/2006, 09:52 PM

Did you recently add rock that had coralline on it? Is this a relatively new setup? Have you added MH or upped your lighting? Coralline algae doesn't necessarly enjoy high lighting.

SECTER1 · 05/30/2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by Me No Nemo
Did you recently add rock that had coralline on it? Is this a relatively new setup? Have you added MH or upped your lighting? Coralline algae doesn't necessarly enjoy high lighting.

I started my tank with half cured and half not all the way cured... Some did have coral line. Yes it is a new set up..about 3 weeks. I have 2x96 PCs.

21Reefman · 05/30/2006, 11:16 PM

some coraline is a low light algea. It looks pink in the store in low light high flow, once in the bright reef lights, the lower light stuff fades out.

05/30/2006, 08:42 PM	#1
SECTER1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oceanside Ca Posts: 61	Coraline dieing... Coraline is dieing...all my levels are good but calcium.... it is 480 and salanity is 1.026...would that cause it?

05/30/2006, 08:50 PM	#3
Craig Lambert Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,897	Your calcium isn't all that high. If you refrain from dosing any suppliments it should fall back to a normal level soon. (425-450). Salinity is fine at 1.026. What is your ALK and Magnesium level? If you keep both at the high end of the range (ALK 7-11dKH, Mag 1250-1350) your coralline growth should be fine. Also if the tank is a new set-up and the rock was exposed to air for a period of time, it can cause coralline to die off. Did you do anything different with the tank lately? New lights? __________________ "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will spend all day in a boat drinking beer." Current Tank Info: 75G Tank, 29G Sump, 100lbs LR, AquaC EV-180, Iwaki MD-20RT return Tunze nano streams 4X54 t-5/Icecap Ballast & SLR's 2x110 vho actinic

05/30/2006, 08:51 PM	#4
Underwaterparadise Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northern Cali Posts: 2,624	Temp??? __________________ Who needs fish in a Fish tank when you have corals! Current Tank Info: Taking a Vacation

05/30/2006, 08:56 PM	#8
Underwaterparadise Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northern Cali Posts: 2,624	OK, what do you mean by dieing? Bleaching? __________________ Who needs fish in a Fish tank when you have corals! Current Tank Info: Taking a Vacation

05/30/2006, 09:03 PM	#12
Underwaterparadise Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northern Cali Posts: 2,624	I have left rock out for hours and not had the coraline die. __________________ Who needs fish in a Fish tank when you have corals! Current Tank Info: Taking a Vacation

05/30/2006, 08:47 PM	#2
ek9vboi Registered Member. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South FL Posts: 3,027	Magnesium (sp) might be a key factor too. It takes 2 to tango.

05/30/2006, 08:52 PM	#5
SECTER1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oceanside Ca Posts: 61	Ok...did not test for mag. Alk is fine

05/30/2006, 09:06 PM	#13
Ursus Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 480	Have you changed the flow going over the currently bleaching coralline? I noticed when I amped up the flow over my rocks, coralline took off.

05/30/2006, 09:52 PM	#17
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05/30/2006, 11:16 PM	#19
21Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago/NW IN Posts: 403	some coraline is a low light algea. It looks pink in the store in low light high flow, once in the bright reef lights, the lower light stuff fades out. __________________ "The significant problems that we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein