Coral question

[Bosnianblood69]

I was wondering why my fox coral is shivering up? Could it be because i put it in a higher flow area and it dosent like it? Or my cal and alk are low?

 

[Convict2161]

I was wondering why my fox coral is shivering up? Could it be because i put it in a higher flow area and it dosent like it? Or my cal and alk are low?

You would need to give tank size, you flow for example: power heads flow rating. What type of lighting and your parameters and salinity. Pics would help also.

 

[Bosnianblood69]

I moved it to a less flow area and its back to normal so it was to much flow

 

[Bosnianblood69]

So this is what my coral looks like and i did a test on everything today so here are the numbers
Alk-12
Cal-700
Phosphate-0
Nitrate-0
Nitrite-0
Ph-8.2
Ammonia-0
So why would my coral be shivering up?

 

[Convict2161]

Something pissed it off. Give it a little time and don't keep moving it around. Give it time to settle in. If it still looks the same after a week or two then move it.

 

[Bosnianblood69]

How come my phosphates are 0 and i have hair algae

 

[Convict2161]

Have you tested your silicate levels? Are you using RO/DI water? You can still have algae with a 0 reading of phopahtes. I'm not an expert but something about nitrates and phopahtes being "locked" up and causing the issue.

Don't quote me on it. I thought I read that somewhere.

 

[Bosnianblood69]

How do i check silicate levels and yes i use ro/di

 

[Convict2161]

Found what I read. Hope it helps

How Can I Have Algae With No Phosphates or Nitrates? - Reef Central Online Community

 

[Bosnianblood69]

Calcium at 700 is that bad?

 

[Keithhjs]

Your algae can be consuming the phosphates giving you a false reading and its contributing to its growth.

 

[Ingy]

If calcium slowly moved up to 700 then it shouldn't have caused stress. In fact the pumps and equipment are likely the only things suffering from those elevated levels. But I read a report that said in tank tests, corals did not grow any better when calcium exceeded the mid 400's