So.... I just got hit hard.. all my parameters are good .. a few days ago my plate coral started losing its flesh... its fairly new have had it for about a month or so... I have seen its glory many times.. just noticed yesterday my birds nest was closed as well as my mushrooms.. did a 30% water change.. this evening my wife noticed browning on my Kenya tree.. so once again I decided to do another pwc .. looks like my chili coral isn't to happy as well.. all my parameters are great ... next bulb change isn't for another 6 months... I switched to rodi water quite a while ago from the suggestions of this forum... any ideas guys should I take the hit and remove the corals that are having the issues?
looks like tank crash!
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mr_X
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chili corals don't survive in 99% of the closed systems anyway. what is your alk? that's more important than calcium numbers IME.
i wouldn't go tossing corals away just yet. prepare another water change and wait and see.
tanks don't just crash. there is something that happens to cause a mass die-off.
stray voltage, a large coral or fish failing, parameter swings, especially alk, a chemical attack (mostly leathers do this), poisoning the tank with some outside additive( what supplements/dosing?), etc.
i wouldn't go tossing corals away just yet. prepare another water change and wait and see.
tanks don't just crash. there is something that happens to cause a mass die-off.
stray voltage, a large coral or fish failing, parameter swings, especially alk, a chemical attack (mostly leathers do this), poisoning the tank with some outside additive( what supplements/dosing?), etc.
I was going to check alk that's what I've been thinking all night but I need to pick up test kit havnt tested in a while can't find it... .. I have another 20 gallon s working its way right now... anyway to bring down alk if it is high? Never had to... if it is high wouldn't another water change hurt more
mr_X
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usually the alk drops, not raises. no, a water change will never hurt.
Rutrag
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On the chance it's a leather coral putting out a toxin, would adding activated carbon help?
Rutrag said:
I I don't think it would .. I use carbon for 1 week everymonth.. on heavily populated tank maybe more so.. but I have alot of corals but I have seen 10 x more in the same setup.. and they use it less then me...
thats weird. my test booklet says 143-200 is normal. But 18 drops would be off the charts in my book. 125 equals 7 drops here
well anyways, if ur test says high then I would do pwc after pwc and keep an eye on it. usualy it drops by itself, but if it is way high i would considere pwc
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mr_X
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yes. it certainly would.
mr_X
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well, we know now that the peppermint shrimp were only "cleaning up" the dying flesh.
ok..what did yuo doo up to 2 weeks before this, and are you still doing water changes now?
also, what lighting do you have over the tank and when did you implement it?
ok..what did yuo doo up to 2 weeks before this, and are you still doing water changes now?
also, what lighting do you have over the tank and when did you implement it?
mr_X said:
I have t5 at 54 watt bulb x 4 . Its over a 56 gallon collum .. I've come to the conclusion since I run open top.. the kids mustard spayed something that entered the tank.. fravrezze dusting spray.. who knows... I havent done s change since Wednesday ... but I will be doing on tomorrow. One thing I did change over the was switch to reef crystals but I don't think it was thar
mr_X
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that would be a good explanation- the fabreeze or something similar. the 4 x 54 watt t-5 fixture isn't what's bleaching things.
