sps go pale every 4 weeks - Page 2

Daddi0 · 07/19/2019, 08:04 PM

Is there a concentrated bottle that contains all the trace elements required?

pscheel · 07/20/2019, 07:24 AM

Maybe it's their time of the month and just cranky

reefgeezer · 07/20/2019, 01:25 PM

My apologies if I came off wrong. It was unattended.

I like BRS, and buy a lot of stuff from them. Their job is to sell things. They do it well. If BRS was speaking of alk, ca, & mg, I would certainly agree. Of course you would have to dose these if you have the demand, and of course trying to keep up with that demand by doing water changes would be expensive... if even possible. I'm not so sure that minor trace elements are used at the same rates and can't be replaced by water changes though.

dadnjesse · 07/20/2019, 01:50 PM

Every time I try GFO I lose corals

ali1 · 08/17/2019, 06:04 AM

so i removed GFO and Carbon. Same issue. Take a look at these pics.

Uncle99 · 08/17/2019, 07:31 PM

Not sure this helps but I don’t see any comments on flow, and correct flow is necessary to keep the SPS group.

I use 35-50x flow to keep SPS happy.
I trim monthly so as not to allow them to touch each other, or one will die.

ali1 · 08/18/2019, 06:17 AM

Seeing as water changes correct this problem, I dont think flow is the issue. i got kits for iodine potassium and iron. Ill test again when this happens.

07/19/2019, 08:04 PM	#26
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	Is there a concentrated bottle that contains all the trace elements required? __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater

07/20/2019, 07:24 AM	#27
pscheel Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 889	Maybe it's their time of the month and just cranky __________________ Pete Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon

07/20/2019, 01:25 PM	#28
reefgeezer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 2,621	My apologies if I came off wrong. It was unattended. I like BRS, and buy a lot of stuff from them. Their job is to sell things. They do it well. If BRS was speaking of alk, ca, & mg, I would certainly agree. Of course you would have to dose these if you have the demand, and of course trying to keep up with that demand by doing water changes would be expensive... if even possible. I'm not so sure that minor trace elements are used at the same rates and can't be replaced by water changes though. __________________ John, Current Tank Info: In-process, 90 Gallon SPS Reef

08/18/2019, 06:17 AM	#32
ali1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 997	Seeing as water changes correct this problem, I dont think flow is the issue. i got kits for iodine potassium and iron. Ill test again when this happens. __________________ Originally Posted by Gogandantess "I'm totally frustrated by this disease. My display has been fallow for 2 months now. If ich happened to mysteriously appear again, I'm giving up and going back to African Cichilds."

07/20/2019, 01:50 PM	#29
dadnjesse Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Raymond NH Posts: 210	Every time I try GFO I lose corals

08/17/2019, 07:31 PM	#31
Uncle99 Crab Free Zone Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,906	Not sure this helps but I don’t see any comments on flow, and correct flow is necessary to keep the SPS group. I use 35-50x flow to keep SPS happy. I trim monthly so as not to allow them to touch each other, or one will die.