Help with Seriatopora

janos · 06/16/2017, 01:47 PM

Hi to all.Would like to ask some help with seriatopora,everything was nice antil i started to drip kalkwasser,and now seriatopora start to loose,could that be from kalwasser dripping to fast or to-mach, ? Thank you for your time

w3bbo · 06/16/2017, 02:04 PM

Probably down to an alkalinity swing. Check it now and then again 24 hrs later. If its moved by a lot then this will be your issue.

janos · 06/17/2017, 07:41 AM

Thank you that was in my head,my PH and ALK was low,so i try what we (reefers)sould not do raise ALK and PH with Kalkwasser,and that was to fast.Thank you for your time and help.
That have any chance to recover?

SpottedMoocow · 06/19/2017, 03:50 PM

I would limit alk swings to no more than 1dKh per day, but I personally think that's the higher mark. I'd shoot for something more like no more than 0.5-0.7dKh per day.

What were your pH & alk before and after the drip? And did you know what your daily alk and calcium usage per day was before starting to drip?

jda · 06/19/2017, 05:02 PM

How high did your PH get when you were dripping the kalkwasser? It is as powerful as Muratic Acid in the other direction.

janos · 06/21/2017, 08:57 AM

Thank you for replay,Alk vent up from 7 to 8.4 andPh went up from 8 to 8.4,because i do not have doser,i try to drip the Kalkwasser with some home made dripper anr i think that was dripping to fast.Hope i could recover from that,because only Seriatopora get suffer

06/16/2017, 01:47 PM	#1
janos Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 30	Help with Seriatopora Hi to all.Would like to ask some help with seriatopora,everything was nice antil i started to drip kalkwasser,and now seriatopora start to loose,could that be from kalwasser dripping to fast or to-mach, ? Thank you for your time

06/16/2017, 02:04 PM	#2
w3bbo Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Peak District, UK Posts: 109	Probably down to an alkalinity swing. Check it now and then again 24 hrs later. If its moved by a lot then this will be your issue. __________________ Rich

06/17/2017, 07:41 AM	#3
janos Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 30	Thank you that was in my head,my PH and ALK was low,so i try what we (reefers)sould not do raise ALK and PH with Kalkwasser,and that was to fast.Thank you for your time and help. That have any chance to recover?

06/19/2017, 03:50 PM	#4
SpottedMoocow Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 258	I would limit alk swings to no more than 1dKh per day, but I personally think that's the higher mark. I'd shoot for something more like no more than 0.5-0.7dKh per day. What were your pH & alk before and after the drip? And did you know what your daily alk and calcium usage per day was before starting to drip?

06/19/2017, 05:02 PM	#5
jda Dogmatic Dinosaur Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 6,256	How high did your PH get when you were dripping the kalkwasser? It is as powerful as Muratic Acid in the other direction.

06/21/2017, 08:57 AM	#6
janos Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 30	Thank you for replay,Alk vent up from 7 to 8.4 andPh went up from 8 to 8.4,because i do not have doser,i try to drip the Kalkwasser with some home made dripper anr i think that was dripping to fast.Hope i could recover from that,because only Seriatopora get suffer