Help SPS corals dying slowly - Page 5

Staisman · 06/16/2017, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

Take a picture of your tank for me please let me see

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I don't have any good one, but I will make more detailed once I get home

Staisman · 06/16/2017, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by scuzy

Have you check for total chlorine? That's indication of chloramine in water.

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I have strips and they both shows 0

I am using 5 stage RODI filter and check water before I used it.

anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Staisman

I don't have any good one, but I will make more detailed once I get home

Is that a current picture or before the stuff died. If that current tank doesn't look bad

Also what lights you use and strength duration.

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scuzy · 06/16/2017, 03:25 PM

5 stages don't actually get chloramine. I learned that the hard way. Added the chloramine monster and everything is dandy.

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scuzy · 06/16/2017, 03:26 PM

Check this any red bugs?

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anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 03:27 PM

He is on Long Island they use chlorine not chloramine

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anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 03:28 PM

Where on Long Island are you from

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Staisman · 06/16/2017, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

Where on Long Island are you from

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I was in Bethpage but recently moved to Hauppauge.

This is a new tank, I will make close up pictures of dying corals for you.

anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 03:32 PM

I am in kings park.

How often you do water changes and how and what do you dose with

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Staisman · 06/16/2017, 03:35 PM

Corals started to dye from the bottom up. SPS would stay closed and then just get covered in algae. Mushrooms stay small, usually they 3 times bigger. LPS just started to separate from a skeleton. Tissue would look normal tho. I have two anemones and they don't get effected at all. I had 3 different torches and they all got effected. Now it's hammerhead. Same problem, separating from a skeleton.

Staisman · 06/16/2017, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

I am in kings park.

How often you do water changes and how and what do you dose with

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Wanna stop by over a weekend? ) I will show you

anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 03:38 PM

I really think it's your nitrates. I had high nitrates and same things happened in my tank before I upgraded to ny 265 Could also be alk swings. Not sure how you dose or how often you test
New tank wouldn't cure everything. You used new sand right. Also what king if protein skimmer you have

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Staisman · 06/16/2017, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

I am in kings park.

How often you do water changes and how and what do you dose with

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Before I was doing 20 gal once a month or once in two weeks. With this tank I didn't do any yet. I dose only Ca and Alk +NoPox some times. Right now I am not dosing NOpox.

Staisman · 06/16/2017, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

I really think it's your nitrates. I had high nitrates and same things happened in my tank before I upgraded to ny 265 Could also be alk swings. Not sure how you dose or how often you test
New tank wouldn't cure everything. You used new sand right. Also what king if protein skimmer you have

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I have only 2 ppm NO3 right now. I dosed a little yesterday. I test almost every day.
Skimmer is Eshops right now. I replaced my Octopus because that one was leaching some current.

anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 03:57 PM

Whst is your alk cal and mg

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anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 03:58 PM

Whst are you dosing

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anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 04:02 PM

20 gallons once a month on 225 gallons isn't much. You might want to increase that to once a week. Also I don't like nopox Ny friend used it and all his clams died. He had those clams for 2 years. All his sps died but the clams made it though. He started dosing nopox and his hammer and scoly and clams died

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Staisman · 06/16/2017, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

Whst is your alk cal and mg

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Tested Yesterday
Ca - 430 ppm
Alk - 9 dkh

Dosing BRS two part SODIUM BICARBONATE (before was using Soda Ash but since I have high PH i changed) and CALCIUM CHLORIDE

anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 04:07 PM

You don't have high ph. Your ph looks good to me
Are you sure your testing right. Have you ever had anyone double check your testing.

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Staisman · 06/16/2017, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

20 gallons once a month on 225 gallons isn't much. You might want to increase that to once a week. Also I don't like nopox Ny friend used it and all his clams died. He had those clams for 2 years. All his sps died but the clams made it though. He started dosing nopox and his hammer and scoly and clams died

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I was actually thinking of that. Because all this started to happen when I put NoPox on a schedule with a doser. Before I was dosing manually couple times a week and had no problems.

Staisman · 06/16/2017, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonys51

You don't have high ph. Your ph looks good to me
Are you sure your testing right. Have you ever had anyone double check your testing.

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I had my PH at 8.5 last month. So I had to turn the skimmer off. Skimmer rises my PH because of aeration.

I have two different probes and Seneye controller showing the same numbers.

anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 04:11 PM

My current tank has ran .10 with phosphates and anywhere from 5ppm to 25 ppm with nitrates and my tank is growing sps but I wouldn't advise people to aim for those levels.

Staisman · 06/16/2017, 04:13 PM

This is my PH chart in May

anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 04:13 PM

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I had my PH at 8.5 last month. So I had to turn the skimmer off. Skimmer rises my PH because of aeration.

I have two different probes and Seneye controller showing the same numbers.

Never heard of people turning off skimmers because ph was too high. I wouldn't make any change to my tank unless my tank starts dying. If everything is living and growing don't chase numbers.

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anthonys51 · 06/16/2017, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Staisman

This is my PH chart in May

Not too bad. But when was the last time you calibrated your ph probe. Should be done once a month with ph 7 and ph 10 solutions

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06/16/2017, 03:35 PM	#110
Staisman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: NY, Long Island Posts: 313	Corals started to dye from the bottom up. SPS would stay closed and then just get covered in algae. Mushrooms stay small, usually they 3 times bigger. LPS just started to separate from a skeleton. Tissue would look normal tho. I have two anemones and they don't get effected at all. I had 3 different torches and they all got effected. Now it's hammerhead. Same problem, separating from a skeleton. __________________ My build (75 gal DT with 55 gal sump/refugium): http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2442383 Current Tank Info: 75 gal with 55 gal sump/refugium

06/16/2017, 04:13 PM	#123
Staisman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: NY, Long Island Posts: 313	This is my PH chart in May __________________ My build (75 gal DT with 55 gal sump/refugium): http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2442383 Current Tank Info: 75 gal with 55 gal sump/refugium

06/16/2017, 03:25 PM	#104
scuzy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 6,499	5 stages don't actually get chloramine. I learned that the hard way. Added the chloramine monster and everything is dandy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

06/16/2017, 03:26 PM	#105
scuzy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 6,499	Check this any red bugs? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

06/16/2017, 03:27 PM	#106
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	He is on Long Island they use chlorine not chloramine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 03:28 PM	#107
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	Where on Long Island are you from Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 03:32 PM	#109
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	I am in kings park. How often you do water changes and how and what do you dose with Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 03:38 PM	#112
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	I really think it's your nitrates. I had high nitrates and same things happened in my tank before I upgraded to ny 265 Could also be alk swings. Not sure how you dose or how often you test New tank wouldn't cure everything. You used new sand right. Also what king if protein skimmer you have Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 03:57 PM	#115
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	Whst is your alk cal and mg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 03:58 PM	#116
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	Whst are you dosing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 04:02 PM	#117
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	20 gallons once a month on 225 gallons isn't much. You might want to increase that to once a week. Also I don't like nopox Ny friend used it and all his clams died. He had those clams for 2 years. All his sps died but the clams made it though. He started dosing nopox and his hammer and scoly and clams died Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 04:07 PM	#119
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	You don't have high ph. Your ph looks good to me Are you sure your testing right. Have you ever had anyone double check your testing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

06/16/2017, 04:11 PM	#122
anthonys51 Registered Member. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kings Park, NY Posts: 2,789	My current tank has ran .10 with phosphates and anywhere from 5ppm to 25 ppm with nitrates and my tank is growing sps but I wouldn't advise people to aim for those levels.