SPS help

[delo978]

waiting on a mag test kit....... none are available in my area, so water changes and the waiting game is all I can currently do. Thanks for your input.

[Milad]

Tagging along, Im having the same issue

[ScubaSteve]

I've had this happen in the past and I later discovered it was caused by a dying birdsnest colony. As soon as I took the birdsnest out of the tank everything stopped dying. I suspect you may have something similar. As soon as you seer a colony start to go, cut your losses and rescue the healthy parts of the colony, if any, and toss the rest. Who knows what caused the die off in the first place.

Alk is high. While it's not catastrophically high, I've had mine this high before and found the colonies to be more susceptible to weird things... In fact I suspect high alk was the cause of my birdsnest collapsing that triggered everything else.

[Aquattro]

While I now believe a lower alk is better, I used to routinely run mine above 12dkh for years, no issues. I don't think 11 is going to trigger die-off.

[fishytime]

Just re-read your OP...... how many leathers are we talking about?? And how big are they?

[delo978]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Just re-read your OP...... how many leathers are we talking about?? And how big are they?

1 toadstool about 5 inches in diameter...that's the only one.

[Bblinks]

I never liked mixing any leather with sps, they do release toxin into the water which can trigger rtn. dkh seems to be okay if you are not on any probiotic system, if in any case you are or just started running pellets or zeovit then that could be a major part of your problem.

Also take a sample of your water to the lfs and get them to check your cal, dkh, and mag just to get a extra set of reading. This way there will be no mistakes on you readings.

Frag what ever is alive and tossed the rest, I have very little luck try to save dying sps colonies, but with that said I have done it before.

sorry for the lost, good luck.

[Milad]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

I never liked mixing any leather with sps, they do release toxin into the water which can trigger rtn. dkh seems to be okay if you are not on any probiotic system, if in any case you are or just started running pellets or zeovit then that could be a major part of your problem.

Also take a sample of your water to the lfs and get them to check your cal, dkh, and mag just to get a extra set of reading. This way there will be no mistakes on you readings.

Frag what ever is alive and tossed the rest, I have very little luck try to save dying sps colonies, but with that said I have done it before.

sorry for the lost, good luck.

what does the dkh have to do with probiotics?

[tprowse0804]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

I've had this happen in the past and I later discovered it was caused by a dying birdsnest colony. As soon as I took the birdsnest out of the tank everything stopped dying. I suspect you may have something similar. As soon as you seer a colony start to go, cut your losses and rescue the healthy parts of the colony, if any, and toss the rest. Who knows what caused the die off in the first place.

Alk is high. While it's not catastrophically high, I've had mine this high before and found the colonies to be more susceptible to weird things... In fact I suspect high alk was the cause of my birdsnest collapsing that triggered everything else.

What is a birdsnest colony? and what does dkh stand for?