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Old 05-13-2014, 04:24 PM
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150 is ppm , just multiply by 0.056 to get DKH. 150ppm = 8.4dkh
Thanks Jess I was not aware of that method, I just go by the chart on my Selifert kit. Cheers Laurie
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Old 05-13-2014, 04:56 PM
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I find euphyllia really hard to keep happy over the long term. I have had a hammer start to recede in a tank with 10 other specimens that were all growing and happy. I took it out and put it in my frag tank, and the hammer came back and grew like a weed again. I am not sure what it was or wasn't getting in my DT. I now have a wall hammer that has been great for over a year start to recede and the trip to the frag tank has not halted its descent. They are just so picky. I almost think SPS are easier to keep happy over the long term.

Try iodine dips and keep your mg up. No direct flow and they don't need a lot of light. You will find that less light and flow brings them out of their skeleton a lot more. If they start to bleach, you have too much light. If the color is fine and they are retracting, try turning down the flow. If the actual tissue is receding from the skeleton, there is not much you can usually do especially if it's a wall.
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Old 05-13-2014, 06:21 PM
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Yes elegance is on the sand the torch and frogspawn were about mid tank would the lights make them dissolve that quick. Lights have been running since early December. The LEDs are 12 3 watt bulbs. The iodine dip can you just use regular iodine and mix at what strength
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Yes elegance is on the sand the torch and frogspawn were about mid tank would the lights make them dissolve that quick. Lights have been running since early December. The LEDs are 12 3 watt bulbs. The iodine dip can you just use regular iodine and mix at what strength
Lights don't tend to cause tissue recession in my experience. I have had a torch and hammer start to bleach on me under intense light. The stalks start to turn clear.

For an iodine dip. I use Lugol's and you can put 2-3 times the recommended in a separate container with some of your tank water for about 5 min and then back into your tank. No need really for a rinsing dip.
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