Brain is croaking.....

[geopod]

OK I am at my wits end here.If I lose the brain I am pulling the plug from the hobby for good. Discus looks good right about now. I cant keep acro,milli,monti,stags,candy canes,trumpets,and now my brain is sliding slowly but surely. I had a flame angel that was taking chunks of it and eating it I found another home for her but the brain is just deteriorating into just a skeleton.....What am I missing.

george

[danny zubot]

Slow down there! Before you pull the plug give us more info on your system, levels etc. Maybe there is a simple solution.

[Murminator]

George if you babysit a big colony of zoos I'll nurse back that brain for ya then you can seen those candies how well there doing

[geopod]

Murry I PM'd you....

Danny, the test results I took are as follows
PH 8.2
temp 80
Amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate .5mg/L
Calcium approx 460mg/L
Salinity 1.024
Alkalinity 2.06
KH 5.8

george

[geopod]

See everything else in the tank is growing like crazy.My mushrooms have doubled in size some re about the size of a teacup saucer.My zoo.s spread like crazy, My clam hasnt been visited by the grim reeper yet toadstool is fine...Just anything that has a skeleton.....aaaarrrrgggggghhhhhh

george

[kuatto]

Wondering if there isn't a little "chemical warfare" going on with the other corals and the brain? What other corals are near or have contact with it?

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by geopod

test results I took are as follows
PH 8.2
temp 80
Amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate .5mg/L
Calcium approx 460mg/L
Salinity 1.024
Alkalinity 2.06
KH 5.8

pH is okay.

Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate are okay.

Ca okay.

Salinity okay, but how are you measuring it? With a swing arm plastic thing or a refractometer? Could be your salinity might be out by a bit or by a lot.

Alk and KH are the same thing. KH of 5.8 is low. Should be between 8 and 11 dKH.

What's your Mg? Should be between 1280 and 1350 ppm.

How often do you test and adjust your water chemistry?

How's your water flow? High, low, medium, or a mix depending on location in the tank? Are your corals placed in the right flow areas of the tank?

What kind of lighting? When was the last time you changed bulbs/tubes?

Using RO or tap water?

[Ruth]

Just to add to Bev's list what brand of test kits are you using? Maybe try and take a sample into a LFS and have them test and see if the #'s are the same. I know that I was shocked at what I got for a reading on PO4 from my Salifert kit (supposed to be one of the better brands) and a Hanna colorimeter test. My PO4 was significantly higher than I thought and it certainly told me why I was having a problem with my SPS browning out on me and in some cases dieing.

[Murminator]

WTF somethings going woonky in my tank also frogspawn and candy cane went fuzzy