Brain is croaking.....

[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?

[vanreefer]

How big is the tank?

[geopod]

Jim,,,,, buddy nice to hear from ya..where I have the brain he is donwn on the sandbed.To his right was a galaxy but I moved him up as the galaxy tentacles were getting close.I found the candy cane sitting on it about a week ago.But picked it up and put it backwhere it belonged.Now it is sitting all by his lonesome self.But like I said the flame was taking fair size chunks outa it before I found her a new home.
Give me a call sometime Jim


george

[geopod]

to be exactit worked out to be 85.6gal withthe dimensions.

george

[Scavenger]

I lost my open brain in my early reefing experience. It was deteriorating as you described. Late in his decline, I used to target feed it at night under a weighted margarine container and it showed signs of improvement for a bit. I believe this would have saved it if I thought of it earlier. Hope this helps or gives you food for thought.

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[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.