Hard COral Diseases? - Page 2

Nexus13 · #1 06-08-2009, 03:52 PM

yah all my kits are hagen ones.

didn't know those thing expired

xtreme · #2 06-08-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nexus13

i'm supposed to be in 105-125

is that accurate?

I would aim even higher than that. 140 ppm is roughly 8 dKH and that is where I like to be. 80 ppm is about 4.5 dKH which is way to low for SPS.

xtreme · #3 06-08-2009, 05:57 PM

Here is a conversion chart. I think most will agree you should be somewhere between 7 - 10 dKH.

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=175205

BlueAbyss · #4 06-08-2009, 07:34 PM

Hmm, just a thought... how did you acclimate your crabs when you added them to the tank? Did you drip acclimate over the course of a couple hours? If you didn't slowly acclimate them, that is likely the cause of their death rather than some off parameter.

Nexus13 · #5 06-08-2009, 07:39 PM

I really want porcelain crabs in my tank but they don't seem to survive.

I tried one from big als first,
after the drip for 3 hours it died within about 2 hours of being in the tank

then on my second attempt i bought 3 thinking it was maybe an unlucky crab and dripped for longer. One died in the drip chamber, the other two died after about 2 days.

definitely something abotu my water conditions that is killing the crabs.

I'm gonna invest in a slew of new test kits to get a better idea of what's going on with my tank.

Navarchus · #6 06-24-2009, 07:06 AM

Hi
Usually a change in alkalinity may cause that problem. What is your alk?
Another direction is a change in salinity or in temperature. In my experience some folks damage their system during water changes without proper equalization.

I have also noticed your ca is on the low side and you don’t have an ALK and MG test results. If you can provide dose it will help diagnosing you problem.

When you touch you sps corals do they brake easily?

whatcaneyedo · #7 06-24-2009, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Navarchus

Hi
Usually a change in alkalinity may cause that problem. What is your alk?
Another direction is a change in salinity or in temperature. In my experience some folks damage their system during water changes without proper equalization.

I have also noticed your ca is on the low side and you don’t have an ALK and MG test results. If you can provide dose it will help diagnosing you problem.

When you touch you sps corals do they brake easily?

Scroll up the page by 6 posts. His alkalinity is 2meq/L

Navarchus · #8 06-24-2009, 08:08 AM

Oops didn’t see that….
Any way that too low in my book I think that’s the problem.
Now the question why you have such a low (5.8dkh) alk?
How do you supplement your ca and carbonates?