Zoas melting

Nano · #1 03-21-2012, 01:06 AM

copper test came up lighter the the lightest color, just slight color in it, it was very hard to tell if it was shadow or color. at any rate, less then 10ppm, should I do another 10-25% WC? looks like I have some Diatoms today..

ricordeas have come back to life and the acans as well. should I hold out or do a small WC?

The Grizz · #2 03-21-2012, 01:26 AM

A water change would not hurt one bit, maybe 5%.

Nano · #3 03-21-2012, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

A water change would not hurt one bit, maybe 5%.

yeah I think I might do a few gallons. looks like one of the purple hornets pulled through! that made my day. also one monti frag seems to have some color(not much) today. my asorbic acid comes in on thursday, so then I can start nursing the zoas back to health. When I went to Big als, and told them the story, he was on the phone with kent right away, and kind of gave them sh** for not emailing me back. lol. either way its no biggie since a few things survived, lesson learned

daniella3d · #4 03-21-2012, 01:35 AM

Go very slowly with the dosage and start with a small dose for the first few weeks and increase the dosage very slowly. Watch your other corals reaction before you increase the dose.

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yeah I think I might do a few gallons. looks like one of the purple hornets pulled through! that made my day. also one monti frag seems to have some color(not much) today. my asorbic acid comes in on thursday, so then I can start nursing the zoas back to health. When I went to Big als, and told them the story, he was on the phone with kent right away, and kind of gave them sh** for not emailing me back. lol. either way its no biggie since a few things survived, lesson learned

Nano · #5 03-21-2012, 01:42 AM

thanks guys, I will do another medium/small WC tonight about 10g or so. also have the polyfilter in the sump baffles now too. glad to see a few things opened today

Nano · #6 03-22-2012, 12:25 AM

So today all surging zoas are opened. And it looks like few of each frag that I thought were done for have one or two survivors! One monti has some color and seems to be coming back so all is not lost thank jebus.

The Grizz · #7 03-22-2012, 12:28 AM

That is some good news bro!

daniella3d · #8 03-21-2012, 01:28 AM

10 ppm of copper is huge. are you sure it's not in the range of .10?

In any case, anything showing up on these tests is not a good sign since they are not as precise as pro lab machines.

The level to kill ick is .120 usually. What killed many of my corals we at .035 or around that since this is only an estimate.

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Originally Posted by Nano

copper test came up lighter the the lightest color, just slight color in it, it was very hard to tell if it was shadow or color. at any rate, less then 10ppm, should I do another 10-25% WC? looks like I have some Diatoms today..

ricordeas have come back to life and the acans as well. should I hold out or do a small WC?

Nano · #9 03-21-2012, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by daniella3d

10 ppm of copper is huge. are you sure it's not in the range of .10?

In any case, anything showing up on these tests is not a good sign since they are not as precise as pro lab machines.

The level to kill ick is .120 usually. What killed many of my corals we at .035 or around that since this is only an estimate.

sorry yeah .10ppm lol I always forget the decimal.

daniella3d · #10 03-22-2012, 03:29 AM

well .10 is the dosage to kill ick...so still huge.

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sorry yeah .10ppm lol I always forget the decimal.