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04-29-2012, 07:20 PM
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thats not good either zoas should almost open immediately ,thats also a sign something is off.
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04-29-2012, 07:50 PM
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My thought would be the ph, have you checked the ph of the water your frag was in prior to putting it in the tank. If it was at say 8.2 to 8.4 then goes into your tank with a ph of 7.9, that is a huge swing. The corals that are in there already probably got used to the declining ph over time.
Not sure why your ph would be so low. Something is causing your water to be too acidic, hopefully someone can chime in on that.
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04-29-2012, 08:40 PM
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04-29-2012, 08:50 PM
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Anyhow, not going to argue over it, in two hours there is no way PO4 is the culprit.
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04-29-2012, 09:03 PM
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Nor will I argue but this is out of a artical from reef builder
Besides fueling algae growth, phosphates can retard the uptake of calcium by calcifying corals. This of course is bad news for reef keeping aquarists who house a lot of hard corals. The corals will slow their growth rates as phosphate concentration rises. Some may even begin to die or have tissue recession. The latter part is obviously an extreme case, but it can happen when phosphates reach higher concentrations. A slowed calcification not only means slow growth, but slow repair when damaged by fragging or hands moving about the aquarium.
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04-30-2012, 05:10 AM
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Good point on the ph...
Was much higher when the first ones went in(8.2) Now it's declined. I've been dosing now and just bought a calc reactor. I'll hold off till I get my ph up the. Try again. I'll update once I do! Thanks so much for the help!
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