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Old 11-22-2014, 11:28 PM
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So, the Alk has been in the 7-8 range for over a week now and the STN continues. I fragged my slimer and some other acros, covered the skeleton part and part of the healthy tissue with Ecoteck coral glue and glued the frags. The STN continued past the glue on the frags and continued on the mother colonies too. I'm out of ideas and really bummed out!

My paramters are where I want them: Ca at 400-420, Alk at 7-8, PO4 at 0.03, nitrates undetectable. I fed aminos, I fed my fish heavily, etc. to no avail.

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Old 11-22-2014, 11:32 PM
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So, the Alk has been in the 7-8 range for over a week now and the STN continues. I fragged my slimer and some other acros, covered the skeleton part and part of the healthy tissue with Ecoteck coral glue and glued the frags. The STN continued past the glue on the frags and continued on the mother colonies too. I'm out of ideas and really bummed out!

My paramters are where I want them: Ca at 400-420, Alk at 7-8, PO4 at 0.03, nitrates undetectable. I fed aminos, I fed my fish heavily, etc. to no avail.

Ideas? Suggestions?


most times things get worse before they get better , the damage is already done so all you can do now is wait to see how bad the damage is and what recovers , best you can do now is pray......as far as stopping stn goes there's lots of little tricks but none of them are a guarantee but getting the system stable is step one

good luck!

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denny
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Old 11-22-2014, 11:51 PM
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Thanks Denny, wait is all I can do now. I'm out of tricks....

I just tested the Mg and found it to be 1520. It's always been on the high side, even though I haven't added Mg in months. I suspect the IO salt I use has high Mg. Either way, I don't think these levels are a problem. Or are they?...
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Old 11-23-2014, 12:05 AM
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Thanks Denny, wait is all I can do now. I'm out of tricks....

I just tested the Mg and found it to be 1520. It's always been on the high side, even though I haven't added Mg in months. I suspect the IO salt I use has high Mg. Either way, I don't think these levels are a problem. Or are they?...
no they wont be , excess mg wont hurt and most likely the salt would be the cause


best of luck man i know the feeling
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