SPS question

niloc16 · #1 07-05-2008, 01:09 AM

i'm having an issue lately of losing the tips on a handful of colonies and i have lost a couple pieces as well. there is no sign of any pests and have dipped like crazy and magnify glassed them all with no signs. one thing i did find is my CA is 500. has anyone heard of too high of CA causing these kinds of problems

marie · #2 07-05-2008, 01:20 AM

That sounds similar to the problems I had back in Jan.
I never did find out what caused the problem but after going through 5 buckets of salt worth of water changes, the tank is recovering

*Edit* The only thing I can think of was the inteceptor treatment I did in dec., after the second treatment everything went down hill rapidly

Ephraim · #3 07-05-2008, 02:00 AM

I've had this kinda problem too. I found the best solution for me was to keep softies instead. Never happened again.

Snappy · #4 07-05-2008, 02:17 AM

Colin,
What are you other parameters? Alk, Mag, PH, etc? What are you using for magnesium?

Oceanic · #5 07-05-2008, 02:21 AM

When the tips alone are effected, this is often caused by a K+ imbalance or a generally too low nutrient situation that is not being supplemented by AAs and other organics. This often happens with to aggressive carbon filtration, but an overly efficient nutrient removal system in general will do it too.

Check your Potassium level!! buy a Kalium test kit. It should be at around 380.

Snappy · #6 07-05-2008, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oceanic

When the tips alone are effected, this is often caused by a K+ imbalance or a generally too low nutrient situation that is not being supplemented by AAs and other organics. This often happens with a too aggressive carbon filtration, but an overly efficient nutrient removal system in general will do it, too.

Check your Potassium level!! buy a Kalium test kit. It should be at around 380.

I agree that is a great place to start.

Oceanic · #7 07-05-2008, 02:29 AM

When the tips alone are effected, this is often caused by a K+ imbalance or a generally too low nutrient situation that is not being supplemented by AAs and other organics. This often happens with a too aggressive carbon filtration, but an overly efficient nutrient removal system in general will do it, too.

Check your Potassium level!! buy a Kalium test kit. It should be at around 380.