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seachem is good, eh? Ok...I will try to go to the LFS and see if they have it in stock and get that iodine bath done. I appreciate your advice and wish me luck. *sigh*:(

i have kent iodine supplements...will that work? Do I take the whole coral out and just dip the coral in a bath or do I squirt the iodine all over the coral tips affected area?

I am not sure what type I have since I am at work but it's the Iodine Supplement in those bottles for additives. Is it seachem? It could be. So...I can just drop the whole coral in or just spray it on the coral? What would be the best method?

when you say iodine bath....do I use the iodine supplement and squirt iodine over the acropora or is there a special solution that i use? Dont want to hurt the poor guy anymore than I have to. THanks

Yeah, I get your message. I am finding that one can never ask enough before making a purchase. I will probably see if I can work on getting some smaller frags from other local reefers and see how they turn out. Thanks for the good advice. I will see what I can do tonight....*sigh* If I do...

thanks for the advice. In the future, what should I be looking for in Acroporas??? I admit that I did see the LFS unpacking this particular piece that I picked up but didn't think anything of it unti I saw the tissue loss... Oh man...tough lessons in this hobby!

Jon: I can see the white underneath portion of the Acropora...the zoo is completely gone and I think that it was tissue that I saw leaving the skeleton. I know that I will check on it tonight when I get back from work...see how it looks. I just hope it's not a bacteria issue resulting in loss...

my calcium levels are 400-450 currently. for alk...the color code just says in the high range. Thanks!

Jon: Hi. Yeah...it looked fine at the LFS but when I was acclimating it with my water before placing it in my tank....I noticed some tissue material around the bleached part of the Acropora. I have it near the powerhead so it is getting nice current with lighting right near the top. As for the...

I bought an Acropora this weekend. It looked healthy at the LFS and when I got home...it had some things sticking(die off) to certain colony sticks. Anyways, most of the Acropora turned brown within a few minutes except for a patch in the back which remained bleached white. Now...I see more...

Thanks. I had a feeling it was dyed but we will see how long the color last. If anything, the leather coral looks healthy and is expanding in all directions. thanks....

Hi. I just recently bought a hot pink leather finger coral(?)-is this natural of did the supplier for the LFS dyed it? Does anyone have experience with this color leather? I will try to get a picture for viewing but my digital camera is not working yet. Thanks in advance/

you should be ok with a light upgrade depending on high your new lights will be. Is it MH or PC lighting? I would think that you might want to ease your new lights...start at a reduced number of hours that you normally leave them on. Be careful of the initial algae bloom that always happen when...

anyone else looking to unload some coral frags in SF?

I will send you an email and we can see what you have that I am looking for. LOL Shoot. Talk to you soon.

I am looking for a variety of frags(SPS or soft corals) from other local reefers in San Francisco(Bay Area) since I am trying to flesh my current tank out. I am in particular looking for a good color Acorpora and Colt Coral. Also, is anyone out there looking to get rid of an extra reef tank?? I...

Your algae is a result of the light change. If you are going through a greenish-film on your tank walls than it's the light. You will need to be patient and keep scrubing the walls down for the next week and half or so. I remembered when I did a light change upwards that my tank hit the crap...

You can take a look into getting some inverts that might control some of the algae like snails, blue legged/hermit crabs and maybe a LM Blenny if you have alot of algae. I also went through several algae blooms at the beginning due to excess nutrients or a change in stronger lighting. I...

You should just go ahead and cut back your light time for several weeks. I ran into the same problem when I first set up my tank along with a recent light upgrade that created diatoms and an algae bloom. You are probably going to have to cut it back to around 6-6.5 hours of light for a week...

Frozenguy- Welcome to the board. Like Entice, I live in SF so we can give you some idea(s) on places to shop. I know a couple of reefers who live up towards Tracy and they might be able to give you a few other places that you can purchase from. I agree with Entice...you can probably fit those...