Originally Posted by
sea n life
http:///forum/post/2869906
thanks hey gator or veni do you guys dose your tanks or just do water changes? reason i ask are my sps dont have the color they should im scarred there going to turn brown i have a green staghorn he does great red monti but i have a pink birdsnest that turned brown it grows really fast but its brown im going to be moving everything in my new tank soon as i get it up and running but i dont want them to brown before then i have a fuge i took the bioballs out tonite i no i no long overdue haha i took a few handfulls of my claurapa out just to let new grow it looked a lil full i was wondering if the bioballs could have been seeping phosphates into the tank my ph is 8.2 nitrate nitrite and amm is all 0 my bud has my master kit.but will phosphates cause a coral to brown out ? well i think this was my longest post lol
responded to your PM.
they cna always regain their color once the parameters improve. just because the test says 0 nitrates, doesnt mean there arent any, it coul dbe that the caluerpa is taking it up quickly.
also, as I said in the PM, phosphates could be an issue too