sunday afternoon 13 pack
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murph145
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thanks psucor and puffer.... i have had an issue which has been affecting my sps corals for a while ... many would slowly die off from the tips downward....
i thought it was the lights burning the corals but i finally figured it out it was my salt....
ive been using Ocean Pure Pro and it has elevated borate readings 4x's the amount of NSW... and i guess borate is a form of alkalinity and it registers on ur alk test but it inflates the reading more then the true carbonate hardness truly is.... so my alk was running on average between 7-8dkh but in reality was around 5-6dkh due to the elevated borate which is used to help the alk and ca in the salt mix dissolve faster into the water when mixing....
needless to say i finally figured this out after losing many nice sps pieces over the last year and i could not figure it out....
well i changed my salt to tropi Marin 2 weeks ago and have done 100 gallons in water changes so far and all my sps that had burnt tips are growing back fast and regenerating those tips
so im kinda excited cuz ive never been able to keep montis and stag type acros they were very succesptable to the low alk readings....
but now even a small monti digi frag i had that was 50% dead is 100% better now ....
lol sorry to go on about this but its been so annoying for me as to y so many acros would slowly die off or barely grow when all water paramters were excellent..... but now everything has turned around 100% so im excited to see how the acros all do in the next few months
i thought it was the lights burning the corals but i finally figured it out it was my salt....
ive been using Ocean Pure Pro and it has elevated borate readings 4x's the amount of NSW... and i guess borate is a form of alkalinity and it registers on ur alk test but it inflates the reading more then the true carbonate hardness truly is.... so my alk was running on average between 7-8dkh but in reality was around 5-6dkh due to the elevated borate which is used to help the alk and ca in the salt mix dissolve faster into the water when mixing....
needless to say i finally figured this out after losing many nice sps pieces over the last year and i could not figure it out....
well i changed my salt to tropi Marin 2 weeks ago and have done 100 gallons in water changes so far and all my sps that had burnt tips are growing back fast and regenerating those tips
so im kinda excited cuz ive never been able to keep montis and stag type acros they were very succesptable to the low alk readings....
but now even a small monti digi frag i had that was 50% dead is 100% better now ....
lol sorry to go on about this but its been so annoying for me as to y so many acros would slowly die off or barely grow when all water paramters were excellent..... but now everything has turned around 100% so im excited to see how the acros all do in the next few months
gnorman
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hey murph. awsome tank, just beautiful! i have 2 questions. 1.) is that a blue jaw trigger in your tank ( i know triggers are not reef safe but sometimes the blue jaw in an acception if i remember right. and 2.) where do you live in souther california? i live in San Juan and was just wondering if you did live close maybe we could talk about SW stuff and maybe if im lucky be able to come by and see your tank. once again. love the tank.
murph145
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hey squishy....
hows ur corals doing??.... i cant really tell what exactly that is acros are hard to tell from the obvious but ill look online and see what i can find.... to me it just looks like some kind of thick branches staghorn but im sure there is a more exact name.... hows ur tank doing??
Gnorman... hey i live in simi valley which is up by the san fernando valley just over the line in ventura county lol if u know where that is ?? its actually a Pink Tail Trigger.... hes a big boy too.... and hes been very good.... i dont really have any inverts besides a hand full of hermits and a few snails but no crabs or shrimps so hes good hasnt touched a thing hes just a very hungry eater lol.... let me know where u live
steve24... no prob ill check ur thread out later this evening i have to run right now for dinner but ill see if i have any info or anything that may be helpful bud
hows ur corals doing??.... i cant really tell what exactly that is acros are hard to tell from the obvious but ill look online and see what i can find.... to me it just looks like some kind of thick branches staghorn but im sure there is a more exact name.... hows ur tank doing??
Gnorman... hey i live in simi valley which is up by the san fernando valley just over the line in ventura county lol if u know where that is ?? its actually a Pink Tail Trigger.... hes a big boy too.... and hes been very good.... i dont really have any inverts besides a hand full of hermits and a few snails but no crabs or shrimps so hes good hasnt touched a thing hes just a very hungry eater lol.... let me know where u live
steve24... no prob ill check ur thread out later this evening i have to run right now for dinner but ill see if i have any info or anything that may be helpful bud
reefreak29
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Originally Posted by Squishy
thanks for the eye candy Murph and the little tip on ak. something to look at when dealing with slowly dyeing corals.
Ps do you know what this one is?
looks like a green slimer
thanks for the eye candy Murph and the little tip on ak. something to look at when dealing with slowly dyeing corals.
Ps do you know what this one is?
looks like a green slimer
murph145
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GNorman... yeah id say about a 2 hour drive north is rite....
i really dont have anything right now im tryin to get rid of but what are u lookin to get into ?? full on reef tank or more softies lps or sps maybe i can help.....
Squishy... thanks for the compliment as far as the feeding of my sps i really dont feed them anything... all i do is feed my fish every other day and vary foods and i guess the acros feed off light and fish food and fish poop lol .... i tried oyster eggs a few times but didnt see anything noticably change in the acros so i gave up on that.... what salt do u use?
Reeffreak.... green slimers or acropora yongei are alot thinner in there branches and the coralites are more spaced out.... i have a 4" frag of one in my tank... im still not sure what it is yet but im loookin
Acrylic51... thanks for ur nice remarks its comin along slowly but surely lol hows ur setup doing?
sleasia... thanks yeah im tryin to get a lil color of all kinds in my tank
heres a pic of the green slimer as u can see they are a lil thinner
i really dont have anything right now im tryin to get rid of but what are u lookin to get into ?? full on reef tank or more softies lps or sps maybe i can help.....
Squishy... thanks for the compliment as far as the feeding of my sps i really dont feed them anything... all i do is feed my fish every other day and vary foods and i guess the acros feed off light and fish food and fish poop lol .... i tried oyster eggs a few times but didnt see anything noticably change in the acros so i gave up on that.... what salt do u use?
Reeffreak.... green slimers or acropora yongei are alot thinner in there branches and the coralites are more spaced out.... i have a 4" frag of one in my tank... im still not sure what it is yet but im loookin
Acrylic51... thanks for ur nice remarks its comin along slowly but surely lol hows ur setup doing?
sleasia... thanks yeah im tryin to get a lil color of all kinds in my tank
heres a pic of the green slimer as u can see they are a lil thinner