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Aquarist Forums => Saltwater General Discussions => Corals => Topic started by: ray on July 02, 2013, 04:34:08 PM

Title: Help question
Post by: ray on July 02, 2013, 04:34:08 PM
Hi I'm posting on behalf of someone.They don't have test kits,but I hope to test their water soon.Over the weekend they started losing corals in particular LPS,from what I understand most hammers,brains candycane have all lost their tissue,while the soft/leather corals are ok as are all fish ,clams shrimp etc..Any suggestions would be appreciated.As of now I'm leaning towards low Alk

Thanks

ray
Title: Re: Help question
Post by: NjOyRiD on July 02, 2013, 08:48:30 PM
do they use any kinds of nutrient reducer?
what about lights, what do they have?
Title: Re: Help question
Post by: robt18 on July 02, 2013, 08:52:55 PM
Do they have air conditioning? If their place got really warm with the weather it could have melted some lps. It's happened to me before unfortunately.
Title: Re: Help question
Post by: Feivel on July 02, 2013, 09:24:39 PM
Magnesium and Alk i think would be the main 2 to check. i was having issues with polyp extensions due to low Magnesium.
You can also try a lower flow area or target feeding the coral.
My tank went up to 85.4f recently and i have over 40 acans in my tank. no issues.
Title: Re: Help question
Post by: NjOyRiD on July 03, 2013, 05:56:45 AM
Quote from: Feivel on July 02, 2013, 09:24:39 PM
Magnesium and Alk i think would be the main 2 to check. i was having issues with polyp extensions due to low Magnesium.
You can also try a lower flow area or target feeding the coral.
My tank went up to 85.4f recently and i have over 40 acans in my tank. no issues.

...you got lucky...
Title: Re: Help question
Post by: robt18 on July 03, 2013, 09:10:43 AM
My acans don't seem to mind heat as much either, but I've found euphyllia aren't so forgiving....