Coral help

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 4, 2016

Mine is going on 8 months now, pretty good for a newb...I will fight till the end

Bronc · Oct 4, 2016

You might consider running a PolyFilter for a little while. I had my wood floors redone in my house a couple of months ago and had a couple of corals freak out. The PolyFilter cleaned out whatever got in there. Just keep an eye on your skimmer as it freaks them out.

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 4, 2016

Bronc said:
You might consider running a PolyFilter for a little while. I had my wood floors redone in my house a couple of months ago and had a couple of corals freak out. The PolyFilter cleaned out whatever got in there. Just keep an eye on your skimmer as it freaks them out.

Where abouts would I put it in my sump... it's a trickle style

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 4, 2016

it does strip dissolved organics, and NO and Po

Bronc · Oct 4, 2016

slipknotgrrl83 said:
Where abouts would I put it in my sump... it's a trickle style

Anywhere where it can get good flow.

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

saltyfilmfolks said:
it does strip dissolved organics, and NO and Po

Well now I'm in a pickle lol...maybe I will dip him in coral rx or lugol's in case of infection

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 5, 2016

slipknotgrrl83 said:
Well now I'm in a pickle lol...maybe I will dip him in coral rx or lugol's in case of infection

Sniff him first. You'll know if he has an infection. If he smell like ocean you fine.
IMO jelly diseases come From to low a flow and or nurireunts or both. A sign of declining health. Flow keeps them clean.
IMO if he smells do a real light lugols dip in tank water and gently dust him off once he's back in. Probably pout for a while.
I run high dissolved organics in my tanks. its a tricky balance. If the nutrient tests get high run the floss. It's actually like a gfo. I run a refugium for this reason.

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

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saltyfilmfolks said:
Sniff him first. You'll know if he has an infection. If he smell like ocean you fine.
IMO jelly diseases come From to low a flow and or nurireunts or both. A sign of declining health. Flow keeps them clean.
IMO if he smells do a real light lugols dip in tank water and gently dust him off once he's back in. Probably pout for a while.
I run high dissolved organics in my tanks. its a tricky balance. If the nutrient tests get high run the floss. It's actually like a gfo. I run a refugium for this reason.

Thanks you for your help....fingers crossed

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

I just had a thought.... I stopped my 2 part dosing end of August as my numbers for ca, alk, mag were showing very high on test kits...I'm wondering if they were incorrect. Maybe I'll retest and start dosing again as to up my nutrients

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

So my alk is 5.5 I was reading test wrong, could that be the culprit??

themcnertney · Oct 5, 2016

Could be. That is very low which your other coral should see signs of low alk. IMO, this is just a difficult coral to keep and I wouldn't go chasing your numbers for the good of one coral. As long as all others or okay, I'd keep doing what you're doing.

stevo01 · Oct 5, 2016

slipknotgrrl83 said:
So my alk is 5.5 I was reading test wrong, could that be the culprit??

Having Alk that low is not good. Your def going to want to get that back up.

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

stevo01 said:
Having Alk that low is not good. Your def going to want to get that back up.

How??

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

I'm definitely going to start up 2 part dosing again, how can i safely raise it to atleast 8

Bronc · Oct 5, 2016

Raise the Alk about 1 per day until you hit the 8.3-8.4 mark, then figure out what you are using per day and dose that.

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

Bronc said:
Raise the Alk about 1 per day until you hit the 8.3-8.4 mark, then figure out what you are using per day and dose that.

I have never had to raise it, what do I use? I have seachem fusion 2 part which I was using and will start up again, it's to restore and maintain ca and alk

Bronc · Oct 5, 2016

Really any Alk booster will work. I've used BRS and ME brands.

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 5, 2016

Test again to be sure. If your doing regular water changes it shouldn't lower quite so fast unless your seeing really good growth on the stonys or coralline..(montis have sunk me)
this is the calculator from Randy F article http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

slipknotgrrl83 · Oct 5, 2016

I tested again and got 7 after adding 2 part...I think the test I have is bad and is hard to read, it's the red sea one and only the chart end color shows red but all I get is yellow/orange. I will have to buy another