Coral skeleton decomposing

[C. Eymann]

That hole you posted could be the work of a fireworm or a gall crab possibly.

 

[Saltyreef]

2-10 for n02
.02-.05 for po4

These numbers are highly debatable. Its just what i aim for from experience of how i run my reef.

 

[Mykawl]

Some really common numbers I see are exactly what you have just bring the alk down.
Calcium 450
Magnesium 1350
Alkalinity 7-9
Nitrates under 10
Phosphates under 0.25 is fine don’t chase pro numbers
Don’t mess with pH if you want higher pH run a slimmer, lot of surface agitation as lon as your house circulates air somewhat and isn’t ivercrowded
Salinity 1.025
Temperature 76-80

stabilitywithin range more important than perfect numbers

you did a noble thing trying to buy the right salt but the pro salts are best left to high demand tanks

 

[JaredSaffell]

Ok will try all the advice and dip the corals to get rid of those possible pests fireworm and gall crab.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Test your newly made salt for alkalinity. If high, you can lower it with muriatic acid. Around 1ml per dkh lowered. Test dkh. Yes this will lower pH.

Aerate over night with a air pump and air stone to raise the pH.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Ok will try all the advice and dip the corals to get rid of those possible pests fireworm and gall crab.

This condition is not from pests.

 

[JaredSaffell]

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Would this work to lower the alk

 

[Mykawl]

Ok will try all the advice and dip the corals to get rid of those possible pests fireworm and gall crab.

Dip all corals from here on before they go in your tank but bayer is quite dangerous so be careful, there are safer options for sure. Bayer Will get the job done though just rinse well, trying not to get any in tank fish won’t like it : )

 

[JaredSaffell]

Dip all corals from here on before they go in your tank but bayer is quite dangerous so be careful, there are safer options for sure. Bayer Will get the job done though just rinse well, trying not to get any in tank fish won’t like it : )

Will have several rinse buckets and can order coral rx and revive and iodine to

 

[Mykawl]

Will have several rinse buckets and can order coral rx and revive and iodine to

Those two are different versions of the same thing if i understand correctly, coralrx and revive are both iodine based dips so would only need 1

Edit: honestly I wouldn’t worry about throwing money at the tank bayer will do the job and i can’t imagine iodine being a deal breaker on wether a coral recovers or not. It’s just a different way of killing stuff. The Muriatic acid is a gem of knowledge I’ll have to remember that. Great investment if you have a lot of the pro salt left over and want to run through it

 

[JaredSaffell]

Which is better lol

 

[JaredSaffell]

Also how long should I expect the corals to start coming back or notice a positive difference.

 

[Mykawl]

coral Rx plus the bottle is way cooler

 

[Mykawl]

i wouldn’t expect them to recover unless you can get your alkalinity down, maybe drop salinity to 1.024 by adding ro/di water which will help a tiny bit.

but I have no idea how to lower alkalinity in a reef tank maybe someone else does, I’d guess they just tel you to do a water change with lower alk water

 

[JaredSaffell]

Sound good. I will just use the bayer and lower my alk and hope for the best

 

[Flippers4pups]

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Klean-Strip Green muriatic acid with 90 percent lower emission of fumes than standard muriatic acid, Klean-Strip Green muriatic acid is the earth-friendly way to brighten masonry, etch concrete, remove excess mortar from bricks and clean algae and scum.Find the MURIATIC ACID SAFER GRN at Ace.

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Would this work to lower the alk

I would use just straight muriatic acid, not stuff that has other things in it to reduce fumes.

This is what I've used.

 

[JaredSaffell]

I would use just straight muriatic acid, not stuff that has other things in it to reduce fumes.

This is what I've used.

Ok lowes has that. I will get that

 

[Flippers4pups]

Ok lowes has that. I will get that

Word of caution, I've never used it in my DT before. I've always adjusted my make up waters dkh.

I've heard people using it in a DT before, adding it to the sump very slowly. But you don't want to lower it anymore than 1 dkh per day. More can be very stressful to your fish and corals.

 

[JaredSaffell]

Oh no I wouldn't add to DT just when I mix my salt for water changes.

 

[Saltyreef]

You should be fine switching salts to blue bucket and letting it fall naturally
instead of chancing it using a highly corrosive chemical. Just my .02 cents