Hammer Coral Health

[Frop]

He seems really deflated. Hasn't been like this since I got him (about a month ago).

Do you guys think he will be okay?

I checked the salinity was little high.. 1.028 maybe a day or two I fed the fish way more than usual. Either way the salinity got messed up because I think I set my overflow wrong so it changed the water level and I didn't notice the evaporation being as much.

 

[Evan West]

What about the rest of your perimeters?

 

[hyde7278]

mine do the same thing. one day they are exteded and the next there not.

 

[Frop]

mine do the same thing. one day they are exteded and the next there not.

Cool ya I guess that was my main question. I don't think anything has gone wrong in my system other than salinity. My tank stays really clean for the most part. That's the reason I was feeding a bunch was to add nitrates lol

 

[Frop]

What about the rest of your perimeters?

Ya sorry I didn't check yesterday I was way too lazy and about to sleep.

But.. I found some motivation. He looks worse. He has a large gaping hole in the middle.


pH 7.9
dKh 11
Ammonia 0-.25 (see photo)
Nitrite 0
Nitrate ~1?? API test kit..
Magnesium 1465
Calcium 440
Phosphate 0 API
Salinity 1.025

My guess is my dKh is too high for my low nutrients. I'll pull my chemipure and purigen out I guess.
I'm wondering since I dosed magnesium and calcium a couple times this past week, for no real reason, if that raised the alk? My saltwater mix apparently has an alk of 9. Gotta get the mistakes out of the way while the tank is small before it gets bigger

Ammonia

 

[Frop]

Lol so don't spray him with the feeder stick because then his coat will float away :/

Well now I know what his skeleton looks like.

 

[Evan West]

Lol so don't spray him with the feeder stick because then his coat will float away :/

Well now I know what his skeleton looks like.

Yeah he was a gonner for sure. That ammonia is looking pretty suspicious as a lot of corals are pretty intolerant of any ammonia.