is my chalice receding or changing color

[nanonøkk]

so i’ve had my problems with my chalice corals my one is doing great now and its eating daily but today i fed my other one and now it looks like it’s turning grey it started off looking like the bottom second photo

 

[fishguy242]

hi yes does seen to be in trouble,try lower to mod flow ,med light,are your params in check ,all other coral ok?

 

[nanonøkk]

hi yes does seen to be in trouble,try lower to mod flow ,med light,are your params in check ,all other coral ok?

yea all my other coral is ok and i moved it so it’s not in full direct flow i did a water change but it was to reduce alk today so i’m thinking that was the problem

 

[fishguy242]

slow and steady,no drastic changes,how are your numbers alk/cal

 

[nanonøkk]

slow and steady,no drastic changes,how are your numbers alk/cal

my alk is at 10 now it was 11 and i dont have a test for calcium

 

[fishguy242]

you might want to get one. alk is ok,cal will bring down slowly want that cal at about 450

 

[nanonøkk]

you might want to get one. alk is ok,cal will bring down slowly want that cal at about 450

yea i’m trying to get it there also do you think a 10 gal to a 50 gallon is a really big change because i’m thinking of upgrading

 

[fishguy242]

change for the better do a few water changes from ten into 50 before you move

 

[nanonøkk]

change for the better do a few water changes from ten into 50 before you move

yea i’m gonna be upgrading in december so i dont know if it would affect the corals if i cycled that tank and then put them in or not i’m planning on cycling the tank for a month before i slowly add every

 

[kzitzman1]

my alk is at 10 now it was 11 and i dont have a test for calcium

Most LFS's will do water tests for salt water tanks. I'd take a sample of your water and ask them to test the water based on coral measurements (calcium, etc.) not the water measurements (ammonia, nitrate, etc.).

 

[nanonøkk]

Most LFS's will do water tests for salt water tanks. I'd take a sample of your water and ask them to test the water based on coral measurements (calcium, etc.) not the water measurements (ammonia, nitrate, etc.).

yea it’s at 8 now i added more coral so the alk dropped