KH is very low

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jul 2, 2023

oliverout said:
Ok thank you.

You’re welcome.

Keep us updated!

oliverout · Jul 3, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
You’re welcome.

Keep us updated!

Update for today alk is now 12.5. I am happy with this number. Corals doing much better.

oliverout · Jul 4, 2023

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
You’re welcome.

Keep us updated!

Something is wrong, Wall hammer is dying and my gold hammer has fully died.

gbroadbridge · Jul 4, 2023

oliverout said:
Something is wrong, Wall hammer is dying and my gold hammer has fully died.

Most important thing is to not panic and start changing things.

Hammers and Torches are in my experience quite a difficult coral - I've lost quite a few of them.

Just keep the tank stable and they may recover.
Check Salinity and Alk again - they need to be stable.

If they're retracted turn the lights down a bit and the flow down a bit to give them a chance to recover.
Avoid the temptation to dip the coral or disturb them too much.

thatmanMIKEson · Jul 5, 2023

gbroadbridge said:
They'll likely be fine.

My tank drops 3dkh a day if the dosing breaks, and I've been down under 4dkh when a head clogged.
Nothing really got upset.

You can go up 1dkh a day, don't forget to take into account the daily consumption, so you will probably need to dose more than 1dkh each day.

i.e. for me to go up 1dkh I'd probably have to dose that on top of normal consumption.

no build thread?would love to see this alk monster

oliverout · Jul 5, 2023

gbroadbridge said:
Most important thing is to not panic and start changing things.

Hammers and Torches are in my experience quite a difficult coral - I've lost quite a few of them.

Just keep the tank stable and they may recover.
Check Salinity and Alk again - they need to be stable.

If they're retracted turn the lights down a bit and the flow down a bit to give them a chance to recover.
Avoid the temptation to dip the coral or disturb them too much.

Thanks so much.