OMG, my Acropora got White

[ali.farzinrad]

I would just get an order of Red Sea blue bucket and start using a 2 part cal and alk or Balling method to keep your levels up using a dosing pump.

How should I start balling method?
I really don't know anything about it

 

[250mixreef]

Have you tested your water just b4 a wc and then again after to see if your spiking levels after the wc

 

[reefwiser]

 

[Eckolancer]

Quit adding any buffers to your salt mix unless it is needed. I run my mag at 1800 all times. My cal sits at 420-450 alk is 9.0-9-5. You could add some super dkh buffer that will raise your alk and drop your cal. Then I would start dosing only what your tank needs. Go buy a starter kit off of BRS two part with Dosers. They have good videos on how to start the whole process plus calculators to help you know how much to dose.

Here is a pic of some colonies I lost over night from redbugs. This was a 5 gallon bucket full of coral all dead over a months time. You could have some pests that could also be causing stress to the corals as well as your levels being out of whack. My alk during that month was slowly climbing up and mag dropping. Reason I run high mag is because I like to keep bryopsis at bay.

 

[ali.farzinrad]

Have you tested your water just b4 a wc and then again after to see if your spiking levels after the wc

Yes, to see the difference between before and after wc, what's the problem?

 

[250mixreef]

What's the difference in your alk b4 and after wc

 

[ali.farzinrad]

What's the difference in your alk b4 and after wc

Before WC it was 7 and after wc it was near 8

 

[250mixreef]

That's not terrible but with sps stable alk is very important the reason I asked is if your relying on monthly wc to maintain alk it will deplete over the month then when you do your wc it will rise rapidly this is not a good scenario your mg and cal are way to high in comparison to alk for now I would hold off on wc keep your alk stable until mg comes down to around 1250 and cal around 420 alk stable around 8 -8.5 then you need to calculate daily consumption and dose to maintain these levels then resume wc

 

[ali.farzinrad]

Quit adding any buffers to your salt mix unless it is needed. I run my mag at 1800 all times. My cal sits at 420-450 alk is 9.0-9-5. You could add some super dkh buffer that will raise your alk and drop your cal. Then I would start dosing only what your tank needs. Go buy a starter kit off of BRS two part with Dosers. They have good videos on how to start the whole process plus calculators to help you know how much to dose.

Here is a pic of some colonies I lost over night from redbugs. This was a 5 gallon bucket full of coral all dead over a months time. You could have some pests that could also be causing stress to the corals as well as your levels being out of whack. My alk during that month was slowly climbing up and mag dropping. Reason I run high mag is because I like to keep bryopsis at bay.

What is the use of the BRS two part testers kit for me? I have all I need.
I don't dose Ca and Mg, my tank has a good refugium, live rocks , a bio pellet, I just add Trace elements and KH buffer and ionic balance.
KH buffer and ionic balance is made by ReefLower www.reeflower.com

 

[ali.farzinrad]

That's not terrible but with sps stable alk is very important the reason I asked is if your relying on monthly wc to maintain alk it will deplete over the month then when you do your wc it will rise rapidly this is not a good scenario your mg and cal are way to high in comparison to alk for now I would hold off on wc keep your alk stable until mg comes down to around 1250 and cal around 420 alk stable around 8 -8.5 then you need to calculate daily consumption and dose to maintain these levels then resume wc

The daily consumption of KH is 0/5 , 3 nights ago it was 7/7, previous night it was 7/2, I tried the test for four nights and results were near so I bought a KH buffer.

 

[Eckolancer]

What is the use of the BRS two part testers kit for me? I have all I need.
I don't dose Ca and Mg, my tank has a good refugium, live rocks , a bio pellet, I just add Trace elements and KH buffer and ionic balance.
KH buffer and ionic balance is made by ReefLower www.reeflower.com

Not testers I was recommending the Dosers. You need to get tank leveled out and start daily dosing. Otherwise you will just have swings all over the place. Have you tested before and a couple hours after dosing? Then again 24 hours later to see consumption? Maybe other items are being used up in the tank faster. For trace elements I would stop dosing that until levels are maintained might be adding unknown elements to the tank causing issues. Ionic balance not sure what that is as I've never used it before. In the KJ buffer you use do you know if it also has calcium? That could be where the extra calcium is coming from, same for mag if it also contains that.