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sbazain · Nov 4, 2014

Have it now for a month she was opening beautiful for the past three days she hasent been opening she eats nthing weird on her she hust wont open is this normal ?

choff · Nov 4, 2014

I had to move mine out of direct light as my sand bed is getting to much light for them. Once I moved her partially under ac shelf she started to do much better.

Tab28 · Nov 4, 2014

It is not puffed out but doesn't look bad. Mine may not puff out for a half a day or so, But since it has been a few days did you check your water perimeters or alter lighting?

sbazain · Nov 4, 2014

well the only problem am having is my cal. is dropping and I can't get to go up is at 320 right now my alk is at 9dkh. I was thinking od starting to dose kalkwasser from the ATO because this two part ain't cutting it also work on my mag I don't have a tester thats why I haven't messed with it lighting the same as when i put her in i did think about putting her under a shade.

Tab28 · Nov 4, 2014

Not sure if that is the issue. But if you can not raise calcium and alk is high. It generally also means your magnesium is off. What is your ph?

I would take the above advice and move the trachy to lower light. Week by week slowly move it into brighter light. Trachy do not adjust well.

choff · Nov 4, 2014

And be careful when you move it. You can cut them internally on their own skeletons. I hate moving them

sbazain · Nov 4, 2014

Already moved it to a shade lets see whtat it does and ph is 8.0 right now .

sbazain · Nov 4, 2014

I always had my cal at 380 never had a problem my coraline grows nuts but as I added more lps it started going down but now it wint go up maybe is depleating faster than its added your right about the mag it could be off

Tab28 · Nov 4, 2014

That happens with more corals. But if you have a continuous good alk level but calcium is generally lower you do not want to dose kalk. That would add both alk and calcium. I ended up supplementing my kalk drip with a doser to control alk, calcium and magnesium in different levels. Kalk mix is good if both alk and calcium are depleted equally. But calcium level of kalk mix can be greater if vinegar is used when mixing, but even that will still raise your alk level.

sbazain · Nov 4, 2014

Sorry to be dome but can you explain the vinegar part.

Tab28 · Nov 4, 2014

sbazain said:
Sorry to be dome but can you explain the vinegar part.

What is dome? Did auto-correct change dumb? When kalk mix is used the vinegar added during the mix process does something that kinda amplify the calcium level. There are plenty of on-line articles about it. I do not add vinegar anymore but it was something like a cup for 5 gallons. But please research that and not just take my word on the amount.

A powder calcium additive would be better for your case since you need more calcium without increasing alk.