What is ticking off my sps?

[HB AL]

I have no answer for you but I wanted to chime in on what quite a few people mentioned as a possible reason, your alk being at 7. Your alk at 7 is perfectly fine, no reason to raise it at all at this point. I keep mine at 7 to 7.5 and it works for all types of corals and my tank is full of corals of alot of different types.

 

[stephj03]

So the Stylo is doing worse than the slimer?

 

[Baronen]

I’m gonna try and catch the blenny tomorrow and return him. And three of the four emerald crabs. Should I stop dosing as well? I started dosing about 2 weeks ago. About 1 week before the downturn

 

[Baronen]

I’d say they are doing equally as poor compared to 2 weeks ago. The starlet coral is almost dead, and it is closest to where the blenny hides

 

[vetteguy53081]

Having test kits are a must with SPS or at least take a water sample to a trusted LFS and have them test the water for you

you want to meet the following:

temp 77-79
Salinity 1.025
Ph. 8.1-8.3
Alk 8-9
Mag 1300
CA 440
Nitrate < .04
Ammonia < .03
Phosphate < .04

moderate light and water flow

 

[Baronen]

Okay so I removed the blenny, 1 emerald crab and a giant turbo that kept knocking into things. It seems to have done the trick. Stylo and acro are fully extended. Starlet coral is still super retracted but it was right next to his hidey hole and I suspect he was nipping it all the time