Alk And Ph Spike

[NateR]

A couple corals looked poor a couple days ago and so I tested. Turns out Ph and alk were off the chart high 8.8 and 17 dkh. Doing wc and stopped dosing all alk and no kalk. Lost a Duncan and torch and a couple sps are losing tissue. Any other advice to do or just wait and let it come down?

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[heath]

get in touch with Eric, I believe that he was going through the same issue, maybe he can offer some pointers..

 

[EricTMah]

Take your time lowering it. Don't do a massive wc to try and solve it. You'll shock the corals even further.

Do small frequent WC's until back in line. Stop all dosing. If on leds. Dim them down 15% for the next week or so. If you have t5's. Turn 1/4 the bulbs off or reduce duration.

Keep up with the WC's and it'll slowly bounce back. It takes a while and you may witness a few more pieces not make it. But it'll get better.

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[NateR]

Should I stop the calc dosing as well? It's sitting around 400 right now. I'm on led still so I'll definitely turn them down

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[NateR]

Just saw your situation too Eric, I definitely feel your pain

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[EricTMah]

Should I stop the calc dosing as well? It's sitting around 400 right now. I'm on led still so I'll definitely turn them down

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I'd stop for now and test in three days after a wc. Since you'll be doing more frequent WC's. You might end up be able to keep up with demand just from what's in the salt.

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[scubasteve]

ya once stn or rtn starts its very hard to stop even for the veterans. slow and steady and you will be back on track and most will recover. depending on the size of the colony cutting a frag might save a peice but also has risk of increasing stress so wait till the water stabilizes and if the tissue necrosis doesnt stop try fragging a peice then.

 

[EricTMah]

Steve brings up good points.

I'd cut a frag if it's stn. Just make sure you cut into healthy tissue to ensure the dying portion is cut off.
I saved a few pieces this way. It is risky. So it's a personal decision.

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[deeznutz]

Although I agree with slow and steady to correct the parameters. Alk at 18 is just pure death for corals. I think you'd be better off grabbing a
small 10-20g tank and move your corals over. If not the whole colonies at least a big chuck and see which ones recover.

Best of luck.

 

[unibob]

Are you sure you are getting an accurate reading? How much alk were you dosing a day?

As stated, alk at 18 and I don't think anything would be alive coral wise.

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[ALowe]

you gotta test before dosing. i hope you're not just dosing same amount like clockwork weekly or whatever.

 

[NateR]

I've moved a bunch of frags to my nano so saving most that way. But the 18 was from api the first day, then got a Hanna which said 15 and now it's at 12-13 before my wc tonight

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[NateR]

Doses is now completely off so hopefully we can bring it back, I think stirred up kalk from the ato is the culprit, could that cause it?

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[unibob]

I've moved a bunch of frags to my nano so saving most that way. But the 18 was from api the first day, then got a Hanna which said 15 and now it's at 12-13 before my wc tonight

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Throw the API test kit out
12-13 is still high, but ALOT better then 18(which I think was a false reading)

Going from 8-12/13 would cause what you are saying is going on in your tank...

8-18 and you would have a soup I would say lol.

Any idea how fast it happened? 1 day, 2, 5?

Let's hope things settle down, and bounce back. Remember to try and test at the same time every day


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[NateR]

Throw the API test kit out
12-13 is still high, but ALOT better then 18(which I think was a false reading)

Going from 8-12/13 would cause what you are saying is going on in your tank...

8-18 and you would have a soup I would say lol.

Any idea how fast it happened? 1 day, 2, 5?

Let's hope things settle down, and bounce back. Remember to try and test at the same time every day


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I'll definitely be getting new test kits [emoji14] as for timeline, I'm not 100 percent sure since works been crazy and the tank hasn't gotten the attention it should. I'm guessing in the 3 day range but that's just a guess

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