Bleached tips????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!

[Troylee]

It would upset all of them....

 

[Triggerman77]

+1 Alk Kelby i keep mine at 9 or 10 i have found in my 240 that and even without dosing alk will rise very slowly. I would do small WC or two over a week and a half and keep testing. I test my alk and Calcium more than any thing. Also you said nitrates =0 are u sure ? IMO u need a small amount of nitrates My nitrates run between 15-20ppm all the time

 

[Myteemouse]

yep everytime my alk drops I get white tips..

 

[KLR]

Ok so i need to let the alk slowly drop...nitrates are 0

 

[ronnie]

Did you spike your Alk? That may be what is happening. Happened to me last year when my phosphates jumped up and growth stopped, but I kept dosing the same. I almost crashed the tank.

Lost several pieces and burnt several tips of others.

check your phosphates with a hanna checker, not a test kit.

So, I agree that your Alk is probably the reason, but phosphates are probably the cause.

 

[condor]

ok so you figured out the alk/kh thing
mg at 1600 is also quite high. everybody is different but i prefer 1350-1450.....
why so high. did you dose for bryopsis?

 

[KLR]

Mag is high for bryopsis

 

[KLR]

Im going to test again today..i know overnight changes arent very likely but im just double testing,then im going to do a water change

 

[KLR]

After water change.....my dkh ak is 9.24!

But will it dropping from 11.2 to 9.24 kill or damage some corals? should i add some marine buffer?

 

[condor]

After water change.....my dkh ak is 9.24!

But will it dropping from 11.2 to 9.24 kill or damage some corals? should i add some marine buffer?

no your fine. now try to keep it at 9 consistantly

 

[KLR]

Im going to test it way more often than i use too so it doesnt get so high or low again

 

[condor]

good plan

 

[stedfast82]

swing swing the alk done this not cool for the coral. I'm still on top of the game (ALK swing king) white tip's zoo's don"t open alk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! chalice not good alk +mag not good all dead chrashed the tank LOL

 

[KLR]

Zoas and chalices look fine just the acros tips arent


If some tips have algae on them will it grow back over?

 

[ronnie]

They will grow back over the algae. It looks weird, as it is balled up a bit.

Definitely get the swings under control.

How much are you dosing daily into what volume of water?

Might also consider matching your water change water as close to your display tank as possible if you are doing large water changes.

 

[KLR]

I dose reef buffer for calcium and alk.....but my phos was high about a month ago..and i kept on dosing...might have helped cause swing.....I dont always do big wcs but i did today bc the alk

 

[clowns101]

Need to do water changed,Ronnie does daily water changes?Have you seen his tank,getting into that habit is a good thing to do,now only if I could do that......

 

[KLR]

I meant i dont do big water changes all of the time...todays was like 17 gal i usually do 13 gal every 2 weeks

 

[ronnie]

small water changes are beneficial because I'm not changing anything quickly, but am doing a large enough percentage monthly that it keeps my parameters very low. My nitrates are 2-5 and my phosphates are 0 according to my hanna handheld meter.

 

[condor]

id switch to a 2 part like esv