Dropping heads

[imdaring]

My frog spawn has been Dropping its heads and the are kn the bottom of the tanks? Why is this happening

 

[Tab28]

My frog spawn has been Dropping its heads and the are kn the bottom of the tanks? Why is this happening

Water perimeters?

 

[akitareefer]

I'd check salinity and alkalinity first

 

[imdaring]

KH. 125.3 ppm. Or 7 dkh
Salinity 1.025
Mag. 1000 (LOW)
phos. 0.25
Nitrate 0

Out of cal and ph test

 

[Tab28]

Your alk is low should be between 8-10. I am guessing your ph and calc are also low. Ph should be around 8-8.5 and calc 420-450. Mag should be 3x your calc on average.

 

[imdaring]

Just added Reef builder for the KH will check again tomorrow

 

[imdaring]

Found my ph test 7.7

 

[imdaring]

Also added the ph builder

 

[Tab28]

Just do it slow. Neither should be risen more than 1 point in 24 hours. Your alk, calc and mag are linked. They will be hard to keep where they should be if one is wrong.

 

[imdaring]

Yep I've had it drop b/4 but never had it effect my coral like that

 

[evolved]

Polyp bailout is what the coral is doing. It's a survival mechanism, which means something has triggered the need to go into survival mode.

 

[DM1975]

Not saying this is your problem but I had this issue a while back. I had a green cyano outbreak and it grew up ok the skeletons and caused the tissue to recess quickly and almost all of my LPS experienced polyp bailout. Ever since I got it under control I haven't had any issues with polyp bailout.

 

[imdaring]

Just the normal algae in the tank nothing abnormal

 

[Naiad]

Did you change flow? This can also sometimes trigger bailout.

 

[imdaring]

Ok so I went to move my frog spawn and all the heads fell off when I picked it up :( .. so all the heads are on the bottom of the tank but still look healthy do I just leave them ? I just put a order in to bulk reef supply because of course I'm out of everything
55 gal bucket of salt
1 gal magnesium chloride
1 gal kalkwasser mix
SURE HOPE THE USPS is not running slow :sly:

 

[imdaring]

Did you change flow? This can also sometimes trigger bailout.

I did but they started to fall off a few days B/4 but I did move the power head back