My hammer coral really isn't doing well, it's no longer puffy and looks skinny, shrivelled and won't really come out at all, it's been 1 week I've had it.
As the week has gone on, it went from being puffy and large to droopy and less extended and now skinny/shrivelled and not extending
I hadn't done a waterchange for 2 weeks as my nitrate and phos were too low, so I just done a 20% change now and my parameters are:
6.4 alk
1440 mag
500 calcium
.24 salinity
Phos is just about detectable (still after 2 weeks no water changes!)
Ammonia/Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
I just bought some all for reef, but im worried about my mag/calcium rising too much if I dose this too often.
I've heard bicarb of soda/soda ash can be used. Do I have to bake these first? How much do I use and how much effect will it have?
Is what's happening to my hammer something that looks like low alk? I did have a cardinal peck at it yesterday, when I first noticed it wasn't doing too well.
The photos below is today compared to last week
As the week has gone on, it went from being puffy and large to droopy and less extended and now skinny/shrivelled and not extending
I hadn't done a waterchange for 2 weeks as my nitrate and phos were too low, so I just done a 20% change now and my parameters are:
6.4 alk
1440 mag
500 calcium
.24 salinity
Phos is just about detectable (still after 2 weeks no water changes!)
Ammonia/Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
I just bought some all for reef, but im worried about my mag/calcium rising too much if I dose this too often.
I've heard bicarb of soda/soda ash can be used. Do I have to bake these first? How much do I use and how much effect will it have?
Is what's happening to my hammer something that looks like low alk? I did have a cardinal peck at it yesterday, when I first noticed it wasn't doing too well.
The photos below is today compared to last week