timhook22
12/01/2007, 06:45 PM
I have been trying to work on my sps coral care and I really thought I had been doing a good job because all of the corals I had were coloring up nicely when Ive begun to notice the skeleton receding. It all started with this green slimer(?) you can see on the bottom where the white is showing...
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3766.jpg
and then 3 days ago I saw my plating montipora and half of it was gone!
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3783.jpg
then today I saw that my rainbow frag is beginning to develop some white spots where the underlying skeleton is being revealed:(next 2 pics)
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3778.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3784.jpg
I had one person tell me it was nudibranchs but at the same time my guess is that it could be water chemistry?
I have a 29gal display with a 29gal display
For flow I have a Koralia 1 and a MJ1200
For lighting I am using a 175w MH Hamilton
Skimmer: AquaC Urchin
I use RO/DI water and keep my salinity at 1.024
Water temperature is 79 degrees
Params:
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Ammonia: 0
pH: 8.0
KH: 3.5 <-----?
Ca: 380
I am dosing a 2 part with B-tonic
I hope someone can help! Thanks - Tim
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3766.jpg
and then 3 days ago I saw my plating montipora and half of it was gone!
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3783.jpg
then today I saw that my rainbow frag is beginning to develop some white spots where the underlying skeleton is being revealed:(next 2 pics)
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3778.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff264/timhook22/IMG_3784.jpg
I had one person tell me it was nudibranchs but at the same time my guess is that it could be water chemistry?
I have a 29gal display with a 29gal display
For flow I have a Koralia 1 and a MJ1200
For lighting I am using a 175w MH Hamilton
Skimmer: AquaC Urchin
I use RO/DI water and keep my salinity at 1.024
Water temperature is 79 degrees
Params:
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Ammonia: 0
pH: 8.0
KH: 3.5 <-----?
Ca: 380
I am dosing a 2 part with B-tonic
I hope someone can help! Thanks - Tim