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xxjdmcivicek9xx
12/23/2009, 04:13 PM
So in the last couple days ive lost 5 heads of frogspawn and now my Blue Paletta sps colony is starting to die...all my other 20 somthin colonies are fine. i checked water params and there spot on other than my ALK. which is at 6DKH...not sure whats going on the only thing i can think of is maybe not enough flow but i have 4200GPH in a 75gal so i dont think its that ive looked for redbugs, nudi's, cone snails, but havent come up with anything...im stumped...so i think im going to do my weekly waterchange like usual and watch my tank. also i just bought a calcium reactor to combat how fast the CALC. and ALK get depleated...and hopefully that might help out. thank god i work at a fish store i got it for $120.00...cant go wrong with that!

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1650/20091223134130.jpg

my CA Reactor...

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7609/2009122395153142.jpg
Stanley-Reefer
12/23/2009, 04:59 PM
Similar stuff going on in my 175. All parameters are spot on but I'm having some STN for no reason on poccis, and a Hawkins Blue that had grown 6x its original ORA size in the last year.

Pics are like yours with the absence of tissue on the shaded sides. Flow in this tank is a little more than 12k/hour

???
SkarfPa
12/23/2009, 05:05 PM
untill you you find the cause i would do more frequent water changes
xxjdmcivicek9xx
12/23/2009, 05:07 PM
untill you you find the cause i would do more frequent water changes

i do weekly water changes of 15gal...i have excellent polyp extension on all my sps including the blue paletta...not sure whats going on so frustrating!!!:furious:
asl4me76
12/23/2009, 05:39 PM
Looks like your nose is on fire ... with that emo.
xxjdmcivicek9xx
12/23/2009, 05:45 PM
Looks like your nose is on fire ... with that emo.

sorry is :mad2: better haha
rbnice1
12/23/2009, 05:51 PM
Last time my alk dropped below 7.5 i lost 2 corals.
xxjdmcivicek9xx
12/23/2009, 06:02 PM
Last time my alk dropped below 7.5 i lost 2 corals.

hmmm...thats really helpful info!! thanks alot, i do know i need to get my ALK back up so i will probably dose ALK for the next few days till i get my CALC reactor up and running.
asl4me76
12/23/2009, 06:10 PM
There are times I worked in a fish store.. but then I'm glad for the job I have at same time, ya know.