Browning

[bezlar]

Tips of some sps's are starting to brown but the rest of the body looks good? Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[volcom69]

Check phosphates usually that will do it.

 

[Don-Coraleone]

check phosphate and nitrate..

 

[bezlar]

Phos -0 Two different test

Nitrate- no more than 2

Thanks

 

[volcom69]

How about lighting whats that light and placement or the corals

 

[bezlar]

4 54w t-5's

10 inches from light

 

[volcom69]

How about the rest of your parm. what are they like right now.

 

[bezlar]

ph-8.1
cal-500

 

[volcom69]

whats your alk at right now with your calcium up pretty high maybe your alk is low.

 

[bezlar]

alk-3

 

[bezlar]

I have a marineland test kit and its not real clear on numbers.

It has a standard and precision. I use standard. It tells me to multiply by 3.5 to get english degrees. So at that my ALK is 10.5

 

[bezlar]

I use coralife salt and the calcium is high in that salt. I change 30gal every Saturday. And use limewater as top off about 2gal a day. Just two of my sps's are doing this. One has been in the tank for about 1 month and is growing just about 3 of the many tips are turning brown. The other has been in for about 1 week and a few of the tips are browning.

Thanks

 

[bezlar]

 

[volcom69]

That to me looks like alk burn of or algea on the tip its hard to tell i would check your alk again to make sure and what test are you using for your po4

 

[Norwood IND]

What phosphate kit are you using to get a Zero reading?

 

[bezlar]

salfret and api