Help with candy cane

[frankiep]

Can some one help me. It's losing color
Cal 450
Alk 9

 

[MechEng99]

What about your other parameters: ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, salinity, temp, magnesium?

Lighting? Flow? Running GFO and/or AC?

Are you feeding it? Any corals bothering it?

 

[frankiep]

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ph 7.90
Salinity 1.027
Flow 2 mp10 mag 9.5 on return
Led lighting
75 g

 

[MechEng99]

How long have you had the LEDs? Any correlation between using them and when the coral started having issues?

Are you feeding it? If not, if a coral is losing color, it needs feeding.

How long have those polyps been missing? The coral does not look healthy, and it does not look like it's been happy for quite some time (receeded tissue, exposed skeleton, etc.)

 

[Tnconcept]

+1 they don't look good at all...

 

[cloak]

If they're loosing color, I would move it down in your tank. (a little shade perhaps)

 

[wakerider017]

ALK, Ca, Mg?

You need a testing kit to measure these parameters.

Also, what about phosphate?

 

[frankiep]

I feed reef chili from BRS
I use salifert and Hanna
RODI, water change weekly
Yes I run gfo

 

[frankiep]

Ca is at 450 Alk 9 mg 1300

 

[Subw00er]

salt is a bit high.

what kind of flow? They dont like heavy flow.