Please help! 1 1/2 SPS dying over night...

[clkwrk]

Yes kalk will raise alk ......

 

[Nuuze]

So should I stop the kalk and only use Kent liquid calcium and magnesium when needed per bottle instructions?

 

[Frankysreef]

I agree that the alk swings are the killer...
Use turbo calcium to raise your calcium wo raising alk...

Use your log to find your rate of change with your alk/calc...

Kalk dripping would work good in a tank your size...

Look up Mrs wages pickling lime to save u some money, and read the articles on alk and calcium...

Most important for an sps tank.

 

[Nuuze]

Okay, I was able to buy Seachem Prime from the LFS. I added a capful per directions. How soon before testing and how many days?

 

[javajaws]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8312712#post8312712 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
You really shouldnt have anything in your tank if you have nitrites. That means at some point there was ammonia as well...that just cant be good and i am actually surprised that all your other stuff isnt dead as well.

---you can detoxify nitrites via a product from Seachem called PRIME

nitrite will effect your fish alot more than your coral as it will inhibit oxygen uptake from their blood.. i would dose with prime now

Low levels of nitrite aren't poisonous in saltwater tanks like they are in freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even bother testing it...



I think your Alk swings probably have alot to do with your problems. Sometimes problems will develop some time after an alk swing (speaking from experience here unfortunately).

 

[Genesis Reef]

That huge deadly frogspwan near touching that half dead frag seems an indicator...those things pack a deadly sting by just being nearby...heck even in the same tank as sps...you got invisable chemical warfare going on....stressful to them acros...

agreed an alk swings..very bad...