SPS tips - alk burn?

[Cozmo4]

A couple of the tips on a green mille and a tenius have lost some tissue :furious:, I think from some fluctuation in my alkalinity over the last couple of weeks as I was dialing in my new dosing pumps. It went from 7.5 up to 10.5 and is now stabilized at 9 - 9.5. The shifts occurred over the last 2 - 3 weeks. So, a little bit of tissue is peeling from a couple of tips of those two corals. My assumption is that I should cut off the tips below the lost tissue and that it will continue growing, but before I do that, I wanted to check in with you guys to confirm.

My parameters:
Alk - 9 dkh
Ca - 420
Mg - 1300
Nitrate - 0
Nitrite - 0
Ammonia - 0
Phosphate - undetectable

 

[mike_cmu04]

I dont think that is too big of a swing i would moniter the mille and if it dosent get better cut off the tips.

 

[flamron]

Leave the tips - it will grow faster around the dead skeleton.

 

[smokenax]

what test kit are you using for alk?

 

[Cozmo4]

what test kit are you using for alk?

I used Elos for just about everything, including alk.

I ended up snipping a couple of the tips off last night and I'll see what happens.