Tissue Recession?

[ironman2]

Ive always been a firm believer in dosing strontium, but the last few years ive been told that If doing your water changes regularly you shouldnt be having problems with strontium , as it is in the salt mixes. I do regular water changes every two weeks with a mixture of reef crystals and tropic marin salts. Maybe I will go buy a few more test kits! I will say this though, I just tested my magnesium today and it was low, 850. I was also told that magnesium was replaced in salt mixes to. so maybe the whole water changing thing is the problem. Ive been trusting that my frequent water changes was taking care of all the odd elements. maybe it isnt. Ive started dosing magnesium and strontium today either way.

 

[ironman2]

by the way racerw, what type of strontium suplement are you using? Im using a cheap liquid version, strontium and molybium. Is there something better your using?

 

[ironman2]

just an update guys, I dont know how it will affect the receeding, but after dosing strontium and magnesium yesterday I can notice a big difference in the amount of swelling in my LPS stuff. Usualy I cant hardly see the tenticles on my fungie plates, and they are about 1 inch long, and the plate itself is swollen much more than ive seen it before, plus alot of my acans and candy canes are swollen more than normal. anyway, just thought id share that. maybe it will have an affect on the recession.

 

[racerw]

ironman2 I am just using the Kent Marine Strontium & Molybdenum. I have heard Salifert is good, but I have had good luck using the Kents so that is what I have stuck with.

 

[funkyman]

That's the same response I got out of my LPS too.

 

[mikekman]

Interesting on the mg and the strontium dosing.
Racerw, have you heard of any problems if someone overdosed strontium? Do you know if an accidental overdosing will hurt corals or anything? I want to be careful using this stuff.....I have a 24 gal tank.

Ironman, I recently noticed tissue recession on my dendros. I mean one of the mother colonies looks like a goner. Few days ago, it was puffed up and eating. Then within 2 days it went downhill. I'm wondering if it was high nitrates? High nitrates can cause tissue recession in sun corals and dendros are in the same family. I have the dendro now in my 24 gal aquapod that has a fuge and skimmer. The tank it was in was a 14 gal biocube that has no skimmer or fuge and I feed the dendros in that tank almost everyday. I think nitrates may have built up and hurt my dendros.

 

[ironman2]

well guys, the tropic marin pro coral cure dip didnt work, I dipped 5 acan lord colonies, and two candy cane colonies, two blasto merletti colonies and they are all still having problems, I didnt see any adverse affects from the dip, but the recession is still in the same places, and I feel is moving faster. I think im gonna have to start another quarantine tank. transfer nothing but the corals from the existing system, I will get 30 gallons of water from a friends tank when he does a water change. then I will see if it is something in the water or if it is an infected coral.

 

[racerw]

mikekman I was told to be careful not to overdose, sorry I do not know the effects.
I actually underdose my tank for what the directions say, I add about have the recommended dose every 5-6 days.

 

[neyugn0w01]

Check your Mag levels.