White Mites and sps dieing help!!

[parkavenuereef]

I bought a frag of purple digi the other day that was excellent, and now It seems to be dying at the base. As i looked right at it, I seen many small what look to be termites white in color crawling on the rock it is mounted on and down around the base of the frag.. Is this the problem or is it something else? incedentily, I have tons of these mites all on my glass and whipping around the tank. Any help would be great! thanks!

 

[parkavenuereef]

here is a picture...

 

[jackson6745]

sounds like pods.....can you get a pic of them?

 

[parkavenuereef]

I will try to take a picture of them, what is causing the acro death however?

 

[jackson6745]

That monti frag could be STNing for many different reasons.
you should know:
calcium
alkalinity
magnesium
nitrate
phosphate
temp
salinity
Any problems with other SPS in the tank? Placing the coral in higher flow couldn't hurt.

 

[damienkee]

is tat nudi? i dun think pod will do harm to ur monti... can show a pic here....
i will suspect.. nudi....

 

[parkavenuereef]

Here is my water levels.

Nitrate 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Amonia 0ppm
phos 0ppm
Ph 8.4-8.6 seems pretty dark on the scale
Alk 450 Picture is greener in person
Calc 400

salinity 1.025 @82 which is way hot, my thermo must me out of adjustment.

This is after a 20 Gallon water change today..

 

[jackson6745]

Alk is 450? Does anyone know what that is in DKH or meq/l?

 

[parkavenuereef]

I guess my question is, i hear alot of homemade calc and alk mixes. what do i need to make such a mix?

 

[parkavenuereef]

not sure, but in is in the normal range on the alk card..

 

[jackson6745]

I borrowed a pic from the gallery

Do the mites look like this? http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/5013Floris_Reef_Tank_113.jpg

 

[parkavenuereef]

I would say yes they are white and in the general quantity..

 

[jackson6745]

Ok well pods definitely aren't killing your monti.
I would say continue with your water changes and superglue around the area to help stop the spreading.
You should try to get better testkits like the ones from Salifert. They are more accurate.

 

[parkavenuereef]

Will do... I appreciate it.. By the way do you dose kalk? and if so what do you dose for calc and alk?

 

[jackson6745]

I use a CA reactor now but in the past I used to dose kalk and eventually "Kalk and vinegar" (Do a search for the mix). Works great!

 

[parkavenuereef]

The search isn't working do you know the instructions off hand or a link to the instructions?? Thanks in advance your really helping me out today!

 

[jackson6745]

Glad I could help
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.php

 

[parkavenuereef]

very helpful thanks!!!

 

[twon8]

i would suggest getting a salifert alk test, it is much more accurate, and alkalinity is one of the most imp. factors in a tank.