Will this coral grow back?

[PirateLove]

I have some sort of encrusting purple coral on my rock. It was doing great and spreading very fast for a few months until I had a Kalk overdose and it burnt half of it. A few other prices were affected also. Do corals and sps ever bounce back when they look like this? It was my favorite coral to watch grow and now it's pathetic looking.

 

[jayball]

I have some sort of encrusting purple coral on my rock. It was doing great and spreading very fast for a few months until I had a Kalk overdose and it burnt half of it. A few other prices were affected also. Do corals and sps ever bounce back when they look like this? It was my favorite coral to watch grow and now it's pathetic looking.

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Under good and stable conditions they can come back. I had a big chunk of encrusting montipora that mostly died during a kalk overdose. it is slowly encrusting over the old now after languishing for months.

 

[jstack]

to many people kalk od gotta be a better way

 

[jayball]

to many people kalk od gotta be a better way

Sure, you can do 2-part dosing, or a Ca reactor.

Kalk is simply the cheapest way to supplement CA and Alk if you already have an ATO. It is also fairly safe if you pay attention and test regularly, mine happened due to putting my pump outlet on instead of auto. Jusy a stupid mistake I should not have done, no different than messing up any other dosing method

 

[BigBlueTang]

Sure, you can do 2-part dosing, or a Ca reactor.

Kalk is simply the cheapest way to supplement CA and Alk if you already have an ATO. It is also fairly safe if you pay attention and test regularly, mine happened due to putting my pump outlet on instead of auto. Jusy a stupid mistake I should not have done, no different than messing up any other dosing method

Yup.
I'm not going to use it in my ATO. Maybe a kalk stirrer, or just 2 part. 2 part seems like less error. Calcium reactors are ridiculously expensive, and aren't really needed on most tanks below 120-130 gallons.. Honestly, they're not needed unless you have an SPS dominated 150+ gallon tank. Kalk, or 2 part will do the trick

 

[Bent]

Kalk overdoses are harmless, much more so than 2 part overdoses.


The most dangerous part of a Kalk overdose is the reefer reaction.