Zoo Fungus?? Help Id And/or Treat

[meanmachine]

My Zoo Colony has developed some blackening and whiteining on some of the polyps and are closed. But most of the colony appears healthy. I put a pic in the photo gallery for id purposes.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=191008&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

 

[meanmachine]

I performed the recommended ZOO DIp as posted on here....I first cut away the worst of the infected polyps,,,and then after the dip placed back in my main tank with high current and only turned on the acthnic lights. About half of the colony has reopened, but now im thinking that i should have cut away more of the polyps that are sickly looking. ANY ideas how long i should wait beforing doing a bit more surgery and attempting another dip?

 

[Reef Junkie]

Have you tested your water lately?

Please list the following to the best of your ability:
Nitrate
Nitrite
Phosphate
Ammonia?
Alkalinity
Calcium
Salinity
Average Temp (specifically overnight)

 

[meanmachine]

PH = 8.0
NITRATE= < 10
NITRITE = 0
AMMONIA= 0
PHOS=0
ALK= 2 meq/ L
CALCIUM = 465
SG= 1.025
AVG TEMP = 81

 

[Reef Junkie]

You're reading a very high Calcium and low alk. My guess is your ph might drop significantly causing a very negative flucuation.

Try bumping your alk up.
What do you currently use?
If you don't use anything, I would recommend a two part solution as the easiest and most cost effective way to get started. Eventually you can upgrade to a calcium reactor, but they are expensive and take time to learn.

You can also try dripping kalk as your makeup water. That will raise your alk and by dripping it(1 drop per second), you'll do it safely. Just be sure to mix it well and then let it settle in the container before dripping it in. Some people let it sit overnight, but 1-2 hours will suffice.

This may not be the answer to your problem, but it does have to be corrected.

 

[meanmachine]

i've been adding baking soda..trying to bump up the alk...the highest i've gotten was 2.5 meq/L....I only been adding 1/2 tsp as per a dosage calculator i used on here. I have a 26 gallon tank