SPS not extending polyps

5ft24 · Feb 3, 2011

Quick question... What would cause a Birdsnest to suddenly quit extending polyps?
Everything else is happy...

nicodim55 · Feb 3, 2011

How is your Alk?

Clifford · Feb 3, 2011

Among a few other params. Dave you usually know all of your params. Try to throw those in with your posts regarding questions such as this. It will give people a better understanding of your situation and you will probably get your issue resolved quicker.

5ft24 · Feb 3, 2011

yeah, the numbers sometime tell it all LOL... Just noticed it when I peeked in the tank on the way out the door to work at 5am... Will check params tonight before WC. Gonna do a 25 gal water change tonight or first thing in the AM tomorrow... Guess I also should get a mag test kit too... Have no clue where my mag numbers are.
Need to get the tank tweaked for the Strawberry shortcake growout...

5ft24 · Feb 4, 2011

Ok, Numbers as follows (Where the heck did my Phosphates suddenly come from???

PH 8.15 (Lights had only been on 10 minutes)
alk 11 (was 8.5 after last water change... WTF?)
Ca 400 (My Monti caps are HUNGRY!)
Nitrate - 20
Phosphates .20 WTF???

5ft24 · Feb 4, 2011

nicodim55 said:

back up to 11... GRRRRR...
was 8.5 after last weeks WC

Haven't dosed anything either...

MikeGilliland · Feb 4, 2011

I hear free scolys bring down the alk.

5ft24 · Feb 4, 2011

MikeGilliland said:

Sweet! I'll take one and Be GRATEFUL!

MikeGilliland · Feb 4, 2011

:ahhhhh::afraid:

5ft24 · Feb 5, 2011

Well, this morning, it was still brown with the polyps retracted. I get home tonight, and it is Bone white half way up each piece... while watching it I can see pieces of tissue coming off and drifting away in the current... Sigh... does it ever stop?

gumbii · Feb 5, 2011

5ft24 said:

not cool...

did you do any other changes to the tank...? or itself...? like new lights, moved it around, fell onto sand, it's in the way of fish when they swim, direct flow of pump...?

5ft24 · Feb 5, 2011

Nope, no other changes. Been in the same spot since I got it, and it's plug is wedged into a rock.

jkinros · Feb 6, 2011

Have you added anything different recently?

5ft24 · Feb 6, 2011

Nope, nothing at all...

Here are before and after pics...

MikeGilliland · Feb 6, 2011

Its good. It just morphed into the MKA (Mary Kate and ashley) Coral.

gumbii · Feb 6, 2011

MikeGilliland said:

LOLLERBOATZ!!!...

IEreefmaster · Feb 6, 2011

MikeGilliland said:

Not when you argue about them.

5ft24 · Feb 6, 2011

Just checked params tonight after the big WC Friday...
SG 1.025
PH 8.25
Alk 9.5
Ca 480
N03 15
P04 undetectable with API kit

Clifford · Feb 6, 2011

Dave need to know your Mag. Your other param's are looking good.

5ft24 · Feb 6, 2011

I need to buy a test kit this thursday!
Paydays are grand

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