Need help something eating my corals!!!

[peter]

Get your temp to 77-79. I think that might be the problem and how is the flow in your tank? Lighting also

 

[CT_10]

ill bump up the temp. but i noticed that when i do i start to get algae growth on my glass real fast !
and i shall go to the store buy some alk and measure to see how much i need to replensish

 

[CT_10]

my water flow is good not too crazy but not to slow
i got one of those Jebao WP25
and as for light i have full spectrum LEDs

 

[thedevilscandy]

Like everyone else said, you need to start checking and dosing alk. I finally had to start a couple weeks ago. I would agree, bump the temp to 78. 2 other things, are they getting too much flow? Also, do you dose mag? I've got a 60 gallon full of softies and euphyllia and have to dose mag daily and now alk daily, every other day... still playing with that one. The amphipods are definitely harmless though.

 

[peter]

How high do you have the hammer placed? Pictures might help also

 

[Greaser9999]

+1 temp seems too low! Alk could go up a bit, 9

 

[nl5882]

I'd have to say temp probs. What about stray voltage you have any other type of corals. Also what are you using to check salinity ? Hydrometers are junk.

 

[ItsTheNano]

What i have noticed with octospawn/frogspawn is that they hate strong flow, i have octospawn that i had moved a little to where the flow was blasting the tentacles all over & it was completely receded. I moved it again & within half an hour the tentacles had opened up again.


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[CT_10]

Far right is my green hammer
And to the right my other hammer that's perfectly fine
I dose kalkwasser daily pretty much cause I have it to my ATO

 

[CT_10]

just tested my
carbonate harness (kh)

dkh 11
196.9 ppm kh

don't know which one u guys go by

is there anything else that could be the cause of my hammer dying ?

 

[Greaser9999]

11�� maybe it's just the low temp

 

[CT_10]

well i put the heater a bit higher so lets see and hope for the best : /
but by the looks of from ur guys say its a gonner

 

[oredith]

well i put the heater a bit higher so lets see and hope for the best : /
but by the looks of from ur guys say its a gonner

DON'T just jump the temp. you're gonna risk shocking the rest of the stuff in the tank!

raise it slowly.

 

[CT_10]

Yes I'm raising temperature slowly

 

[nl5882]

Ok I noticed u said 7-8 alk on first page, on this one it'd 11. That's a big swing. Do you usually keep it at 7-8? Also its good to never change anything fast. My Heater went bad last month dropped to 73. Raised it 1 a day 1/2 in morning other half at night

 

[oredith]

what are you using to test your parameters?

 

[nl5882]

I use salifert for alk

 

[CT_10]

The 7-8 was when I wasn't dosing kalkwasser but now that I am (it's been like month or 2 that I integrated it with my ATO)
And I'm using API test kit I know it's not the best but it's what I have now

 

[oredith]

the API is notorious for being inaccurate. do you have a LFS close by that you can take in to get the water tested?

 

[thedevilscandy]

Have you checked to see what your mag is at?