Your last calcium also looks a little low.
Scolymia Coral problem
- Thread starter mumra
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I'll test when I get home tonight but everything else looks great aside from a cabbage leather.
current parameters
phos 0.25
alk 8.0
Nitrate 0.0
Ammonia 0.0
Calcium 400
Magnesium 1400
phos 0.25
alk 8.0
Nitrate 0.0
Ammonia 0.0
Calcium 400
Magnesium 1400
RIP
Man that’s terrible. Sorry
Lost another trachy. This one didn't last long at all. I got it at the swap in March and it officially lost all it's color Monday. It looked great until last week when I noticed it starting to peal back. What am I doing wrong? I saw a crab on what was left of it last night. Could they be eating the trachys?
Parameters:
4/4/25
Magnesium 1280
Calcium 320
Phosphates 0.25
Alkalinity 7.7
pH 7.8
Nitrate 0.0
Pic before it started going bad.
Parameters:
4/4/25
Magnesium 1280
Calcium 320
Phosphates 0.25
Alkalinity 7.7
pH 7.8
Nitrate 0.0
Pic before it started going bad.
ph and Alk are a little low. I had an incident where a Mithrax crab was a hitchhiker on a piece of LR. Woke up and found that the crab (not identified until after the incident) was a Mithrax crab. He had ripped up 2 large BTAs. I also hear they go after corals, but he was in my BTA only tank. If you have TB LR there’s a good chance it could be a minthrax crab. If it is, get it out and throw it in the garbage disposal. Phosphates are a little high, but not really concerning. Your calcium certainly needs to be corrected. If it is a Mithrax crab get it out ASAP unless it’ll be a fish only tank.
TBLR?
I have an emrald crab and some hermits but I haven't seen anything else. I also have 2 massive RBTAs that I wouldn't mind seeing gone.
They just take up way to much space.
I have an emrald crab and some hermits but I haven't seen anything else. I also have 2 massive RBTAs that I wouldn't mind seeing gone.
They just take up way to much space.
Tampa Bay live rock
Nitrate should not be 0, especially with a phos. of 0.25.
Generally speaking, with a phos of 0.25, you should be running NO3 somewhere around 2.5
If you've been staying stable at 0 nitrate and not doing anything to try to actively boost it, the coral may be starving for nutrients.
While I don't by any means know that this is the answer, it's certainly a possibility, or at least confounding factor.
Generally speaking, with a phos of 0.25, you should be running NO3 somewhere around 2.5
If you've been staying stable at 0 nitrate and not doing anything to try to actively boost it, the coral may be starving for nutrients.
While I don't by any means know that this is the answer, it's certainly a possibility, or at least confounding factor.
Yeah, I'll see about dosing some Nitrate. That could be why my wall hammer isn't as big as it has been.
And no, I don't have any TBLR.
