What's wrong with this sps? Are these crabs reef-safe?
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Seachem phosphate kit. Only RODI water is used for everything. And I have a dual TDS meter reporting zeros before and after the DI.
FYI that phosphate test kit is not good for low range, as well as 90% of the test kits out there. Hanna and Hach are the only two that I know of that are capable of reading true low range P04. To me that colony looks browned out, it should be green yes? The coral can be browned out form flow, light, or nutrients and or a combination of two or more of those factors.
Do you run GFO?
Do you run GFO?
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That was the kit recommeded by one of our sponsor.
I brought it brown and it has remained brown. The LFS had several of them under halides and all were brown. You would know better than me. I owed it for 3 months.
I brought it brown and it has remained brown. The LFS had several of them under halides and all were brown. You would know better than me. I owed it for 3 months.
here is what that pocillopora is supposed to look like =
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Just because someone has halides does not mean they have a healthy tank. The LFS may have had a lot of nutrients in that tank or received that coral brown from where ever they got it from. Also don't take one persons word for something. Please take the time to research the "collective" before you buy just about anything in this hobby. Shoot, don't listen to me either....please use Reef Central and this site and others to look up products and advise. Be careful about taking one persons advise unless you've seen their tank in person and they have had a healthy tank for a couple years.
Just my .02
Just because someone has halides does not mean they have a healthy tank. The LFS may have had a lot of nutrients in that tank or received that coral brown from where ever they got it from. Also don't take one persons word for something. Please take the time to research the "collective" before you buy just about anything in this hobby. Shoot, don't listen to me either....please use Reef Central and this site and others to look up products and advise. Be careful about taking one persons advise unless you've seen their tank in person and they have had a healthy tank for a couple years.
Just my .02
That one came from me, did it not, Tony? I have several of the same colony still. Traded in that color by another hobbyist, remain that color months later. Brown is a color... and the overwhelming majority of corals in the wild are brown.
JAustin, you're more than welcome to come and assess the health of my tanks.
And there's nothing wrong with the Seachem Phosphate test. Works just fine for its intended purpose, but you're welcome to bring up your test and we can do some experimentation and compare notes
Jenn
JAustin, you're more than welcome to come and assess the health of my tanks.
And there's nothing wrong with the Seachem Phosphate test. Works just fine for its intended purpose, but you're welcome to bring up your test and we can do some experimentation and compare notes
Jenn
I have seen asterina starfish do this down low on some sps corals.
It has not happened often but I have pulled asterina stars off of my healthy birdsnest. They quickly cleaned a whole branch by the time I noticed.
I can't figure it out, I have a lot of asterina stars that never touch it.
I can't figure it out, I have a lot of asterina stars that never touch it.
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No Jenn, I bought it from PetsUnlimited. That is the color. Interestingly, every once in a while i do see a very smalloff white star fish, but never on the coral. Maybe it is dining at night
Well if my memory serves, the customer who traded it to me, also shops at Matt's (Pets Unltd) - it's quite possibly from the same colony. We have a bunch of it still, that was traded in a while back. It grows and does just fine, it's just kind of a plain color.
The harmful asterina stars have red and/or blue on their backs. The tan ones are harmless and feed on bacterial film and algae.
Jenn
The harmful asterina stars have red and/or blue on their backs. The tan ones are harmless and feed on bacterial film and algae.
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Not a great pic, but these are mostly yours! They look great.
a couple of us have tan one's that are eating zoas and palys now. Been removing them by hand and have added a harliquin shrimp. Just when you think your pest free some kind of harmless thing becomes harmful. I doubt they eat SPS but hell if you see them on there keep an eye on them and see if there is any dead spots where they were.
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I found a limpet sucking the hell of it this morning. Many told me they are good. I put him/her/it/undecided in my overflow....Jenn, I will be seeing soon. You want it?
