Shrinking candy cane coral

[ytpmzy]

I lack a lot of test kits (getting them soon.)

dKH 8

Ammonia <0.02

pH 8

My candy cane coral seems to be getting smaller and smaller every day ...

Have been putting food on their mouth now, one starting to swell up o.o , is that a sign of recovery?

Thanks in advance ^.^

Please don't flame me if I am making a big mistake.

P.s The zoa you see in the 2nd picture is the one I want to trade been with me for awhile quite healthy (cross promo haha)

[ytpmzy]

Got my test kit ...

Calcium-500ppm

dkH-8

Phosphate-0.5ppm

pH-7.8

nitrate-20ppm

ammonia- <0.02ppm

Hope this shed some light on my situation ....

p.s Target feeding the corals with clam meet every other day now ....

[mechgobi]

Could be light n placement... Am not an expert but placement of my lobo made a great difference..

[mechgobi]

How did u epoxyed ur coral? Underwater or out of water..always wonder..like to know how to do it

[sgtayc]

Read from many source that phosphate should not exceed 0.03 otherwise coral will not grow. O.5 is way too high i think

[ytpmzy]

How did u epoxyed ur coral? Underwater or out of water..always wonder..like to know how to do it

thanks i will move it around

out of water, here's a video "vivid aquarium"-

Read from many source that phosphate should not exceed 0.03 otherwise coral will not grow. O.5 is way too high i think

icic i will do some water change. thanks

[sgtayc]

U can buy the tlf reactor new at $80 + or 2nd hand at around $40 to run phosphate media. It works for me

[asg]

dont permanently glue your coral on day 1, move it around till it is happy then glue it.

[ytpmzy]

U can buy the tlf reactor new at $80 + or 2nd hand at around $40 to run phosphate media. It works for me

I use phosguard (seachem)

[ytpmzy]

Did a change in phosguard ... Phosphate dropped to 0ppm...

But ... nitrate somehow climbed overnight o.o to 80ppm ....

Going to do a water change now ~Sigh~

Is there going to be any drastic side effect of this high nitrate?

[asg]

80ppm is really really high liao.... better do more WC else coral and fish will gone soon...

[sgtayc]

I started a post few days back abt my nitrate. Tested using salifert and api at the same time. Salifert 25 api 80

[asg]

I started a post few days back abt my nitrate. Tested using salifert and api at the same time. Salifert 25 api 80

Do you try the double sensitive method for salifert?

[ytpmzy]

I started a post few days back abt my nitrate. Tested using salifert and api at the same time. Salifert 25 api 80

That could explain ... I might want to go get salifert nitrate test kit soon ... haha using api now

p.s Dosed vodka and water change ... tested again ... results show 0ppm... Api test kit range very big ... so approx 0ppm bah haha

[sgtayc]

Do you try the double sensitive method for salifert?

Not sure what is double sensitive method. Can explain?

[asg]

Not sure what is double sensitive method. Can explain?

maybe i shall say high sensitive method, using same amount of water but double the regent, then divide the reading by half. This method is also mentioned in the test kit manual.

[ytpmzy]

maybe i shall say high sensitive method, using same amount of water but double the regent, then divide the reading by half. This method is also mentioned in the test kit manual.

Does it work with api test kits?

[asg]

Does it work with api test kits?

you can try... but if smoke starts coming off the mixture, run fast

[ytpmzy]

you can try... but if smoke starts coming off the mixture, run fast

hahaha, icic. I will try the next time i test haha