NanoFever Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hoping someone can help me understand my results. So with all the SPS I have been adding to my tank I need to start dosing and started testing Dkh/Ca/Mg today. Found out why I have been seeing my colors decline in my SPS. I tested my Old water and New water after my water change. Hoping someone can help me understand why my Dkh is getting used up so much faster than Ca. I used all Red Sea test kits except for Phosphate I used Hanna. My old water is 2 weeks old. OLD NEW DKH 3 6 Ca 400 460 Mg Error 1300 Trates 8 4 Amm. 0 0 Ph 8.2 8.2 Phos. .08 Link to comment
k4ndyk1ng Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 lighting, to bright, to dim Link to comment
markalot Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 KH is a smaller scale, so it looks to get used up faster. Stop testing calcium, test KH, figure out your usage, and dose equal parts two-part. This will keep calcium in a safe range. Acros can't stand swings in KH, it will brown them and eventually kill them. You need to maintain a very stable KH to be successful with most acropora. Good luck! Link to comment
NanoFever Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 KH is a smaller scale, so it looks to get used up faster. Stop testing calcium, test KH, figure out your usage, and dose equal parts two-part. This will keep calcium in a safe range. Acros can't stand swings in KH, it will brown them and eventually kill them. You need to maintain a very stable KH to be successful with most acropora. Good luck! Awesome thanks Mark! I will do that! Part B of my 2 part was backordered and should be here early next week so will be starting dosing as soon as it arrives! As for them hating swings I am getting growth on all of them they are just turning a dull to nasty brownish depending on the sps. My montis dont seem to care unless they are going to blind me when I get my parameters right again! Link to comment
markalot Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Awesome thanks Mark! I will do that! Part B of my 2 part was backordered and should be here early next week so will be starting dosing as soon as it arrives! As for them hating swings I am getting growth on all of them they are just turning a dull to nasty brownish depending on the sps. My montis dont seem to care unless they are going to blind me when I get my parameters right again! That might be shipping shock, it happens. Keep things stable, make sure they maintain good polyp extension at night, and they should color back up fairly quickly. Link to comment
NanoFever Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 That might be shipping shock, it happens. Keep things stable, make sure they maintain good polyp extension at night, and they should color back up fairly quickly. I am sure it's a little bit of everything. Thanks again mark! Link to comment
NanoFever Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Since beginning to does 2 part for about 2 weeks now my dkh has been steady at 6. Never straying...and my Ca stayed at 450 pretty much give or take a few. Then I did a water change on Sat and my DkH spiked to 8. Burned some tips...tested 2 times over 6 hours and it stayed. Then the next day I tested again and its back to 6 dkh and my Ca is spiked to 500. any ideas at all what could be causing these numbers to change during the day so much. I dose at 1AM and only 1mL of each A and B part. I just wanna get this under control so I can start getting my SPS to color back up and grow! Link to comment
Admonition Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 What were the parameters of the new water you added? Your new water could have been the cause. Link to comment
NanoFever Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Its the same bag that I have been mixing. My Dkh mixes higher so I expected the rise. What I dont understand is why over night my DkH would drop 2 points. Even when I was dosing the same as prior to the water change and it was stuck at 6. Also my newly mixed saltwater mixes at a super high Dkh of 11 or 12 but Ca is at 460 or so. That doesnt explain how my Ca would rise, would it? Link to comment
markalot Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I suspect the test kit. Link to comment
NanoFever Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 I will see if I can get my hands on another test kit to see if the results vary at all. Link to comment
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