Sal10104 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 i have a small frag of red planet that is my first ever Acro and i have noticed the bottom is starting to bleach! and i have started to research and it said that i can frag part of the top and that part that i fragged would have a chance of survival, is this true? and if it isn't what is the best action i should take right now? Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Check your water parameters first them post them back here! Looking for cal, mag, alk, po, Link to comment
ManGups Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Yes, u can frag or if u are worried - I can also apply superglue to the bleached part till the edge where the bleach ends. But do post ur parameters so that someone can advice what is possibly causing that .. Most essential a keep things stable ...alk especially and don't keep moving the frag or touching ..leave it one place and get ur parameters stable ...!! Link to comment
Sal10104 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Check your water parameters first them post them back here! Looking for cal, mag, alk, po, calc. 430 mag. 1400 alk. 10 phos. .05 i realize phosphate is high and I'm working on that (reducing feedings to once every 3 days, feeding less garlic, using phosgaurd, increasing water changes) Yes, u can frag or if u are worried - I can also apply superglue to the bleached part till the edge where the bleach ends. But do post ur parameters so that someone can advice what is possibly causing that .. Most essential a keep things stable ...alk especially and don't keep moving the frag or touching ..leave it one place and get ur parameters stable ...!! Link to comment
gulfsurfer101 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Yeah I would cut garlic completely unless you have sick finnicky fish that refuse to eat! Vaccum out your sand bed with water changes. Siphon out as much detritus as possible. You can frag it but with po so high you risk algae growing on the fresh cut or just killing your frag by stressing it further. Honestly is look at cleaning up my water and letting it be. Try and shoot for aquacultured sps since they are more hardy. You probably recieved a frag off a maricultured colony where there was little hope to begin with. Edit: Red planet is aquacultured so it should bounce back pretty easily once your water parameters fall bank on order! Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 You sure you're not seeing new growth/encrustment? Just checking Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 calc. 430 mag. 1400 alk. 10 phos. .05 i realize phosphate is high and I'm working on that (reducing feedings to once every 3 days, feeding less garlic, using phosgaurd, increasing water changes) How do you have Phos at .05 with phosguard? Link to comment
Jackstone Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I didn't have good luck with any SPS until I lowered by Alk to the 7.8 - 8.2 level. Link to comment
Sal10104 Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 How do you have Phos at .05 with phosguard? don't know, it never goes down. i replace it weekly Yeah I would cut garlic completely unless you have sick finnicky fish that refuse to eat! Vaccum out your sand bed with water changes. Siphon out as much detritus as possible. You can frag it but with po so high you risk algae growing on the fresh cut or just killing your frag by stressing it further. Honestly is look at cleaning up my water and letting it be. Try and shoot for aquacultured sps since they are more hardy. You probably recieved a frag off a maricultured colony where there was little hope to begin with. Edit: Red planet is aquacultured so it should bounce back pretty easily once your water parameters fall bank on order! Okay, i just did a water change and siphoned a bit of sand hoping for a recovery You sure you're not seeing new growth/encrustment? Just checking It hasn't grown that much at all, at most 1/4 of an inch in 6 months i just have started to noticed the bottom is turning white Link to comment
Reefer69 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Is it the rim of the base thats turning white? That new growth. White on the base could mean its starting to branch, but more likely bleaching in your case. Link to comment
holy carp Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Is it the rim of the base thats turning white? That new growth. White on the base could mean its starting to branch, but more likely bleaching in your case. Yeah, some pics would probably help. Link to comment
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