help!!!

[neptune]

i have water calc monitor phase phate test calc test dosing peladow pellets..ph is 8.2 seems im off somewhere some of my nice zooes are
dissapering...like melting and also some leathers and other stuff is doing well...if anyone..and my blue zenias the same thing?

 

[neptune]

if anyone knows how to test the calcium and alk...and your in the bronx please come
by i can hook you up with a couple frags before they melt

 

[neptune]

what causes stuff to melt..i have sps softys and lps also anomones ...anomones doing great... lps..great..clam good?????????????lighting 14k hamalton se 2x250
with some old ass pc's 96wx2 bulbs about 8 monthes ran 6 hours a day ice cap ballest temp stays at 79-82 no hood..i think im dosing wrong or my parimaters are messed up...my tank was fine with the reactor..my sps are fine and growing slowly
only a few pieces???????????????????

 

[crox99]

The calcium won't affect your zoos. If you can make it to Brooklyn I'll test your water. I thought you had a Pinpoint Ca monitor.rangehat

 

[ellebelle]

If it can wait until Friday, I'll be around the corner for work. I can stop by and test your water for you. LMK.

 

[bigbris1]

what causes stuff to melt..i have sps softys and lps also anomones ...anomones doing great... lps..great..clam good?????????????lighting 14k hamalton se 2x250
with some old ass pc's 96wx2 bulbs about 8 monthes ran 6 hours a day ice cap ballest temp stays at 79-82 no hood..i think im dosing wrong or my parimaters are messed up...my tank was fine with the reactor..my sps are fine and growing slowly
only a few pieces???????????????????

When I was using that Dr.s Foster & Smith Phosphate removal stuff, my zoas & xenias were melting away. Ever since I stopped using it, they have made a comeback.

Please clarify what you are adding to the tank as well as what products you are using.

 

[Vision06]

I have a salifert cal and alk test kit you can use. I doubt that is your problem but you are still welcome to use them free of charge.

 

[neptune]

thanks everyone... ellebelle that sounds like a plan...i really need these parimiters checked correctly.....

 

[neptune]

you never called or came ...DAM ...i guess im outta gas all this $$$ and work for
nothing now im gonna have to sell my set-up..i never thought that would happen
:Lurking:...............:type:

 

[NYreefNoob]

zoa's

dude dont stress, i have periods about every 6 months that i have zoa's melting away, best bet is to pull the frags or colonies and save as much as you can and put them in the sump, do a bacterial dip as well as a ro\di water dip. if all's it took was a few zoa's melting away {$700 worth} id have quit the hobby 3 months after starting it, do you dip all new coras going into the tank ? or acclimate new stuff ? any new additions ?

 

[neptune]

never

 

[neptune]

heres my tank now

its doing great exept for the zoos i think the tuze 6060 is too much flow
maybe i should just get 2 nano streems for my 90 gal??? i see lps not opening up fully...maybe thats it?

 

[Pseudo]

I don't understand your first post. What are peladow pellets ? You are dosing what exactly ? Zoos also dissapear because of snails and crabs and fish. Check to see if you have eggs on the zoos or a hitchhiker crab.

Kasei

 

[neptune]

woa' ya.???????im checking i do have emrald crabs

 

[tripstank]

I am a bit lost too

 

[neptune]

peladow pellets are calcium just like dow flake but pellets more concentraded

 

[fritz]

If you can't test your alk and calcium levels you should stop dosing them NOW. Never dose something when you don't know how much you already have in your tank.

As Psuedo mentioned, melting zoas can be caused by many things. There are a few animals that eat zoanthids. There are small crabs, sundial snails and nudibranchs that all consume zoanthids in order to stay alive.

You could also have something going on chemically in the tank that is killing the zoanthids.

 

[neptune]

could it be from too much flow i have a tunzie 6060 and a seio 1100 and my lps look
like there in a blizzard

 

[meschaefer]

could it be from too much flow i have a tunzie 6060 and a seio 1100 and my lps look
like there in a blizzard

Too much flow wont cause zoa's to "melt", unless it is so much flow that they are not opening up.

 

[Wolverine57]

Listen to Fritz! Test your Alk and Calcium level. Its possible your on the high side. Stop dosing and check your water parimeters!