parameters

[bignick]

i have a 72 gallon tank and about 85 gallon system all together. i checked my parameters today after my every other week 10 gallon water change.

im most likely going to do a 40-45 gallon water change one day this week (just give a +1 if you agree)
all my parameter checked out except for:

ph-9
kh-7
no3-10
ca-440 (i know its good but just wanted to put it)

all my corals are fine except for my acans, the have shrivled up. pics:

 

[tenMann2]

how did you get ph so high?
same with my acans, they shriveled up too for some reason, did a 25 gal water change on my 72g yesterday, already seen it coming back.

 

[bignick]

ok thanks that makes me feel better. thanks for helpin weezyfella

 

[naples]

Nick are you dosing anything

 

[bignick]

No but tommorrow or definitley wenesday I'm going to do a 50% water change cause its been like this for a few weeks

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[pauliwalnuts]

I wouldn't do a 50% water change if i were you.
What type of lighting do you have, bulb type+wattage+color temperature+how long is your lighting on for ? And also how deep is your tank ?

 

[bignick]

Its a mh fixture I'm not near the tank but its about 20 inches deep roughly nd the acans are at mid level and I am doing a 50% water change

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[pauliwalnuts]

Bulb type+wattage+color temperature+how long is your lighting on for ? What test kit are you using for PH ? There is noway that your PH is that high, that would effect your other coral as well.

 

[bignick]

i have the light on for 10 hrs a day 1hr's for the atinics morning and night i use the sera aqua test kit, the atinics are blue i dont have the other info because im not home right now

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Recommeneded bigest water change, and only during an "emergency", is 45%. You should invest in a electronic PH tester, test kits aren't that accurate and depending on the ambient lighting the colors seem different. If all your other coral and fish look good, then PH is definitly not the issue. What it seems like is that you have too much lighting for acans. I aslo tried to house one with no luck. Well, it was my fault as I was trying to house it in a high light environment when it is a low light coral. Metal halide bulbs are quite powerfull, especially if they're double ended. When you get those specs post them. I'm almost possitive its from the light.

 

[bignick]

i know for a fact that the mh bulbs are single ended and the 4 atinic bulbs are doubled tubed but i dont know the specs of them and watts

 

[pauliwalnuts]

If it's the same lights that are on the picture of your avatar, they look very bright. Can you name some of the corals you have at the highest point of the rock work ?
You should also try puting the acan/acans in a shaded area for four days and observe what happens. If you see them start to get even the slightes bit plumpier, then it's the lights.

 

[bignick]

my corals mid tank level and up is hammerhead coral, an anemone, kenya tree(s), and some gradis polyps and some red mushrooms and i will put them in a shaded area

 

[bignick]

and those are the lights i have in my avatar

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Sounds like a plan Nick. Hope nothing I said was taken in any wrong way brother, I'm only trying to help out. You doing a 50% water chande is definitly not going to benifit the tank in anyway. What I can see from the pics they look they're being burned, unless your nitrates are thru the roof wich you've said they're not. Keep me posted on how it goes. Good luck

 

[bignick]

no thank you for your help and im going to take your advice but the water change is for the ph because i checked it twice and got a ph of 9 but if the test was wrong which it could of been the water change cant do any harm and ill let you know how i make out in a couple of days. thanks nick