Spring coral losses

[fdiddy]

I'm losing my green acro as we type

[michika]

A week, or two ago, I lost a new colony, a mille, and half of a much older colony, a deep water pieces that I've had for almost a year.

I was using IO, which I loath with a passion, at the time of the RTN (mille) and STN (deep water). I ended up unplugging both my reactors, Ca and Kalk., and it stopped. I've tracked my parameters for years with an excel spreadsheet and every year around this time I have RTN/STN. The only consistent factor year after year is the water. Always run through RO/DI, however its always occured just after a warm spot.

[Ryan]

If all this happens in the spring could it be the extra chemicals or maybe they are uping the dosage of chemicals the water company puts in the water? Usually they do this in the spring because of the excess run off in the mountains coming down in the streams and rivers.

Just a thought here.

[Jeff_]

I am using tap water treated with prime, the only loss I've experienced is a complete meltdown of my xenia. Everything else seems to be happy and growing.

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by Ryan

If all this happens in the spring could it be the extra chemicals or maybe they are uping the dosage of chemicals the water company puts in the water? Usually they do this in the spring because of the excess run off in the mountains coming down in the streams and rivers.

Just a thought here.

I have thought that as well. Wondering what can make it through the RO/DI

J

[Aquattro]

No losses for me, alk is in the toilet, haven't changed water in a month. Using RO with RBS salt. Top that off, I had to add 15g to the sump last night when I heard the pump sucking air.

[marie]

I wonder if we pay too much attention to our tanks in the months right after christmas, kind of a "kill them with kindness" sort of thing.

Maybe some neglect, like what happens in the summer months, is actually better for our tanks once they are established

[Ryan]

I know when I was even showering I could smell chlorine BAD when I showered. It was so bad that if you were in the shower for more than 15 minutes your eyes felt like you had been in a pool for 2 hours swimming with your eyes open. This was when i was living in Grande Prairie.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by marie

I wonder if we pay too much attention to our tanks in the months right after christmas, kind of a "kill them with kindness" sort of thing.

Maybe some neglect, like what happens in the summer months, is actually better for our tanks once they are established

I sort of wonder about that, after all the hubbub of christmas we have some time on our hands and well, more time to tinker with the tank. This year I was taking a course and have had no time for tank stuff other than regular waterchanges. Sometimes even those got skipped. I'm finished with the course but now that I'm reading this, I have no plans to mess with the tank

[Myka]

Originally Posted by marie

I wonder if we pay too much attention to our tanks in the months right after christmas, kind of a "kill them with kindness" sort of thing.

Maybe some neglect, like what happens in the summer months, is actually better for our tanks once they are established

That's what I be thinkin, but the water at this time of year could definitely play a role. I also wonder what makes it by the RO/DI when the TDS meter reads 0.

I've never had an established coral up and die on me. If they make the first two weeks, they seem to be bullet proof. Even with SPS at the different times I have kept them. I've had corals brown out or bleach, but never die, and I've never linked it to any particular time of year.