Help with receding candy cane coral

[edikpok]

Arghhh. has anyone tried their Reef Crystals line? should I switch to that? regular IO salt has worked well for me for many years now...

[canadianbudz604]

Though you said the problems started before you got the cleaner shrimp, I do remember mine ****ed all of my Lps off constatly

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by edikpok

Anthony- the original candy cane actually came from you about 5 years ago I bought 2 heads back then of this neon green candy cane.

Amazing. Glad to hear. Now I'll have to trade you for a few heads cause I no longer have any left. I have some IO salt here if you want to try a water change. It's from the same batch I've been doing water changes with for a while, so it should be fine.

Anthony

[reef-keeper]

From what I've read reef crystals have higher calcium and magnesium. Salt is designed for reefs. Also could it be your lighting?

[Reef Pilot]

Are any of your candy cane heads getting stung by sweeper tentacles from neighboring LPS? They come out at night, and can reach out pretty far sometimes.

[edikpok]

I bought a bucket of Reef Crystlas - will give this a try. Measured Mg today and it was quite low - 1100. With weekly water changes, one would think that no dosing is requried (and this was the case in the past). However, perhaps the IO batch that I used over the past 3 weeks had low Mg.

As for the lights, I change the CF bulbs every 6 months and these ones are only 4 months old.

Also noticed today that a few other corals started receding, so whatever the problem is, it is systemwide-hopfully the new salt will help it.

Anthony, I will PM you.

[Reef Pilot]

Well, if it spreading to other corals, that is serious. Your sg is a little low at 1.024, although not sure if that is enough to cause a problem. Are you using a refractometer?

[Nicole.]

Calibrate refractometer if using one.

[edikpok]

I use a good-old hydrometer.... Every now and then I bring it to the store to make sure the readings are correct...

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by edikpok

I use a good-old hydrometer.... Every now and then I bring it to the store to make sure the readings are correct...

Ooooo, invest in a refractometer and some cal solution
Great money spent for sure