everything has RTN

[Nick_Kun]

what is your exact parms and do you have a pic of your tank?

[jrod11]

what is your exact parms and do you have a pic of your tank?

I'll retest everything tonight and then take pictures too.

[jrod11]

what is RTN

RTN is rapid tissue necrosis (sp?)

It looks like the tissue is being pulled off the skeleton of the coral. Painful to watch for me at the moment.

[Bogg]

What test kits are you using and how old are they?. Water changes.

[jrod11]

What test kits are you using and how old are they?. Water changes.

API alk and it is a over a year. not sure how long they last for?
Calc is an ELOS test kit and had that for about 6 months.
Mag I cant remember

bogg do you have an ALK elos kit i can grab? I can come by after work today or whenever.

[luv4qt1004]

do a water change. thats the best u can do. and dont dose anything. try doing like 15-20G water changes like twice a week instead of once a week.

[jrod11]

Started mixing water late last night, hopefully will be ready to go tonight.

Thanks for the help everyone. Still looking to see if anyone is available to check out my situation if available.

[jrod11]

Just changed out about 17 gallons. borrowed a refractometer and turns out that my hydrometer was off. salinity was at 1.030 when according to my hydrometer it was 1.026. Last time i use that thing.

[luv4qt1004]

it could be that. i had my salinity at 1.03 before and it was still fine. could be something else

[jrod11]

it could be that. i had my salinity at 1.03 before and it was still fine. could be something else

Unfortunately i think this is only one part of the problem.

Meeting Bogg tomorrow after work and bringing him some water. He was nice enough to help me test the water with some different test kits.

[naso tang]

Can you describe kalk sludge? IS that the super milky white thinck stuff? I normally will let it sit for a while so that the white junk settles at the bottom and then the stuff that gets dosed is clear.

That's what I meant but doesn't sound like that's your prob since you'd tested pH and it wasn't out of whack. I have confidence these resident experts will help you figure it out though...

[jrod11]

got the salinity now down to 1.028.....bringing it down slowly

[jrod11]

Brought the salinity down and it was at 1.026 this morning. The octospawn looked better than it did yesterday morning. Actually looked somewhat inflated even.

With the 18 gallon water change, and then removing a bunch of saltwater and replacing it with RODI, i think i might have done close to a 35 gallon water change last night.

Making more water to do another water change tomorrow.

[drainbamage]

Keep us posted. I might have some time this weekend to check it out, but honestly you just doing water changes is probably going to be the biggest thing. Also think of maybe adding a chemical adsorbent media such as chemi-pure or something just to absorb any possible toxins from the pissed off corals.

[jrod11]

Keep us posted. I might have some time this weekend to check it out, but honestly you just doing water changes is probably going to be the biggest thing. Also think of maybe adding a chemical adsorbent media such as chemi-pure or something just to absorb any possible toxins from the pissed off corals.

Let me know if you do have some time. The last 8 months with my tank has been a very humbling experience. It can't hurt to get as many opinions as possible!