Brown SPS one more time

[kotlec]

I was cleanning eveery 10-12 days. May be I should start cleaning half screen at once...

[kerry]

That might be a better option

[Wopadobop]

Just a thought but looking at the new photo. The brown sps i see is in the shade. Is this right?
maybe prune back some of the pink birdsnest or relocate if that is the case. just throwing that out there.

[Wopadobop]

I dont have this much of a swing but I do have swing. Ca is pretty stable but, the Alk can bounce between 8-10 in a slow climb or slow fall in a week or two time line so its not sudden but its not what I would call stable. Most of this is due to the algae sucking up the alk toward the end of the two week run before cleaning, then after the cleaning it slowly rises until the screen gets thick.

Thats really not bad at all. i think the accepted normal is a swing of no more than .2 ph in a 24 hour period and alk of 1.4 per 24 with no effect at all. While not solid as a rock That is pretty damn good brother.

[kotlec]

hey Wopadobop,

No SPS are not in the shade at all. They are ones that gotthe most of the light. They sit in front of all birdsnest.

Interestingly ph is not swinging in unison with alk in my case . Whatever alk , ph is 8.1-8.2 Got no idea why.

[kerry]

I stopped check my pH as it was always good. Maybe I should check it as my Birds nest just bleached the other day and I fragged 4 pieces and they are doing fine in the same tank at about the same level toward the top. I am having the opposite of you kotlec!!

[Wopadobop]

the universe seems to be throwing us all for a loop lately. Just came home to a melted bubble tip but the other is all pretty and happy. Everything checks out fine. /shrug.