Hawkins Enchinata tips

[Fly Guy]

That wide gentle stream with lots of water moving through it is what we want and why all high end powerheads, as well as the good cheaper powerheads such as the koralias are designed as such

that still doesnt mean you want to put soemthing directly in front of it

[SolarEclipse]

Oh, so more water goes through and more water gets going everywhere to get a lot of flow going, I get it. When I first got it I was thinking, wow that old Rio one seems to work better...now it all comes together now but also .

[SolarEclipse]

Hold on a couple more random posts then picture post time.

[SolarEclipse]

Hope that isn't against the rules. It is for the life of my coral, .

[SolarEclipse]

Why can't I post pictures? I can do it everywhere else. I uploaded them to photobucket, then what do I do?

[SolarEclipse]

I looked at that guide that someone made for posting pictures and even did the thing and went to properties for the picture and it just doesn't show up for the picture. I have never had trouble doing it on other forums.

[SolarEclipse]

Okay, I got it to work. I took the pictures against my hand as a backdrop so you can see the tips more clearly. I apologize again for the horrible quality of the pictures. I'm not sure why the pictures are different sizes. They saved as the same size on Photobucket. Still got to learn some stuff, lol.

[Fly Guy]

ok......so picture IS worth a thousand words....maybe two

i take it back it couldnt be growth.

the coral looks great. From your description I was picturing much more white than that. Some corals when growing will have a 1/2" or more that shows white which IME this one simply doesnt grow that fast. If anything put it higher in the tank than you already have it and it will show you a much brighter blue.

So I hope I maybe shed some light on a couple of things in between all of my wasted breath

[SolarEclipse]

No, it isn't growth, lol. That is how bad the picture is, . It looks almost like a calcium build up on the tips.

[Fat Tony]

I have found that Echinata is one of those "sensitive" corals, particularly on the growth tips. Handling will frequently cause the tissue to recede on them as they are fragile. Also, strond direct flow seems to cause this. Having been working alot lately one of my Seio 1250's drifted down a little and was blowing directly on a decent sized Acro colony in my tank. I didn't notice this as I left before the lights came on and came home well after they were off. I noticed it and it had pretty much wiped the colony out. It could not have been that way for more than a couple days. On a side note the colony probably would not have lasted all that long anyway. It was a cultured piece and aparently the base that it was attached to while being propagated was loaded with phosphates. This was evident by the green skeleton on the lower portions of the colony. All the newer growth was nice crisp white.

[SolarEclipse]

I looked at the Hawkins Echinata today, and now I saw polyps coming out of most all the branches, even the ones that were white on the tips. I think that is a good sign, correct?

[Fat Tony]

yes, good sign.

[SolarEclipse]

Oh no, you guys and gals. The hawkins is getting more bleached around the base. Now I am beginning to see white spots around the bases of my other sps too. I just did a water change.

pH- 8.4
nitirite-0
ammonia-0
nitrate-5
salinity-1.025
kH- 7 ( used an additive to raise it a little)
calcium- 400

That's all I test for. Only thing I can think is the kH. My light's are also getting old, but in August, please help this is like five sps corals.

[Jadinop]

White spots like small circular bites or just white areas.
http://www.melevsreef.com/aefw.html

You might want to try a dip to see if anything comes off. Revive works great and is easy on the coral as well.

[SolarEclipse]

I believe they are just white areas, I am trying to look for bite marks, and I can't seem to find any. They don't look like the ones that were on the link that you gave me. Here is a pic of one of the corals that I have. The pic is with my phone so it is a little blurry but yeah. The spot is to the left of the stalk.