Poor SPS Coloration, ICP Test & Pics Included

[Rickyrooz]

I wish you would follow the steps in the link and actually stop the stray voltage in your tank. You're telling me you have stray voltage in two tanks and that you've replaced every single piece of electrical item in the tank that could produce stray voltage? Things don't add up here. I don't understand that post by JB NY and how it related to your tank. Are you thinking now that it's just that you need to switch to Triton to get magic results he got?

Tracking down the stray volt by turning off each piece of equipment until the "sting" is gone. Replacing the components that are faulty, I am not sure what else you are talking about as to following the steps. I don't trust voltmeters as saltwater is very good at carrying current and even when all equipment was unplugged I still found a positive reading. As far as JBNY's post my tank is three years old and I was relating it because as the tank matures bacteria or coral waste may be the cause for my Acropora only coral decline, Dendro's, Acan's, Blasto's, Lobo's, Chalices and Monti's are all unaffected.

August shot for reference

 

[CoralWealth]

considering everything looks good in your ICP test, I would also think it is the stray voltage as I have heard bad things about how that affects acros.

Your levels look good so that is what I would look at. There are plenty of tanks that are a lot older then 3 years that THRIVE with acros so I really do not think that is the issue. Is JBNY even still using triton? That post is over a year old now.

 

[Reefltx]

considering everything looks good in your ICP test, I would also think it is the stray voltage as I have heard bad things about how that affects acros.

Your levels look good so that is what I would look at. There are plenty of tanks that are a lot older then 3 years that THRIVE with acros so I really do not think that is the issue. Is JBNY even still using triton? That post is over a year old now.

Last time, I checked he was.

 

[daelie]

considering everything looks good in your ICP test, I would also think it is the stray voltage as I have heard bad things about how that affects acros.

Your levels look good so that is what I would look at. There are plenty of tanks that are a lot older then 3 years that THRIVE with acros so I really do not think that is the issue. Is JBNY even still using triton? That post is over a year old now.

JBNY still uses triton.

I wouldn’t say his icp results looked fine either. He’s still getting tin readings. I noticed a decline in just my acros as well about a year ago and tin was the only thing in my triton test that wasn’t within the specified value. After correcting that to non detectable, things were back to looking good.

Another user on here noticed a decline in his acros with a reading of 3 ug/L , so until it’s undetectable, I wouldn’t rule Tin out as the possible cause.

There are a few more threads if you search hard enough where everything is perfect except tin levels being detectable and they complain about sps random rtn and stn.

 

[Rickyrooz]

Marin Lab results from the same date.

 

[Rickyrooz]

My 160 gallon just to compare water chemistry to my 120. The colors and growth are better in the 160 but from the results the 160 does not have ideal water chemistry either.

 

[Tahoe61]

How is the system doing now?

 

[EJReef]

Um, didn't you say in the first page that if you have a cut you get shocked with your hand in the aquarium? Doesn't that mean you have stray voltage in the water??? Yes it does. Maybe that is what's ******* off your corals.
https://www.thespruce.com/curing-stray-voltage-in-saltwater-aquarium-2924174

I bet the “shock” with an open wound is just stinging from exposure to the saltwater.

 

[Rickyrooz]

How is the system doing now?

Tank is doing much better

 

[w2inc]

Tank is doing much better

Are things still stable? What do you think caused it and what do you think fixed it?

 

[Rickyrooz]

Are things still stable? What do you think caused it and what do you think fixed it?

Things are stable now, I switch from Aquaforest Reef salt to Instant Ocean and BRS 2-Part to ESV B-Ionic.

 

[Scorpius]

I've been using ESV salt since 2014. I've never switched. I've never had any issues either other than it's a tad more expensive