corals deep in color but polyps are brown:(

[mshur]

a couple of my acros got much better after adding k+.but,polyps are still brown.specially blue milli,pink milli and a few more species.my water is species.what do u guys think about it?

mike

[G.Alexander]

Mike, give them some time. As I had a potassium problem, some corals took 3 month until they where back to normal. Can you post some pictures of the affected colonies ?

G.Alexander

[GrahamK]

Hi, how do you know it's potassium problem? I don't seem to be able to find the test kit. What test kit are you using and what is your potassium level vs the NSW?

Thanks

[G.Alexander]

As you told there is no test kit available until now that works in saltwater. The product is dosed by some parameters which can be observed in the corals. This thread contains some useful information:

http://www.zeovit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4027

Mike has dosed potassium with K-Balance from korallenzucht and his corals are doing much better now, this is why I have refer potassium.

G.Alexander

[mshur]

hi alexander,
yes,my corals are doing much better ,100%...i did have some stn problem with some corals..stn is gone now...now i dose only 10ml per week...
i will take some pic today ) i am bad photographer...

mike

[G.Alexander]

Glad to hear it Mike, it’s the right way to solve your problem but it is not a quick fix. 80 % of my corals looked much better after 2 – 3 weeks, 10 % after 6 and now I am on the 16 th week of dosing K-Balance and all corals are happy now. A.millepora & Montipora first took of followed by the bottle brush Acroporas and the rest. Pocilopora & Seriatopora needed a lot of time. No coral has got any STN any more. Looking forward to your pictures.

G.Alexander

[mshur]

but,what accually cause polyps to brown out?

[Aged Salt]

Hi Mike, I hope you enjoyed your Christmas. Some of the blue milliporas genetically have darker polyps--especially noticeable when they acclimated to our reef with good p-e. Touching them of course, causes polyp retraction allowing the mille to appear more blue Bob

[mshur]

hi ,bob...
thankx my christmas was great..i hope urs was as good as mine))
i send some pic to alexander ,i hope he will post them for me)

hows ur christmas gift)) how do u like ur mesoscope?)

mike

[Heinz]

hi ,bob...


hows ur christmas gift)) how do u like ur mesoscope?)

mike

mike thanks for bringing this up, i forgot all about that

[Aged Salt]

The mesoscope is a wonderful doorway into a new coral world which is not seen previously. I'm still going thru the learning curve with it. Bob

[G.Alexander]

Here are Mikes pictures











G.Alexander

[mshur]

guys,
sorry for such a crappy pics(((
corals looks much better in person...there is more blue/purple colors
last pic is a tenius with nice ,dark blue tips,but polyps are brown(
on 4 th pic there is a blue stag with brown polys(
thats what i am trying to figure,why i have such a brown polyps?

mike

[gqjeff]

Mike, were the polyps different colors when you recieved them? Not uncommon for some polyps to be brown with some sps...

Jeff

[mshur]

hi jeff,
tenius i have for 2 years,polyps were almost yelow..some of them were lite brown....but not like i have them now(
look at my monti next to milli...color are so bright green ,but polyps are brown(


mike