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Can high levels of phosphates cause a coral die off/rtn without everything in the tank first turning brown?
Why? What is the process? I'm drilling vented screws for my vacuum chamber here at work and need some diversion... Help.
Gah...another lesson learned I suppose. I pushed the limits with bioload and am paying the price. It's ok...I was getting tired of the birdsnest in my tank anyways. 
Strange, but glad my acros are doing quite well. Instead of trying to trap/catch fish, it looks like I'll just take the whole thing apart and swap tanks. It needed to be done anyway due to this one having a cracked brace.
Speaking of acros.. I picked up this completely browned out piece from an old timer. Turned dark minty green (if there is such a thing) and has blue/purple tips. Kinda cool. He told me the name but I forgot since it was brown at the time. Ideas on ID?
generating bitstreams generally means quick stop on internet. That and a million other reasons to be honest.
Calcification is inhibited along with it being toxic, basically it shuts the coral down.
Calcification is inhibited along with it being toxic, basically it shuts the coral down.
This^^^
like an old timer once told me "If it ain't growing, it's dying". Not true in all respects but there is a grain of truth to be had with it.
On an amusing note: Phosphate increases calcification in people.
(high phosphate diet / kidneys, different thing of course)
On an amusing note: Phosphate increases calcification in people.
(high phosphate diet / kidneys, different thing of course)
Where is that cited? Phosphate is needed for bone development but at imbalanced levels can cause hypocalcemia, robbing the body of its calcium via bone resorption. Its often seen in patients with kidney disease hence the reason why we have drugs like renagel, renvela, phoslo, and fosrenol.
Eventhough it may be needed, I wouldnt say it increases calcification. Believe me, if all biological processes involved in the human body applied to our tanks id be the first to dose vitamin d, growth hormone, and calcium to grow a colony from a frag overnight. 
Calcification is inhibited along with it being toxic, basically it shuts the coral down.
This^^^
like an old timer once told me "If it ain't growing, it's dying". Not true in all respects but there is a grain of truth to be had with it.
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