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My galaxy coral
Hello, I have to say thank you again for helping me. I dose Kalkwasser and I also have been adding Kent Marine supper buffer dKH, could the supper buffer be doing it. I also add Kent Iodine, Strontium, Iron, Calcium, Coral-Vite as a mix once a week. what am I doing wrong. thank you. Mike Lewis
<Yikes... too much mixing of various alkaline and biomineral agents... Yes to choosing EITHER the Kalk OR the Calcium product... and do leave out the "Vite" for a good while...
Do look into the Baensch Marine Atlas v.1 for a thorough going over of the basics of water chemistry... you want to fashion or purchase a calcium reactor going forward, believe me...
Bob Fenner>

Re: My galaxy coral
Hello again, thank you for answering so quickly, I had to buy a alkalinity test kit and it reads 5.7 meq/L or 286.4 ppm I know that is a little high, could it be the cause of the "whiting out" spot. bye the way do you remember my last e-mail.
thank you again,
Mike Lewis
<Ah, yes... or more specifically, the "whiting out" is likely caused by whatever it is that you're doing that is resulting in the high alkalinity reading... Do you mix supplements? Time to limit yourself to just one either "all-in-one" alkalinity and biomineral product or just one "two part" product.
Bob Fenner>
 Hello, I just found this site and I love it. I have heard (read) your  name before. Aren't you kinda famous?
<Ha! You're making my day>
anyway, thank you for supplying yourself for questions. I have one for you. I have a Galaxy coral that I got as 6 little sticks about the size of cigarettes, I epoxied them together on a piece of live rock in my 35 gal. reef. there they started to grow quite well and the mantel covered over the epoxy. that was about a year and a half ago. Then I broke down my 55 gal freshwater tank and converted it over to a reef tank with a sump and all that stuff. then after it cycled I moved everything into it from the 35 gal. tank about 6 months ago. now lately I have noticed on my galaxy coral that the center of the galaxy coral is disappearing. do you know any reason why this might be happening. the Galaxy coral is still growing slowly outward as the center disappears. I hope I'm not going to lose it. All my tank readings are clean and calcium is at 410. any suggestions I would appreciate <Thank you for writing... A few things could be amiss here. I would first check on the age of your lighting/lamps... it may be that they're "getting old"... should be cycled out every six months or so (depending on the format, hours used per day...), and next your alkalinity... Your calcium et al. can be fine, but without adequate alkaline reserve your biomineralizing livestock will falter... I do doubt if you have a predator at play here, due to the origin of the "whiting out" spot... however, if the light, alkalinity possibilities don't help, I'd move the specimen up in your water column
toward more light and better circulation conditions.>
 Thank you, Mike Lewis
<Bob Fenner>

Galaxy coral
I just wanted to let you know, that awhile back I e-mailed you about my galaxy coral. it was dying off. you said I was adding to many additives. that was about 6 months or so ago. after your advise, it has all grown over the dead spots and is still growing.
<Thanks for the follow-up, congratulations. Bob Fenner>
Thank You,
Mike Lewis