dying ?

is this dying ? I just had one disolve into nothing, and now another one is starting to go the same way

all my water results are great, just calcium is at 560 !! ! ! ! i am doing weekly water changes of 10-15 gallons i have 4x24 watts VHO T5s with a 250watt MH bulbs currently on for 10-12 hours a day, the coral is about 18 inches down the tank and in fairly 'quiet" water flow, I am feeding snow daily and frozen food twice a week with a baster.
Looking for some advice guys, dont want to loose this, I have another one thats less than 10 inches away that seems very happy ?

 

Well, I see an LPS there. Looks like a Caulastrea (candy cane or trumpet coral). We have one that's doing great, one that's doing not so great. The one doing not-so-great looks like the same kind as yours but a different color. I don't see it in the 2nd pic. Maybe move it away from the other corals, try feeding it mysis or brine & see if it bounces back.

What are "great" water results?

 

not real sure what to make! can ya take a better pic?

also, why's your cal so high?

 

Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0
KH - 9
phos 0
PH - 8.0
ammonia 0
My Calcium is crazy, i dont know why its so high ?
Mag - havent been about to find a test kit
Salinity 1.026

 

What size tank is this? It does look like a Trumpet coral and they prefer low to medium lighting. Thats a lot of lighting you have going

Yes your calcium is way to high. What test kit are you using? Could be bad or outdated? What salt are you using? Are you dosing calcium?

 

90 gallon cube, it's 30x30x24 so pretty deep...."...."...
I have no clue why my calcium is so high ? I am not adding anything, I'm using a API reef master and API saltwater master test.
The corals were doing ok until about 2 weeks ago ? They just seem to get less and less, almost melt into the rocks that they are on.
I will add a better photo will be after this though.
Using coral life sea life which I did a test in and it came out over 500 in calcium ?

Have to excuse my girls they LOVE the camera. LoL

 

can you have an lfs ck your test results to see if yours are correct ?

 

Ok so same except for
KH 7
Calcium 520

So . . . . . . . . . . . . .answers on a postcard ?

 

How's the temp in the tank? How often do you do water changes and how much is done at a time? Maybe your parameters(KH in particular) are swinging too much for the corals

 

water is 80, verything seems great, still struggling with calcium levels, have managed to get it solid at 500. I do about 20% a week water changes, i am seeing some reversal on the flesh retraction, i moved the coral about 3 inches away from the water inlet from the sump, and that seems to have stopped the damage ? Curious ? . . . . . . . .My KH is low right now as well, dKH6 at the moment . . . . . . . . . .