So I got a new shipment of corals in yesterday and within just hours, I'm noticing the skeleton starting to become exposed on both the candy cane and war coral (shown in the photo). I temp acclimated the bags in my sump for about 25min, dripped DT water into the bags for 20min, then did a Coral RX dip before placing on sand bed in the DT.
Tank:
Red Sea Reefer 350
14 months old
Parameters:
Temp: 77.9*F
Salinity: 1.024 SG
Alkalinity: 167 PPM
Phosphate: 0.08 PPM
Nitrate: 5 PPM
Calcium: 550 PPM
Magnesium: 1650 PPM
Ammonia: 0
PH: 8.2
Lighting:
2 AI Hydra 26
3 hour ramp up/down
Peak lighting 2pm to 8pm
Running at only 50% for acclimating corals
Changes:
In anticipation of getting corals, I started dosing nitrate and alkalinity as nitrate naturally would always read out 0 on tests and alkalinity would usually read out around 107 PPM. In addition, phosphate kept reading out 0 so I removed GFO, carbon, and cut a lot of the chaeto out for the time being to let numbers rise a little.
I also have the skimmer on a timer to only run from 11am to 11pm.
Feeding:
Once per day alternating between frozen mysis shrimp and pellets.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Tank:
Red Sea Reefer 350
14 months old
Parameters:
Temp: 77.9*F
Salinity: 1.024 SG
Alkalinity: 167 PPM
Phosphate: 0.08 PPM
Nitrate: 5 PPM
Calcium: 550 PPM
Magnesium: 1650 PPM
Ammonia: 0
PH: 8.2
Lighting:
2 AI Hydra 26
3 hour ramp up/down
Peak lighting 2pm to 8pm
Running at only 50% for acclimating corals
Changes:
In anticipation of getting corals, I started dosing nitrate and alkalinity as nitrate naturally would always read out 0 on tests and alkalinity would usually read out around 107 PPM. In addition, phosphate kept reading out 0 so I removed GFO, carbon, and cut a lot of the chaeto out for the time being to let numbers rise a little.
I also have the skimmer on a timer to only run from 11am to 11pm.
Feeding:
Once per day alternating between frozen mysis shrimp and pellets.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
