lyncher14622
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My daughter's 30G biocube is frustrating all of us! We have a 120 G family tank that is fish / reef combo. My daughter has started a 30G biocube about 10 months ago. She has not had terrific luck with this tank, got frustrated over the summer, and kind of "let things go". Her few corals wilted and she was very lax on her water changes, until 2 months ago... we began to start over, being dilligent about 7-10 day water changes, changing about 7 gallons each time... she uses RO water. We have checked / rechecked levels, slowly added fish and corals. At first things were looking up, however, over the last 2 weeks 4 fish have died (purple fire fish, red fire fish, and 2 cardinals). She has 2 sets of zoos that wont open, she has 2 leathers that are doing ok, but not soaring by any means...
Sorry, long story, but here are my questions...
1. What are we missing???? Levels look good. Right now calcium a little low at 410, alk 9.9, mag 1190. Nitrates are zilch. Temp is 77. Salt use is reef crystals. I am not sure that its relevent, however we did have a short stint using instant ocean salt (I ordered the wrong box from Dr. Fosters).
2. We have power compact lights. Just changed white and blues last week.
3. Do we need to add a protein skimmer?
I would appreciate any advise!
Thanks!
Christy
Sorry, long story, but here are my questions...
1. What are we missing???? Levels look good. Right now calcium a little low at 410, alk 9.9, mag 1190. Nitrates are zilch. Temp is 77. Salt use is reef crystals. I am not sure that its relevent, however we did have a short stint using instant ocean salt (I ordered the wrong box from Dr. Fosters).
2. We have power compact lights. Just changed white and blues last week.
3. Do we need to add a protein skimmer?
I would appreciate any advise!
Thanks!
Christy