Hi guys,
I have a 4ft tank with 2x WP 25's and 1 x RW 8 and Zetlight ZT 6600.
I started the tank out with frags and after a few months I lost all of it including montis, I boiled it down to a swing in alk as I was dosing kalk only at the time and experimenting with the correct amount. I also dropped my phos very rapidly which I think was the final nail. The tank was only a month old at the time.
I am finally at max saturated kalk so haven't been fiddling with the tank too much and my lps seemed to be doing fine for a while but perish after a few months with the exception of a bubble coral and a clam, softies seem fine.
My levels have been rock solid with with alk at 7.3 and calcium at 460, mag is always 1380 odd. Infact I am now auto dosing 8ml of RHF alk to keep it at 7.3 ish.
I did have a nitrate issue as well but its now under control at about 5 and phos usually around 0.6 - 0.8. I assumed the sps will brown out with these levels but not die and will tweak phos as they grow.
I am fairly new to sps so require some solid direction to troubleshoot and try again. I must admit after my failed attempt i did get quite behind with wc.
As per the title could this be flow or lighting related or is my husbandry really lacking.
I have a 4ft tank with 2x WP 25's and 1 x RW 8 and Zetlight ZT 6600.
I started the tank out with frags and after a few months I lost all of it including montis, I boiled it down to a swing in alk as I was dosing kalk only at the time and experimenting with the correct amount. I also dropped my phos very rapidly which I think was the final nail. The tank was only a month old at the time.
I am finally at max saturated kalk so haven't been fiddling with the tank too much and my lps seemed to be doing fine for a while but perish after a few months with the exception of a bubble coral and a clam, softies seem fine.
My levels have been rock solid with with alk at 7.3 and calcium at 460, mag is always 1380 odd. Infact I am now auto dosing 8ml of RHF alk to keep it at 7.3 ish.
I did have a nitrate issue as well but its now under control at about 5 and phos usually around 0.6 - 0.8. I assumed the sps will brown out with these levels but not die and will tweak phos as they grow.
I am fairly new to sps so require some solid direction to troubleshoot and try again. I must admit after my failed attempt i did get quite behind with wc.
As per the title could this be flow or lighting related or is my husbandry really lacking.
