cristhiam
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My gigas is receding and not sure what is happening. The clam is getting close to be 4 years old, I have a crocea and a derasa and they are not showing any kind of stress and they are about the same age.
I had problems a few months ago 5+ with high nitrates 80+ ppm but since then I managed it to get them into the 10 â€"œ 15ppm range by implementing a DSB in the sump, cheto, caulerpa and a denitrator, I also got rid of my largest fish a sailfin tang and a cowfish to help lower the nitrates, and less feeding, I only feed every two days. The only corals that got damaged by the high nitrates were sps lost one big colony (3+ year old). I have not introduced anything new for at least 7+ months.
I been fighting with caulerpa in the display I guess the cowfish and the sailfin kept it trimmed, but that’s about the only problem I have for now.
My chemistry is: calc 380-400 (very hard to keep it there), alk 3.4 - 4.00 mql. PH ranges from 8.0 â€"œ 8.3 at the end of the day, mg 1200 â€"œ 1300, salinity 1.026. Top off water with kalk about 2 gallons a day.
Lights are changed every 6 months, overdriven 40W 6500K bulbs total of 4 with 2 110 URI actinics using 2 IceCaps 660 ballasts.
The gigas was 2.5†when I got and now it’s 12+/- inches, the derasa is about 8+/- now and the crocea about 7â€Â
I don’t see any parasites on any of the clams, what else I am missing, I need ideas and quick, I will take a pic tonight.
Thanks
I had problems a few months ago 5+ with high nitrates 80+ ppm but since then I managed it to get them into the 10 â€"œ 15ppm range by implementing a DSB in the sump, cheto, caulerpa and a denitrator, I also got rid of my largest fish a sailfin tang and a cowfish to help lower the nitrates, and less feeding, I only feed every two days. The only corals that got damaged by the high nitrates were sps lost one big colony (3+ year old). I have not introduced anything new for at least 7+ months.
I been fighting with caulerpa in the display I guess the cowfish and the sailfin kept it trimmed, but that’s about the only problem I have for now.
My chemistry is: calc 380-400 (very hard to keep it there), alk 3.4 - 4.00 mql. PH ranges from 8.0 â€"œ 8.3 at the end of the day, mg 1200 â€"œ 1300, salinity 1.026. Top off water with kalk about 2 gallons a day.
Lights are changed every 6 months, overdriven 40W 6500K bulbs total of 4 with 2 110 URI actinics using 2 IceCaps 660 ballasts.
The gigas was 2.5†when I got and now it’s 12+/- inches, the derasa is about 8+/- now and the crocea about 7â€Â
I don’t see any parasites on any of the clams, what else I am missing, I need ideas and quick, I will take a pic tonight.
Thanks