Help SPS corals dying slowly

[Staisman]

You don't have high ph. Your ph looks good to me
Are you sure your testing right. Have you ever had anyone double check your testing.


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I had my PH at 8.5 last month. So I had to turn the skimmer off. Skimmer rises my PH because of aeration.

I have two different probes and Seneye controller showing the same numbers.

 

[anthonys51]

My current tank has ran .10 with phosphates and anywhere from 5ppm to 25 ppm with nitrates and my tank is growing sps but I wouldn't advise people to aim for those levels.

 

[Staisman]

This is my PH chart in May

 

[anthonys51]

I had my PH at 8.5 last month. So I had to turn the skimmer off. Skimmer rises my PH because of aeration.



I have two different probes and Seneye controller showing the same numbers.

Never heard of people turning off skimmers because ph was too high. I wouldn't make any change to my tank unless my tank starts dying. If everything is living and growing don't chase numbers.


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[anthonys51]

This is my PH chart in May

Not too bad. But when was the last time you calibrated your ph probe. Should be done once a month with ph 7 and ph 10 solutions


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[Staisman]

Not too bad. But when was the last time you calibrated your ph probe. Should be done once a month with ph 7 and ph 10 solutions


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I do it some times. But Like I said I have second controller which shows the same number. So it is not the probe.

I had my corals growing nicely and then it went downhill :deadhorse:

 

[anthonys51]

Just because you got 2 reading with 2 different probes doesn't make them correct. In this hobby I learned one thing. Never assume you are doing it correctly. Know that you are. I lost so many corals thinking I was doing it right. Saying I got them to live a year. Must be just bad luck. Living and succeeding is 2 different ballparks.

Also I wouldn't of purchased and ephons protein skimmer. Who advised you to get that one


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[Staisman]

Just because you got 2 reading with 2 different probes doesn't make them correct. In this hobby I learned one thing. Never assume you are doing it correctly. Know that you are. I lost so many corals thinking I was doing it right. Saying I got them to live a year. Must be just bad luck. Living and succeeding is 2 different ballparks.

Also I wouldn't of purchased and ephons protein skimmer. Who advised you to get that one


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That was long time ago. Why what's wrong with Eshopps?

 

[anthonys51]

Witch one do you have.

When it comes to skimmers they aren't the best Few better brands to get


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[Staisman]

Witch one do you have.

When it comes to skimmers they aren't the best Few better brands to get


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Eshopps S-200 Cone Protein Skimmer, I bought this one for my old 75g tank

 

[Staisman]

That's how my corals look now, and on the beginning of this topic you can see how they looked before

 

[Staisman]

I dosed NO3 up to 8 ppm and my PO4 dropped now to 0.03 so i gonna keep in this range for now and see if anything will improve.

 

[bertoni]

That's interesting. Did you happen to measure the nitrate drop that corresponded to your phosphate drop?

 

[anthonys51]

Are you running Gfo. Phosphates drop of that much isn't possible with nopox unless you had much higher nitrates

The bacteria that breaks down nitrates uses phosphates at a much lower level than nitrates.


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[Staisman]

That's interesting. Did you happen to measure the nitrate drop that corresponded to your phosphate drop?

MY NO3 didn't drop I rise it. I dosed KNO3. So I rised NO3 from 2 ppm to 8 ppm and my PO4 dropped from 0.14 to 0.03

 

[Staisman]

Are you running Gfo. Phosphates drop of that much isn't possible with nopox unless you had much higher nitrates

The bacteria that breaks down nitrates uses phosphates at a much lower level than nitrates.


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I do not run GFO nor using NoPox anymore

 

[anthonys51]

Why are you doing kno3


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[anthonys51]

Little confused you dosed nopox to lower nitrates, then you dosed kno3 to raise them. Is that correct


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[Staisman]

Little confused you dosed nopox to lower nitrates, then you dosed kno3 to raise them. Is that correct


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Well I was using NoPox to lower NO3 and PO4 in my old tank until it become undetectable (overdosed) Maybe that's why I start having issues ?

Now in the new system I wanted to rise my Nitrates a little so I dosed KNO3

 

[anthonys51]

My advice is stop being a chemist. Don't chase numbers. Corals like stable environments. Unless you see your corals dying I wouldn't be dosing or adding nitrates Anytime you dose anything you run the risk of over dosing. Stop dosing kno3. If your nitrates rise. Step you your water changes. You want to do things slow and natural first. Only thing I ever do to my tank besides dose 2 part is run Gfo. But I run one cup of Gfo and change it once a week in my 575 gallons system. I don't want phosphates that go up and down quickly Your corals won't die if your phosphates go up to .15. But they will die if it goes up to .15 down to .03 then back to .16. Same with nitrates. The swing will kill them faster then 25ppm will

Also when you dose 2 part you are dosing the same amount everyday right. You don't skip 3 days then dose 100ml do you ?


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