I just moved both of my chalices to the sandbed.
Water Parameters are as follows:
Salinity - 1.022
Calcium - 400
PH, Alk, Nitrates, Phosphates, Nitrites, Ammonia, and Magnesium are all tested by the Marine Biologist at my LFS. I will be going there tonight. But I just had them tested last Thursday and everything was good - no phosphates, nitrite, nitrate, PH was 8.2 or 8.3, and I can't remember what the Alk was but he said it was great.
Things can change very quickly in a small tank so I've been getting the tests done weekly. I'm gonna start doing it twice a week. The corals were a gift and it was hard to turn them down. The likelihood of the SPS making it is slim. I just want to give it my best shot. I'm doing weekly testing and 1g weekly water changes.
I drip acclimated the corals. And for a week they were all under only T-5 lighting and on Tuesday I received a PAR38 LED bulb (20K) with 7 3w LEDs and 80 degree optics. The problem is I can't mount it far enough away from the tank. I really need two and then I'll be able to toss the T-5 fixture all together.
Here are some pics. I moved some corals around like recommended above.
The only place I could attach the PAR38 temporarily:
Too Close?
FTS from yesterday:
This picture has things written in it. Please read and let me know what you think about placement. And what you think about the light where I have it. Right now I've turned it off but all the corals are still placed like they are in this picture:
