I cant keep acropora
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Serioussnaps
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Your tank is entirely too small to have acros without encountering difficulties. Im not saying u cant do it, just will have great difficulty. The smaller the tank, the less dilution and acros need pristine water IMO. Your PH could come up a llittle but thats not the reason. You must remove the softies IMO. Make it an ACRO tank. You can remedy the toxins via water changes, heavy skimming, chemi pure, high retention carbon by tropical marine centre, poly filters etc etc. but you likely wont have success unless you remove the softies. Phosphates? Too much light? Good luck!!!!!
zoazoa
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I think your bleaching is because of UV. Change bulb with 14K or 20K will help. Usually DE bulb has much UV and low number K bulb is near with UV range (260 nm) comparing with high K bulb.
Serioussnaps
I also have 29 gal SPS and zoo dominant tank under 400W 20K XM but everything grows crazily. Big tank is much easier but everybody can keep sps even in 29 gal.
Serioussnaps
I also have 29 gal SPS and zoo dominant tank under 400W 20K XM but everything grows crazily. Big tank is much easier but everybody can keep sps even in 29 gal.
cwegescheide
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I've got several large leathers in my 90 gallon tank and have had no problems. I've got a Bali Sinularia the size of a volleyball, 3 neon green sarcophytons each about 2" in diameter and a pulsing sinularia aout the size of a softball. I've had no problems with my 30+ sps. My tanks been running about 10 mos or so. I will say I run a decent amount of virgin carbon and phosban and change out every 3weeks.
To be hones I think its something else. I've never not ran carbon though. One thing I'd make sure you don't use the 2 part epoxy to attach your frags. I HAVE had problems with that stuff killing frags. I didn't see that you do use this stuff. I'd make sure you have plenty of flow in there too.
I'd verify your SG is accurate. Do you use a refractometer? Make sure its calibrated right. I had a problem a while back with my refracto reading 1.026 and it was actually 1.019. I know Randy has a solution you can make from table salt and a 2 liter of tap water that should read 1.026 that you can make sure your salinity is accurate.
Just a couple ideas
Chris
To be hones I think its something else. I've never not ran carbon though. One thing I'd make sure you don't use the 2 part epoxy to attach your frags. I HAVE had problems with that stuff killing frags. I didn't see that you do use this stuff. I'd make sure you have plenty of flow in there too.
I'd verify your SG is accurate. Do you use a refractometer? Make sure its calibrated right. I had a problem a while back with my refracto reading 1.026 and it was actually 1.019. I know Randy has a solution you can make from table salt and a 2 liter of tap water that should read 1.026 that you can make sure your salinity is accurate.
Just a couple ideas
Chris
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Re: I cant keep acropora
What kind of water movement have you got?
Gary Majchrzak
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If you keep the proper environmental conditions, run carbon and do regular water changes your Acros should show the results. (ie: it's possible to maintain Acropora with your soft corals.)
How often are you doing water changes?. Sounds like a depletion of trace elements that could be starving your acros. Just a thought. I have a 90 g. though it's sps dominant I had alot of problem with corals lightening. I put 10 lbs of Miracle mud on the refugium and things have been good ever since. MM releases trace elements and other things such as iodine that seems to balance my system. I had the light on the fuge 24 hours and caulerpa grew very well. Since I've subsituted the caulerpa for chaeto but it really is'nt growing (could be low nutrients). I'm bringing the photoperiod down slowly and will be at only a few hours and possibly pull the chaeto out and just having it dark 24hrs. I may turn it into a cryptic zone then but plan on keeping the MM.
Again, alot may not agree but for my tank MM seems to balance the tank. If I had your situation I'd put 5 lbs of MM mud in your sump or a seperate tank/fuge.
Good luck,
Albert
Again, alot may not agree but for my tank MM seems to balance the tank. If I had your situation I'd put 5 lbs of MM mud in your sump or a seperate tank/fuge.
Good luck,
Albert
bryanth73
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that could be your problem you have no nutrient export as well as a nitrate factory with the canister filter. canisters, bio wheels, are bad on a reef tank ditch it get a small sump 10 gallon tank would do fine and a GOOD skimmer. A skimmer will be the best piece of equiptment you can buy so get the best you can afford
silversnake
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You also need strong water movement but thats pretty easily achieved in a 29.
well the canister filter is only a nitrate issue if you don't clean/change the pad about once every 3-4 weeks...i change the filter on my magnum 350 once every 2 weeks and clean the piping and the whole canister at the same time...then i change the carbon in it about once every 3 months, it's chemi pure so it should last 6 months but iv'e heard about carbon shock so i change it a lot sooner.
i have this on a 20 gallon high tank, also have 2 powerheads and a skimmer though...
i have this on a 20 gallon high tank, also have 2 powerheads and a skimmer though...
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