Little Help With My Water

[dodwyer]

Okay of the past few weeks my Zoas have started closing, shrinking and just generally not looking good.

28g Nano
18 months running
Stocked with primarly Zoas & pallys couple small fish

I have now taken a couple water parameter readings after the help I recieved in this form to figure out what to look at. For now I have the following:

Temp = 78
Sg = 1.023
PH = 7.75
Calc = >500 ppm (is off the chart)

I am looking for suggestions as how to move forward. It looks like we need to raise the PH and lower the Calc. Sorry no Alk test yet, will try to score a kit tonight.

thanks

 

[650-IS350]

Try going to 1.025 with SG.
pH kinda low.. try hitting 8.0-8.2
Cal should be 450. what salt are you using and are you using tap or RODI?

 

[Kdocimo90]

When raising your salinity though, do it SLOWLY, especially with that small of a tank. Zoas are known to be easily acclimated into new tanks, so I would imagine they wouldnt be so effected by a quick salinity change, but the fish will most likely have a problem.

 

[650-IS350]

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