amcvay1979
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Hello, I have a 150 tall mixed reef, up and running over a year now and I'm starting to get some really good SPS growth finally. But the alarming thing is that my LPS are looking sadder and sadder, but not ALL my LPS.
I run an ULNS with nitrates around 1-2 ppm and Phos between .02 and .08. I feed heavily and have over 20 fish. I dose vodka and vinegar, bolus dose 12 hours apart from each other daily to get my nutrients targeted low. I keep my ALK lower, around 9.2 ALK and 420 CAL, Mag is typically higher around 1380-1400.
I feed 2-3 times a day and typically feed RODS or LRS foods plus some Rods Coral food, Reef Roids or Coral Frenzy one to two times per week.
So far, I've lost some health LPS Frags that were doing great and all of a sudden just went south. A brain frag I'd had for about 10 months just started bleaching, 2 of my Acans just deflated and one of them bleached and died. The other one is hanging on but its deflated and looking sad. Another I'm about to lose is my dragon tongue chalice. It's slowly shrinking to only a few eyes and it was big not long ago.
Starting to think it's because I keep my tank too clean or my lights are too strong. I have 2 AI 52's 12 inches above the water line. My blues are turned up to 95 but my whites are only at 45-50 and all of my LPS are on the bottom of the tank. I wouldn't thinking PAR would be too high for LPS with a 30 inch tall tank with lights mounted 12 inches above water.
My skimmer produces very foul smelling, black skimmate that fills my Davy Jones skimmate locker in about a week. I run 1 bag of chemipure and 1 bag of purigen, both of them are probably due for a change. And the only thing I dose right now is Vodka, Vinegar and Acro Power Amino Acid. I do have 4 or 5 thriving LPS colonies. 2 hammer/anchor corals, 1 frogspawn, and 1 12-15 head duncans. So it would appear my tank is ok for LPS, but I'm still having trouble keeping Acans, Chalice and flower pot (I know these die for most everyone). I've tried flow changes, lighting changes and placement changes and I'm just about to give up on some LPS species.
Anything jump out at anyone that I'm doing wrong or not doing?
Thanks,
I run an ULNS with nitrates around 1-2 ppm and Phos between .02 and .08. I feed heavily and have over 20 fish. I dose vodka and vinegar, bolus dose 12 hours apart from each other daily to get my nutrients targeted low. I keep my ALK lower, around 9.2 ALK and 420 CAL, Mag is typically higher around 1380-1400.
I feed 2-3 times a day and typically feed RODS or LRS foods plus some Rods Coral food, Reef Roids or Coral Frenzy one to two times per week.
So far, I've lost some health LPS Frags that were doing great and all of a sudden just went south. A brain frag I'd had for about 10 months just started bleaching, 2 of my Acans just deflated and one of them bleached and died. The other one is hanging on but its deflated and looking sad. Another I'm about to lose is my dragon tongue chalice. It's slowly shrinking to only a few eyes and it was big not long ago.
Starting to think it's because I keep my tank too clean or my lights are too strong. I have 2 AI 52's 12 inches above the water line. My blues are turned up to 95 but my whites are only at 45-50 and all of my LPS are on the bottom of the tank. I wouldn't thinking PAR would be too high for LPS with a 30 inch tall tank with lights mounted 12 inches above water.
My skimmer produces very foul smelling, black skimmate that fills my Davy Jones skimmate locker in about a week. I run 1 bag of chemipure and 1 bag of purigen, both of them are probably due for a change. And the only thing I dose right now is Vodka, Vinegar and Acro Power Amino Acid. I do have 4 or 5 thriving LPS colonies. 2 hammer/anchor corals, 1 frogspawn, and 1 12-15 head duncans. So it would appear my tank is ok for LPS, but I'm still having trouble keeping Acans, Chalice and flower pot (I know these die for most everyone). I've tried flow changes, lighting changes and placement changes and I'm just about to give up on some LPS species.
Anything jump out at anyone that I'm doing wrong or not doing?
Thanks,