kalfsbeckj
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I have no clue how this happened. My parameters are as follows.
56 Gallon Tall reef tank.
Mainly softies. - Mushrooms, zoos, a couple lps- frogspawn, open brain- a maxima clam and a leather - toadstool- a couple of seafans- the ones that require light.
I am running a sunpod 2x150 HQI MH system (runs for 7 hours)
The tank is fed once in the evening (spectrum pellets, and zooplankton once a week)
5 Gallon WC once a week used w/ a Water D/I. the water used is well water.
Fish in the tank is a yellow watchman, strawberry basslet, saddleback clown, pink bar goby, and a 3" fox face (he's in there until he gets a little larger for my 210 gallon. and he doesn't pick on any corals)
About every other water change i add Kent Buffer/dkh (thats with all the top offs I have to add throughout that period also)
And I add 1 capful of Kent Iodine every other week.
My PH is 8.5
Amonia, Trites and Trates are all 0
I dunno what my phosphates are at but I add a phosphate sponge in my canister filter.
My Calcium has gone up to 500
and My KH is out of control at 22
I am noticing brown algae on the gravel and rocks but I use a small power head to blow those off. The only coral right now that is affected are some of my zoos. (closed up and since close some of the brown algae is trying to cover them. but I use the small PH to blow the algae off)
Equipment on my tank :
-3x 1140 Penguin Power Heads
-9005 Tunze DOC skimmer
-Rena Xp 3 Cannister filter- Basket 1= 4 Sponges, Basket 2 = Phosphate sponge, Basket 3= Carbon Sock and Floss Pad
-Breed Basket w/ small pieces of LR and Calupera
I'm really not reading any straight answers on normal online searches for this scenario. Any help or experience in this scenario would be awesome. I know I can't be the only one who hit this road before.
Thanks,
56 Gallon Tall reef tank.
Mainly softies. - Mushrooms, zoos, a couple lps- frogspawn, open brain- a maxima clam and a leather - toadstool- a couple of seafans- the ones that require light.
I am running a sunpod 2x150 HQI MH system (runs for 7 hours)
The tank is fed once in the evening (spectrum pellets, and zooplankton once a week)
5 Gallon WC once a week used w/ a Water D/I. the water used is well water.
Fish in the tank is a yellow watchman, strawberry basslet, saddleback clown, pink bar goby, and a 3" fox face (he's in there until he gets a little larger for my 210 gallon. and he doesn't pick on any corals)
About every other water change i add Kent Buffer/dkh (thats with all the top offs I have to add throughout that period also)
And I add 1 capful of Kent Iodine every other week.
My PH is 8.5
Amonia, Trites and Trates are all 0
I dunno what my phosphates are at but I add a phosphate sponge in my canister filter.
My Calcium has gone up to 500
and My KH is out of control at 22
I am noticing brown algae on the gravel and rocks but I use a small power head to blow those off. The only coral right now that is affected are some of my zoos. (closed up and since close some of the brown algae is trying to cover them. but I use the small PH to blow the algae off)
Equipment on my tank :
-3x 1140 Penguin Power Heads
-9005 Tunze DOC skimmer
-Rena Xp 3 Cannister filter- Basket 1= 4 Sponges, Basket 2 = Phosphate sponge, Basket 3= Carbon Sock and Floss Pad
-Breed Basket w/ small pieces of LR and Calupera
I'm really not reading any straight answers on normal online searches for this scenario. Any help or experience in this scenario would be awesome. I know I can't be the only one who hit this road before.
Thanks,
