Need more fish poop!!!

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FunFishin24

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Hello everyone. So I'm looking for suggestions on new fish to add to my tank because I need more fish poop for my corals. I'm guessing I'm starving my sps of nutrients so they are browning out. My lps all seem to be doing good. I have 550 DT, with 100 in filtration. My fish list includes:
4" purple tang
5" Achilles tang
4" powderblue tang
7" orange shoulder tang
6" blonde naso tang
5" white tail bristletooth tang
2-6" sargassum triggers
4" copperband butterfly
Arc eye hawk fish
Flame angel
Midas blenny
Starry blenny
Sixline wrasse
Clownfish

I feed my fish a 2"x1" piece of frozen food (LRF or Rods) morning and night. Have an auto feeder that feeds (flake on one side, pellets on the other) at 11 and 2 during the day, with feeding station.
I feed my corals (I know not required but I'm trying for nutrients) Reef roids, coral frenzy, reef chili and reef nutrition. Not all at once but something every other day.
Water parameters: all Salifert tests
1.025
Temp-76.8
Ph- 7.9-8.1
Alk-10.8
Cal-420
Mag-1420
Phosphate-0 [emoji107]
Nitrate-0 [emoji107]

I need more fish anyway so I'm looking for some good recommendations!!! Also if you have any other suggestions for me to try to get my color back in my sps, that would be great!! Thanks. [emoji106] [emoji482]
 
Feed more!

I have a 180 and the fish are in my signature line. My 3 tangs and Two Barred get 1 large romaine lettuce leaf and 1/2 sheet of Nori (4"x8") per day.

The tank gets 1-2 pinches of pellets 3 x's day from auto feeder and I feed 2-3 1/2 inch (3 grams each) home made frozen daily (made with cod, shrimp, mussels, oysters and squid).

PO4 .04
NO3 5

I do run an ATS and dose vodka/vinegar to export nitrates and periodically run GFO if PO4 get to about 0.08.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wfsdth78epc5pDgd9

oh, and I DO NOT feed any coral foods. They do not need them and neither does the tank. Light and nutrients are what they need.

Not sure you have enough lighting for your tank size. I have 8 80W t5's above my tank. SPS need lot's of light.
 
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Lol. I figured that would be the best thing. I do know the coral food doesn't do anything really but I was hoping it might help get my nutrients up. I forgot to mention that I also feed 6-4x8 sheets of nori a day in clips. But thanks for the reply. I play around with feeding more. [emoji106]
 
FunFishin24 said:
Hello everyone. So I'm looking for suggestions on new fish to add to my tank because I need more fish poop for my corals. I'm guessing I'm starving my sps of nutrients so they are browning out. My lps all seem to be doing good. I have 550 DT, with 100 in filtration. My fish list includes:
4" purple tang
5" Achilles tang
4" powderblue tang
7" orange shoulder tang
6" blonde naso tang
5" white tail bristletooth tang
2-6" sargassum triggers
4" copperband butterfly
Arc eye hawk fish
Flame angel

Man i would love to see a pic of this tank
Midas blenny
Starry blenny
Sixline wrasse
Clownfish

I feed my fish a 2"x1" piece of frozen food (LRF or Rods) morning and night. Have an auto feeder that feeds (flake on one side, pellets on the other) at 11 and 2 during the day, with feeding station.
I feed my corals (I know not required but I'm trying for nutrients) Reef roids, coral frenzy, reef chili and reef nutrition. Not all at once but something every other day.
Water parameters: all Salifert tests
1.025
Temp-76.8
Ph- 7.9-8.1
Alk-10.8
Cal-420
Mag-1420
Phosphate-0 [emoji107]
Nitrate-0 [emoji107]

I need more fish anyway so I'm looking for some good recommendations!!! Also if you have any other suggestions for me to try to get my color back in my sps, that would be great!! Thanks. [emoji106] [emoji482]
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With such low nutrients, it would be worth lowering your alkalinity to the 8-9 range.

You can increase N & P by feeding more, or adding more fish, or dosing them.

You can also turn off your skimmer, or decrease/remove algae scrubber or fuge if you are running one.

Edit: or back off the carbon dosing if you're doing that
 
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nereefpat said:
With such low nutrients, it would be worth lowering your alkalinity to the 8-9 range.



You can increase N & P by feeding more, or adding more fish, or dosing them.



You can also turn off your skimmer, or decrease/remove algae scrubber or fuge if you are running one.



Edit: or back off the carbon dosing if you're doing that
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Might b a dumb question but what does lowering my alk do for my situation?
 
The thing that is confusing me is that some of my sps look great but I have like 3 colonies that have browned out. Sometimes I get color in the tips but not very often over the last month. I haven't changed anything with lights or water chemistry.
 
Lower alk, works better with lower nutrients. Low nutrients and high alk can cause the corals to be more prone to alk related issues.

Corey
 
Interesting. Did not know that. Thank you for the good information. [emoji106]. So I should lower my alk and work on trying to get my nutrients up over time then gradually increase my alk again or just get my alk down to 8-9 & leave it there?
 
FunFishin24 said:
Interesting. Did not know that. Thank you for the good information. [emoji106]. So I should lower my alk and work on trying to get my nutrients up over time then gradually increase my alk again or just get my alk down to 8-9 & leave it there?
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I would let alk drift down to the 8-9 range, especially no higher than 9, and leave it there.

hkgar said:
While at work? Maybe on a break or lunch?
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Break? No way! That's MY time!
 
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