bromion
Active member
Over the past few days I have made a few changes to my 58 gallon reef. I added a sump/refugium of 10 gallons along with the pump and plumbing to accomodate it. I also added an additional ~15lb of live rock, some to the display, some to the sump.
Today, and looking back starting last night, my soft corals -- flower leather, mushrooms, xenia -- are looking quite bad. The mushrooms are not opening, the xenia is mostly retracted, and the flower leather looks a bit wrinkly. This is much like how they appear at night, but my light is on as usual. My zoanthids are not fully open, either, and my large feather duster worm's fans appear ragged. All the other critters (fish, inverts) are acting and appearing normal.
I checked all of my water parameters, and they are almost identical to what they were before the sump and LR addition:
Ph 8.1
Sal 1.020
KH 7.5
NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 0
Ca 360 mg/L
PO4 <0.25 (hard to read test)
Cu 0
Any thoughts? The salinity has been between 1.020 and 1.021 for about 2 months -- too low? Other ideas?
Thanks!
Today, and looking back starting last night, my soft corals -- flower leather, mushrooms, xenia -- are looking quite bad. The mushrooms are not opening, the xenia is mostly retracted, and the flower leather looks a bit wrinkly. This is much like how they appear at night, but my light is on as usual. My zoanthids are not fully open, either, and my large feather duster worm's fans appear ragged. All the other critters (fish, inverts) are acting and appearing normal.
I checked all of my water parameters, and they are almost identical to what they were before the sump and LR addition:
Ph 8.1
Sal 1.020
KH 7.5
NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 0
Ca 360 mg/L
PO4 <0.25 (hard to read test)
Cu 0
Any thoughts? The salinity has been between 1.020 and 1.021 for about 2 months -- too low? Other ideas?
Thanks!