Guys has anyone been able to run a mixed tank with sps Lps softies etc? My tank is over 2 years old.
55 gallon dt 20 gallon sump
1 x hydra 52 for lighting
Giant skimmer
Carbon and gfo reactor (1 cup media each)
Cheato in sump
All parameters are stable.
Alk 8.0
N 0.75
P 0.02
Mg 1400
Ca 450
Ph 7.8 (morning 8.1 day)
Salt 1.026
Temp super stable 79.8
Water change 10% once a week (just started this routine used to be once a month)
My Lps are doing great. Zoas doing great. My elegance is massive. Mushrooms everywhere (inherited them. Can't get rid of them.)
I have one sps that has never died. It's growing. Fragged it and still growing. Over 1 year old.
But that's it. No other sps frag has ever made it through. Got a birds nest about a month ago and thought it was doing well but this morning I'm seeing tissue loss at the base! I'm about to give up. Polyps are tiny but they are all out. Looks very healthy except of course the tissue loss.
What am I missing???? I upped the number of fish to 7. Feed twice a day. Have a small cleanup crew, rocks are spotless! Have coralline algae everywhere. Even in the sump.
I'm losing my mind trying to figure this out. Please help!
55 gallon dt 20 gallon sump
1 x hydra 52 for lighting
Giant skimmer
Carbon and gfo reactor (1 cup media each)
Cheato in sump
All parameters are stable.
Alk 8.0
N 0.75
P 0.02
Mg 1400
Ca 450
Ph 7.8 (morning 8.1 day)
Salt 1.026
Temp super stable 79.8
Water change 10% once a week (just started this routine used to be once a month)
My Lps are doing great. Zoas doing great. My elegance is massive. Mushrooms everywhere (inherited them. Can't get rid of them.)
I have one sps that has never died. It's growing. Fragged it and still growing. Over 1 year old.
But that's it. No other sps frag has ever made it through. Got a birds nest about a month ago and thought it was doing well but this morning I'm seeing tissue loss at the base! I'm about to give up. Polyps are tiny but they are all out. Looks very healthy except of course the tissue loss.
What am I missing???? I upped the number of fish to 7. Feed twice a day. Have a small cleanup crew, rocks are spotless! Have coralline algae everywhere. Even in the sump.
I'm losing my mind trying to figure this out. Please help!