topjimmy
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OK all I am in need of some advice. Every piece of sps that I put in the tank looks good for a few days. After that it all goes down hill. They all start to lose color, lack pe even at night, and then stn from the base for about a month until they eventually rtn one night. They never show any growth in that time.
I have tried multiple times and types, from Monti to stylo, acros, you name it. LPS seem to do OK. And strange enough a red dragon that is pale but seems to be ok.
I just received my icp test results from ATI and nothing stands out other than low alk. They have it at 6dkh and my Hannah ppm is pretty steady at 135 ppm, so around 7.5.
The tank is a standard 65, 36x24x18. Currently running a 20k Hamilton mh, with two ati blue plus. The blues are on about 10 hours and the mh 6.
Sump is a new emerald 26, skimmer is a seaside 5.5
I dose diy nopox, and two part
It is 13 years old with no real algae problems, a couple of inches of sand.
Livestock includes :
A pair of perc clowns and their gbta.
Diamond goby
High fin goby and pistol
African flameback
Melanurus wrasse
Carpenter wrasse
Tribal blenny.
Snails and hermits.
Water parameters:
Temp 77-78
PH 7.9-8.2
Sg 1.026
Alk is 6 according to ATI
Calcium is 500
No3 8
Po4. 03
Magnesium 1350
Makup is 0 tds rodi, IO salt, though I just bought some Dr's f&s to try.
I'm at a loss.
Attached is the icp test http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5a26b9f4c5111/Analyse9970.pdf
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I have tried multiple times and types, from Monti to stylo, acros, you name it. LPS seem to do OK. And strange enough a red dragon that is pale but seems to be ok.
I just received my icp test results from ATI and nothing stands out other than low alk. They have it at 6dkh and my Hannah ppm is pretty steady at 135 ppm, so around 7.5.
The tank is a standard 65, 36x24x18. Currently running a 20k Hamilton mh, with two ati blue plus. The blues are on about 10 hours and the mh 6.
Sump is a new emerald 26, skimmer is a seaside 5.5
I dose diy nopox, and two part
It is 13 years old with no real algae problems, a couple of inches of sand.
Livestock includes :
A pair of perc clowns and their gbta.
Diamond goby
High fin goby and pistol
African flameback
Melanurus wrasse
Carpenter wrasse
Tribal blenny.
Snails and hermits.
Water parameters:
Temp 77-78
PH 7.9-8.2
Sg 1.026
Alk is 6 according to ATI
Calcium is 500
No3 8
Po4. 03
Magnesium 1350
Makup is 0 tds rodi, IO salt, though I just bought some Dr's f&s to try.
I'm at a loss.
Attached is the icp test http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5a26b9f4c5111/Analyse9970.pdf
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk
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