stn, or rtn, no polys
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TheReefKeeper
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PO4 and NO3? My guess in 0 LOL.
Seems your water may be too clean if it's receding from the base slowly over weeks STN and RTN happen quick and flesh typically fly's off seems you may have too much Carbon and Bio-Pellets going.
Seems your water may be too clean if it's receding from the base slowly over weeks STN and RTN happen quick and flesh typically fly's off seems you may have too much Carbon and Bio-Pellets going.
TheReefKeeper
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chevyman1856
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Po4 25ppb no3 is 0 should loos the brs carbon? Can I add to feed?
TheReefKeeper
Aquaholic
Po4 is high I would take one offline may be not both just one and do a Water change and test again. SPS like a lil po4 and no3 not a lot but I find better color with a lil. Unless your trying to achieve a UNLS I wouldn't worry too much about chasing em down to 0.
Alk is way low get that up over a week and get the Mag up to 1350min.
What are you dosing a 2 part? Dose more alk until your WC then try to balance em out not uncommon to be dosing more alk than CA to maintain a higher ALK
Alk is way low get that up over a week and get the Mag up to 1350min.
What are you dosing a 2 part? Dose more alk until your WC then try to balance em out not uncommon to be dosing more alk than CA to maintain a higher ALK
TheReefKeeper
Aquaholic
That's a nice thought but you can't bring alk up and maintain it with a balanced calcium level without bringing the mag up at the same time to keep things balanced it's easier to do do both at the same time it hurts noting and only helps.
The bio pellets and carbon is also hurting things I would choose one and dump the other.
chevyman1856
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thanks for the quick replys
what should I dose alk to it's at 9.5 dhk now
now dkh 9.5
I use brs 2 part
po4 is should it be zero? or say 2 or 3 ppb
could I feed the coral?
erik
what should I dose alk to it's at 9.5 dhk now
now dkh 9.5
I use brs 2 part
po4 is should it be zero? or say 2 or 3 ppb
could I feed the coral?
erik
fishguy597
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Keep your alk steady for a while and see what happens. Did you go from 3.5 to 9.5 dkh in a day ? If so next time take it slower since raising your dkh quickly will lower your ph. Try using a reef calculator for accuracy.
chevyman1856
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No 3.5 was mgl 9.5 was dkh
chevyman1856
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Thanks
PaleHorse
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Implied task....
chevyman1856
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Bringing up alk and cal but I thinking it to late seems like the flesh is coming off
chevyman1856
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markalot
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Is this your only SPS coral?
You have a lot of reactors, do you need them?
If you measure Alk at the same time every day, does it stay steady?
How long has the tank been setup? In that last picture above the rocks look barren, no algae, no growth at all, just bare rock. I see one, maybe two feather dusters. Odds are the water was either too clean or the tank was too new.
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/29/a6e6d69cb5d54713a5bc3e0ca7eb4755.jpg
chevyman1856
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Tank about 2 years old and yes been trying get spa to grow did have lots of alge was using brs reactor for gfo and carbon. I took those off like and added a bio-pellet reactor thats only been on for about 3weeks
chevyman1856
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No3 is zero and phosphates are in .0025ppm
chevyman1856
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Been trying to get alk stable just seem like it's getting to were it stays around 9dhk
chevyman1856
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Didn't see any on the rock or recently
