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Need help with keeping SPS. Can't seem to do it. Bought a montipora frag last week and it seems to be browning on the edges already (see pictures).
My setup is a Reefer 425XL as follows:
Lights: 2 Radion xr15 Pros set to the AB+ template at 60% (was running 50% but bumped it up after reading too low of light can cause SPS to brown out)
Waterflow: 2 MP40s (synced) in reefcrest or gyre and generating approximately 4500 gph flow
Return Pump: 1 Vectra M2 return pump at 45% (or 900 gph)
Heater: 2 Finnex heaters which show 85 on the controller but the tank only reads 70 degrees. I'd appreciate recommendations for replacement heater(s).
Mechnical filtration: Reefmat fleece roller
Skimmer: Reef Octopus, which I don't currently have running
Water chemistry as follows:
Ammonia - 0.0
Nitrite - 0.0
Nitrate 12.1 ppm
Phosphate 0.003 ppm
Alkalinity - 9.9 dkh
Calcium - 546 ppm
Salinity - 1.024
Can't recall my last water change as my levels stay pretty consistent. The only things I dose are Red Sea AB+ (25 ml 2-3x per week) and Tropic Marin All-for-Reef (also 25 ml 2-3x per week).
My setup is a Reefer 425XL as follows:
Lights: 2 Radion xr15 Pros set to the AB+ template at 60% (was running 50% but bumped it up after reading too low of light can cause SPS to brown out)
Waterflow: 2 MP40s (synced) in reefcrest or gyre and generating approximately 4500 gph flow
Return Pump: 1 Vectra M2 return pump at 45% (or 900 gph)
Heater: 2 Finnex heaters which show 85 on the controller but the tank only reads 70 degrees. I'd appreciate recommendations for replacement heater(s).
Mechnical filtration: Reefmat fleece roller
Skimmer: Reef Octopus, which I don't currently have running
Water chemistry as follows:
Ammonia - 0.0
Nitrite - 0.0
Nitrate 12.1 ppm
Phosphate 0.003 ppm
Alkalinity - 9.9 dkh
Calcium - 546 ppm
Salinity - 1.024
Can't recall my last water change as my levels stay pretty consistent. The only things I dose are Red Sea AB+ (25 ml 2-3x per week) and Tropic Marin All-for-Reef (also 25 ml 2-3x per week).