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Been having long term issues with stony coral mortality parameters below along with what I've tried. I'm at a total loss. LPS display poor PE. No stony coral growth. Tissue recession until death on stony corals.
Livestock: RBTA, pair of clowns, foxface, tuxedo urchin, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, nassarius snails, astraea snail, blue leg hermits, emerald crabs.
Known unintentional additions: collonista snails, spaghetti worms, vermitids, bristle worms.
Corals are: acan x2, encrusting montipora (dying tissue loss from center out), seriatopora (nearly dead, RTN), favites (never did well, stays retracted) Blue Caulastrea, hammer coral, elegance coral (barely extends), toadstool leather, GSP, various zoas and palythoa, 3 headed duncan (1 head opens large, no tissue extends over skeleton anymore)
Tank dimensions 36x18x21.
Been running for 13 months
Coralline growth is existent but the urchin LOVES it so it gets eaten very quickly.
Alk 151 ppm *.056 for dkh
Ca 420 ppm
Mg 1400
Ph 8.2
NO3 10ppm (been raising from undetectable over the last month and a half)
P 29 ppb *3.066/1000 for ppm PO4 (same situation as NO3)
Still finding equilibrium with NO3PO4X dosing
Salt mix is hW-MarineMix Reefer from BRS
Lighting 2 bulb T5 (1:30-7:30pm) ATI blue plus and coral plus
Kessil AP700 20% peak for 8 hours
Temp 80°F
1.5" sand bed of Fiji pink
Alk has flucuated +- 2ppm
Running BRS rox 0.8 carbon in a reactor
Dosing 1 drop KZ coral vitalizer and sponge power daily, 10ml of Coral System 1-4 on thursdays.
Feeding 15 ml Mikes Phyto, 2.5 ml Oyster Feast, LRS reef frenzy once daily. Nori on a clip for the Foxface
Flow is provided by 2 mp40s at minimum power on lagoon set to opposite cycles.
Reef Octopus Classic 152-s skimmer
Have tested for stray current. Get the same non zero reading with everything off as I do with everything on.
Only nuisance algae is bubble algae.
Planning on a Triton test when I can afford it.
Been having long term issues with stony coral mortality parameters below along with what I've tried. I'm at a total loss. LPS display poor PE. No stony coral growth. Tissue recession until death on stony corals.
Livestock: RBTA, pair of clowns, foxface, tuxedo urchin, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, nassarius snails, astraea snail, blue leg hermits, emerald crabs.
Known unintentional additions: collonista snails, spaghetti worms, vermitids, bristle worms.
Corals are: acan x2, encrusting montipora (dying tissue loss from center out), seriatopora (nearly dead, RTN), favites (never did well, stays retracted) Blue Caulastrea, hammer coral, elegance coral (barely extends), toadstool leather, GSP, various zoas and palythoa, 3 headed duncan (1 head opens large, no tissue extends over skeleton anymore)
Tank dimensions 36x18x21.
Been running for 13 months
Coralline growth is existent but the urchin LOVES it so it gets eaten very quickly.
Alk 151 ppm *.056 for dkh
Ca 420 ppm
Mg 1400
Ph 8.2
NO3 10ppm (been raising from undetectable over the last month and a half)
P 29 ppb *3.066/1000 for ppm PO4 (same situation as NO3)
Still finding equilibrium with NO3PO4X dosing
Salt mix is hW-MarineMix Reefer from BRS
Lighting 2 bulb T5 (1:30-7:30pm) ATI blue plus and coral plus
Kessil AP700 20% peak for 8 hours
Temp 80°F
1.5" sand bed of Fiji pink
Alk has flucuated +- 2ppm
Running BRS rox 0.8 carbon in a reactor
Dosing 1 drop KZ coral vitalizer and sponge power daily, 10ml of Coral System 1-4 on thursdays.
Feeding 15 ml Mikes Phyto, 2.5 ml Oyster Feast, LRS reef frenzy once daily. Nori on a clip for the Foxface
Flow is provided by 2 mp40s at minimum power on lagoon set to opposite cycles.
Reef Octopus Classic 152-s skimmer
Have tested for stray current. Get the same non zero reading with everything off as I do with everything on.
Only nuisance algae is bubble algae.
Planning on a Triton test when I can afford it.