Hello there, I've been having an ongoing problem with my zoas not fully opening for over 3 months now. Before June-July, all of my zoas were open fully, and looked great.
I have researched a ton on here, and have tried pretty much everything to get my zoas back open and looking good.
My tank is a 75 gallon, with 10 gallon sump. My lights are an 8 bulb t5 setup. Im running ati bulbs, (8 months old) using a combo of purple plus, coral plus, daylight, blue plus, and actinic. I've swapped bulbs trying to get different light combos, but to no luck.
Tank parameters are KH of 8.2, PH 8.14, CA 440, Mg 1400, sg 1.026. No phosphate detected, and Nitrates of 2. This tank has been setup since last October. Fish look great (two small clowns, one goby, two chromis, starry blenny) Bio load is small, I do run a skimmer 12-24 hours a day, and not much ends up in the cup.
Im using Fritz RPM salt, I have tried reef crystals also. Temp of the tank is 76.7 degrees as an average. I use BRS two part for dosing. I do water changes of 15 gallons every three weeks.
I have one SPS in the tank, and its doing great. Also a hammer, and a frog, both are doing great also. However, my zoas are having issues.
I have moved the zoas up and down in the tank, adjusted flows of powerheads, changed timing of lights, and do not see any improvement. I have one rasta frag that is fairly open and almost normal looking, but the others (utter chaos, pink zippers, candy apples, etc) remain only half open all day with the lights on. I have put an led over the zoas, and have changed whites, blues, etc, still no luck getting them to open. I have dipped the zoas in revive, and coral rx. Ive used a soft brush to get any algae, etc off of them. Still no luck. I had a large frag (20 polyups) of a sunny d, that I moved to my coral qt, and it still hasnt opened fully after a month, and the colors look horrible.
Im stumped. Any help is most appreciated. Im sure I left out something, so please ask. Thank you in advance!
I have researched a ton on here, and have tried pretty much everything to get my zoas back open and looking good.
My tank is a 75 gallon, with 10 gallon sump. My lights are an 8 bulb t5 setup. Im running ati bulbs, (8 months old) using a combo of purple plus, coral plus, daylight, blue plus, and actinic. I've swapped bulbs trying to get different light combos, but to no luck.
Tank parameters are KH of 8.2, PH 8.14, CA 440, Mg 1400, sg 1.026. No phosphate detected, and Nitrates of 2. This tank has been setup since last October. Fish look great (two small clowns, one goby, two chromis, starry blenny) Bio load is small, I do run a skimmer 12-24 hours a day, and not much ends up in the cup.
Im using Fritz RPM salt, I have tried reef crystals also. Temp of the tank is 76.7 degrees as an average. I use BRS two part for dosing. I do water changes of 15 gallons every three weeks.
I have one SPS in the tank, and its doing great. Also a hammer, and a frog, both are doing great also. However, my zoas are having issues.
I have moved the zoas up and down in the tank, adjusted flows of powerheads, changed timing of lights, and do not see any improvement. I have one rasta frag that is fairly open and almost normal looking, but the others (utter chaos, pink zippers, candy apples, etc) remain only half open all day with the lights on. I have put an led over the zoas, and have changed whites, blues, etc, still no luck getting them to open. I have dipped the zoas in revive, and coral rx. Ive used a soft brush to get any algae, etc off of them. Still no luck. I had a large frag (20 polyups) of a sunny d, that I moved to my coral qt, and it still hasnt opened fully after a month, and the colors look horrible.
Im stumped. Any help is most appreciated. Im sure I left out something, so please ask. Thank you in advance!
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