This can't be normal. I want to be a good reefer. HELP

twilliard · Jan 21, 2017

Rick.45cal said:
No problems! Nothing is worse than going through tank wide loses! You'll be growing corals in no time now.

You have covered it well Rick, good job!

griff500 · Jan 22, 2017

Thank god someone pointed out the TDS issue.

JMLewis · Jan 22, 2017

Bubblebass said:
Maybe it's all in my head..... but with 2 days of no GFO or carbon running, I can already see an improvement. I swear the zoa's are opening already.....

Triton ordered.

Best thing I did for my corals was to remove my GFO, I couldn't keep corals alive and couldn't figure out the issue until it was to late. I had the old school thinking that 0 po4 was a good thing. Now I actually have to dose Seachem Phosphorus. If I get below .05 ppm my corals start looking bad.

Also with the low nutrients it's a good idea to keep alk under 8 DKH. If I go over 8 the tips of my Sps start to recede.

Bubblebass · Jan 24, 2017

JMLewis said:
Best thing I did for my corals was to remove my GFO, I couldn't keep corals alive and couldn't figure out the issue until it was to late. I had the old school thinking that 0 po4 was a good thing. Now I actually have to dose Seachem Phosphorus. If I get below .05 ppm my corals start looking bad.

Also with the low nutrients it's a good idea to keep alk under 8 DKH. If I go over 8 the tips of my Sps start to recede.

What do you keep your PO at now? What's considered a therapeutic level?

JMLewis · Jan 24, 2017

Bubblebass said:
What do you keep your PO at now? What's considered a therapeutic level?

I keep it right around 7.3-7.5

Bubblebass · Feb 17, 2017

Got the Triton results back. Maybe you guys can give me a hand with the results. If this thread is too old to get much attention, I'll post in a separate thread.

Rick.45cal · Feb 17, 2017

Well it looks like you have a substantially elevated Barium level. I know the soluable barium ion can be poisonous. @Randy Holmes-Farley is probably the best one equiped to interpret your results, I'm sure he will be able to tell you if your barium level is really a concern or not.

Bubblebass · Feb 17, 2017

Yes, I saw that also. The only thing I've ever dosed is NOPOX, CA, MG, ROX Carbon, BRS GFO and ALK. No idea where that could be coming from. How about the other levels?

BTW - corals have really come around and most are now surviving since taking my GFO offline.