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Oh, now I understand...I only turned the light back on to see what reaction the zoas would have. I will shut the lights back off, I'm hoping to get the t5 real soon.
Look at the behavior of the zoas when he turned off the LEDs...It's not the lights man. Unless they're too bright. Grab a lux meter for $14 and set them correctly or a par meter
Low nutrients plus low dissolved organics as mentioned so many times before are the likely cause.
For the animal alk uptake and nutrient uptake are driven by light. And maintained by flow. Upsetting the balance on two of those obviously can cause major probs. An animal with a larger mouth and digestive system needs more solid foods too
Rox carbon is probably the most aggressive you can get and also the toughest to keep out of the tank btw. And aggressive use like a reactor can strip organics. It also because of its structure can get into the tank as well quite easily.
Any sort of extreme change being suggested should be looked at with skepticism.
Joshporksandwitch is probably THE zoa guy here. Look back on his advice.
Your sps are a very different animal btw. Zoas like pars of 100 to 250 generally probably take more depending on higher nutrients. Many Sps Esp acro will thrive in super low UNLS systems and take HUGE amounts of Par as long as those minimums of no and Po are kept.
Those levels will kill a zoa and a Xenia would die almost immediately.
It seems to me you have the answers already and the tools too. Just adjust them to suit the animals in your care.
A truly truly mixed reef is really the hardest thing out there. Because few of those animals live in the the same type of environment in the wild.
Vitamin c btw is a carbon source and also carbon dosing. Every organism on the planet depends on carbon exchange. Bacteria coral and us. More primitive organisms can access it more directly.
I did.Look at the behavior of the zoas when he turned off the LEDs...
Hummm... if I thought would be "like turning them down" I would tell him to do that way.I did.
changing to a 4tube t5 from a high output led is kinda like turning them down.
I only offer advice on how it actually works. everyone is free to chose.
vodka and true carbon dosing is unnecessary. the nutrients are low enough.
vitamin c just is and is likely in everything that says aminos or marine snow. its also a natural preservative.
@A. grandis I can't find a build thread or any pictures of your tank/system?It won't hurt, but solve the problem!
Try the silver bullet!
Grandis.
Guys, I really appreciate all the feedback that everyone is giving but please lets not starting bashing on each other. Like I said earlier I'm willing to try any suggestions you guys have but I'm only going to do 1 thing at a time and slowly to see if any changes occur. Grandis has offered an idea and even though I don't think it's the lights I'm willing to give it a shot, it can't hurt anything. If the T5's don't show any improvement then I will start dosing vitiman C, I already followed joshporksandwhichs advice but I saw no improvements so I'm trying other things now.