Can't eye test par levels and if your nitrates are 5 it's not a phosphate issue. I bet you either got pests or it's a light issue and the corals need time to acclimate. It can take months for an acro to settle in.
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Starting the nitrates dosing
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Can't eye test par levels and if your nitrates are 5 it's not a phosphate issue. I bet you either got pests or it's a light issue and the corals need time to acclimate. It can take months for an acro to settle in.
If think it’s a pest problem I’ll check tonight again! lol
I don’t think light it’s the problem
I don’t think light it’s the problem
All my lps are doing great thanks God, the pest problem should bother them too right?
I went to check last night and again nothing on the coral!!
Try dropping your light intensity a bit. Put it in an acclimation mode for like 2 weeks. Also check your alk for swings. Test once in the morning and again at night.
My alk it’s the most stable parameter in the tank. Literally almost don’t move at all. My red Diablo Frag was literally a flat stick until I added the kessil and started getting pe and now with the nitrates dosing pe it’s so much more.
My asd rainbow have very little PE and
JF jolt almost don’t have pe although they have good color especially Asd rainbow.
My asd rainbow have very little PE and
JF jolt almost don’t have pe although they have good color especially Asd rainbow.
i found an interesting topic on Randy's thread on R2R. It appears that if you are running high par, you need higher nutrients. I noticed the same myself and just the tips of my sps were going white. Apparently with high par and high alk, you need high nuturients or the skeletons will grow too fast and the flesh will spread too thin..thus getting burnt. as such, although people shot for certain levels, i dont give out advice anymore on levels unless I know the situation.
Go rent yourself a par meter and see what's going on. All I can tell you is nitrates are not your issue. If you had a starving acro it would be pale and washed out but still have PE. Those frags may not like the flow/light where they are. Also sometimes they take sometime to settle in. This coral had no PE for like 3 months and out of nowhere looks fantastic.
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My red and green ones are here for 1 month and a few days.
That's nothing. Have you checked the PE like in the middle of night after the lights are out. Like 1 or 2 am?
Yes still low in those ones but a lot more in the oldest ones
Hey Eric! have you tired Amino Acids rather than take a chance on an algae explosion from increasing your nitrates? My SPS in my 20 gallon tank took off with color after adding amino acids. I had trace nitrate and over 1ppm phosphate. What is your phosphate measuring?
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Anything over 20, but I’m happy with 40-60. Gives me more room for error. I never got the worry over high nitrates. I’ve miscalculated my mix and overdosed for weeks, lol most people wouldn’t believe the number. Nothing cared. It took a while but they slowly came down with no issues. Now I’m dosing again.
I have been dosing amino! I just finished one last week, although I’m not using it anymore because I see an bacteria bloom when dosing regularly so that lasts one took me a bit to finish it.
Last time I checked my phosphate were 0.09 around 2 weeks ago
That’s good to hear!
How are you sps reacting to this high nitrates? I know lps would love it!
Keep us posted on how things proceed.
Everything looks nicer thanks God!
And I was just looking at the corals now and there are some pieces getting a better color and pe it’s definitely increasing
And I was just looking at the corals now and there are some pieces getting a better color and pe it’s definitely increasing
DangerDave
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