not sure what im doing wrong guys help

[adrianthetwin]

What's up reef guys so recently got some torch coral,bubble coral,and zoas. And I check my waters every Monday and do a water change on Mondays as well my salinity is at 1.024 and everything else it at zeros I mix my own salt and use reef crystals all the time I don't dose and the temo stays around 75/77 but my corals do t fully open theyll be out like a little but usually it looks weak lol.I see other people's torch looks legit I just don't wanna dose cause I'm not really ready for that. Please can so.done let me know btw I have a really good led light so I doubt it's the lights too.

 

[adrianthetwin]

This is usually how they look at night time but sometimes in the day there out but not too much

 

[Eienna]

If they were under T5s or halides when you got them, they may simply need to adjust to the lighting. Be patient and feed them. They may benefit from a couple layers of screen to block the light, slowly removed over time as they acclimate.

 

[Reefing Madness]

I'd agree that if they weren't under LED when you bought them, you need to acclimate them to your LEDs.

 

[adrianthetwin]

So I went to the store picked up a alkalinity tester and I am pretty high like 14-15 dkh high my calcium is ok at 460ppm so someone told me to wait it out till the alkalinity drops slowly I did a water change today and it stayed the same so just curious do any of you helpful gents point me to the right way I don't wanna do something I will regret ph is 8.2

 

[Reefing Madness]

14-15 shouldnt be a problem, id continue to let it ride itself down.

 

[adrianthetwin]

Hey so I checked my alkalinity today and it seemed to be going up more today it was about 16-17 dkh should I do a water change

 

[Reefing Madness]

It went up?? Without a water change? Thats not right. You need to recheck with the LFS or a friends kit.

 

[adrianthetwin]

Yeah I'm gonna check again real quick before I go to bed it seemed wrong