Corals Not looking hot

[Mayorbee]

50 gallon tank is 8 months old. Been struggling with green hair algae since the beginning but corals always have been growing well. I have a mixed reef. over the last 2 weeks my corals are not looking well. Went from growing and looking super healthy to basically dying.

Since I noticed recession I have Turned off fuge. Dosing neo nitrate and phosphate to try to increase them. Phosphate stuck bottomed out.

Water parameters
Salinity 1.026
Mag 1300
Calcium 430
Alk 8.2
Nitrate 6
Phosphate 0

LPS Corals look the worst and are most likely going to die. Soft coral not opening. I have one motipora that looks fine and is growing.

Is ICP my best bet here? I’m not sure what else could cause such coral loss.

 

[kevgib67]

A picture of your tank would help. The hair algae is out competing your corals, they are starving. You need nitrates at 10-15 and phosphates at .05-.1. Your magnesium is a little low. Torches, frogspawn and hammers thrive with magnesium around 1400. I can’t comment on light and flow until we get more info.

 

[tzabor10]

Ice is always good. But it takes time. Post pictures to show the issue. Are you running carbon?

 

[jackson6745]

Get the phosphate up asap. Reef roids will do it.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Sounds like the uglies set in. Remove as much hair algae as possible. Potentially lower white light

 

[Mayorbee]

A picture of your tank would help. The hair algae is out competing your corals, they are starving. You need nitrates at 10-15 and phosphates at .05-.1. Your magnesium is a little low. Torches, frogspawn and hammers thrive with magnesium around 1400. I can’t comment on light and flow until we get more info.

Running 2 nero3s at 50-70% and a return pump at 600 GPH. lighting is a reefbreeders v2 32. Running whites 17% blues 30%

 

[Mayorbee]

Get the phosphate up asap. Reef roids will do it.

Been trying that. No luck still. Will keep trying

 

[jackson6745]

Been trying that. No luck still. Will keep trying

Been trying to get phosphate up? Or it has been up and nothing is working? If you have reef roids it comes up fast. Liquid additives takes quite a bit to raise it but just add the needed amount from the calculation on directions. If you add the right amount of whatever your po4 will shoot right up.

Also, what are you using to measure phosphate?

 

[Mayorbee]

Been trying to get phosphate up? Or it has been up and nothing is working? If you have reef roids it comes up fast. Liquid additives takes quite a bit to raise it but just add the needed amount from the calculation on directions. If you add the right amount of whatever your po4 will shoot right up.

Also, what are you using to measure phosphate?

 

[Mayorbee]

Been trying to get phosphates up for a week. I am using Hannah checker ULR

 

[kevgib67]

Picture?

 

[jackson6745]

Been trying to get phosphates up for a week. I am using Hannah checker ULR

Gotcha. Before you you shoot down rabbit holes that likely aren’t the issue just get that po4 up, especially in a mixed reef. You’ll be amazed at the rebound. Good luck. Keep us posted!

 

[Mayorbee]

Picture?

Will be home shortly. Sorry I will post one

 

[Mayorbee]

Gotcha. Before you you shoot down rabbit holes that likely aren’t the issue just get that po4 up, especially in a mixed reef. You’ll be amazed at the rebound. Good luck. Keep us posted!

Thanks. I

50 gallon tank is 8 months old. Been struggling with green hair algae since the beginning but corals always have been growing well. I have a mixed reef. over the last 2 weeks my corals are not looking well. Went from growing and looking super healthy to basically dying.

Since I noticed recession I have Turned off fuge. Dosing neo nitrate and phosphate to try to increase them. Phosphate stuck bottomed out.

Water parameters
Salinity 1.026
Mag 1300
Calcium 430
Alk 8.2
Nitrate 6
Phosphate 0

LPS Corals look the worst and are most likely going to die. Soft coral not opening. I have one motipora that looks fine and is growing.

Is ICP my best bet here? I’m not sure what else could cause such coral loss.

 

[Mayorbee]

Thanks. I

Waiting for the whites to come on. There is definitely some Dino’s in the sand bed and some gross hair like algae. Will test Nitrate Phosphate and Alk this afternoon and update

 

[jackson6745]

Probably not recommended by the tang police lol but I would put a small foxface or bristle tooth tang in there to mow down all of that GHA. You’re also going to need a bunch of snails.

 

[Mayorbee]

Probably not recommended by the tang police lol but I would put a small foxface or bristle tooth tang in there to mow down all of that GHA. You’re also going to need a bunch of snails.i

 

[Mayorbee]

I have a small tomini tang and do need to re supply my cleanup crew.

 

[acro.jordan]

Been trying that. No luck still. Will keep trying

If you can’t raise phosphate with reef roids you’re not using enough… lol

 

[Mayorbee]

If you can’t raise phosphate with reef roids you’re not using enough… lol

Yeah I hear you. How much would you use? Total water volume is 75 gallons was doing 1/2 teaspoon at a time