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Trouble with colouration, PE and pealing SPS
Hi everyone, I’m running a Waterbox 190.5 with 3 Radion XR30s at 50% intensity. I recently started adding a few acros and a monti, but they aren’t doing great—no polyp extension, and my encrusting monti is starting to lose color. I also had my nutrients bottomed out and stayed that way for 3...- DeepakNZReefer
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- alk dosing nutrient deficiancy sps advice
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- Forum: General SPS Discussion
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Struggling to get nutrients up
Hey all, Ive reset my tank about 3 months ago after trying pretty much everything to cull a aiptasia outbreak, which meant totally new rock and sand in the tank. Was meaning to get a build thread up but never got round to it. The rock work was dry marco rock and I used ocean direct live sand...- Kyleovski
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- nutrient deficiancy
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- Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
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What should I do next?
Hello I have a 30 gallon tank and I have algae. I recently had to quarantine my fish so my nitrates went down. My nitrates are less than 2 but definitely not 0. I don’t have a phosphate test kit, I just ordered one so it should come in soon. Anyways I’m keeping my tank fallow except for...- mjaquarium02
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- advice needed algae diatom or dino gha light nutrient deficiancy
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- Forum: Nuisance Algae (including bacteria)
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NO3/PO4 in 2.6g Pico always bottoming out. Tempted to put fish in there...
This is a problem I've been having with this setup pretty consistently. Nutrients are always on the ultra low to zero side and no amount of feeding is helping the situation. I initially thought All-For-Reef was the cause due to its carbon dosing effect, but this time I'm using ESV B-Ionic and...- capt_alaver
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- nutrient deficiancy pico
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- Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
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Unhappy LPS and Zoas during fallow period
Hey Guys, I recently set up a qt tank to deal with an ich outbreak in my Red Sea 250. Since then I've noticed that many of my Lps corals such as my torches and trachyphyllia have not been extending their polyps nearly as far as they have in the past. My zoas have also been affected with many of...- Fishrocker1
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- fallow period nutrient deficiancy torch care unhappy coral zoa advice
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- Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
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Understanding nutrient limitations
understanding nutrient limitations 1. Introduction 2. Brief description on the difference between Availability and residual nutrients. 3.Identify nutrient limitations under different filtration methods. 3.1. Heterotrophic bacteria as dominant species effect on nutrients and residual. 3.2...- sixty_reefer
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- cnp nutrient control nutrient deficiancy
- Category: General Saltwater Aquarium
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New Skimmer & Macroalgae Wasting - Observations and Request for Advice
Hi everyone! I need some advice and this is the best place in the world for high quality reef advice, so please bear with me and thanks in advance for your help! Basically I was skimmerless for a couple of weeks after removing my previous skimmer to prepare the sump for a skimmer upgrade and...- Adam1985
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- algae crash co2 flow macroalgae melting nutrient control nutrient deficiancy ph level refugium skimmer
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Macroalgae (all types of desirable algae)
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Can we learn from the leaves?
Long time gardener and reef keeper. Ive always wondered if we can use the mangrove leave as an indication of what might be missing or lacking in nutrients or micro elements in the reef. What do you guys think?- BoomCorals
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- mangroves micro elements nutrient deficiancy
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Macroalgae (all types of desirable algae)
