Hi all, I’m after some advice after 2 years of struggling to keep any coral alive. Apologies if too much information below but wanted to share as much as I could.
My parameters have been very stable for a long time and as below seem to be ok unless I’m missing something, I do a 10% weekly water change and my ICP test didn’t identify any problems but I struggle to keep any coral alive for long.
I’ve tried zoas, frogspawn, candy canes, palys, torches, favias, hammers and everything eventually dies off. Nothing dramatic just seems to deteriorate over time and shrinks until it’s gone. Other than my palys nothing has ever grown (that’s now GlT closed and shrinking) at best things survive for a while. I’ve had a Xenia for 2 years and it’s the same size as when I first put it in the tank!
I don’t constantly change anything and in the two years have only changed my light settings once - moving from AB+ to LPS template and my Neros from random to pulse (about 4 months ago).
My tank has plenty of Coraline algae on the rock. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Any advice on what could be the problem or what I could do?
Thank you in advance for any advice (even if it’s to find a new hobby!)
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Tank
- 145 litre (38cm x 81cm x 55cm)
Parameters
- Magnesium 1357
- Alkalinity 8.4
- Calcium 443
- Phosphate 0.02
- Nitrate 10
- Ph 8.0
- Temp 25.8c
- Salinity 1.026
Fish/Clean Up
- 2x Clowns
- Timor Wrasse
- Bi-colour dwarf angel
- Bristle tooth tang
- Chalk Goby
- Cleaner shrimp
- Nassarius/ Mexican/ fake Mexican turbo snails
- 2x Emerald crab
Lights
- 1x Radion XR15
- LPS/Soft template
- 8 hours/ 35% intensity
Powerheads
- 2x AI Nero3
- Pulse mode, max 45%
- 2 secs on/off (2nd Nero3 same with 0.5 sec delay)
Other Equipment
- ATO
- Doser (ALK, CAL, MAG)
- Filter: Ocelllaris 850 canister
My parameters have been very stable for a long time and as below seem to be ok unless I’m missing something, I do a 10% weekly water change and my ICP test didn’t identify any problems but I struggle to keep any coral alive for long.
I’ve tried zoas, frogspawn, candy canes, palys, torches, favias, hammers and everything eventually dies off. Nothing dramatic just seems to deteriorate over time and shrinks until it’s gone. Other than my palys nothing has ever grown (that’s now GlT closed and shrinking) at best things survive for a while. I’ve had a Xenia for 2 years and it’s the same size as when I first put it in the tank!
I don’t constantly change anything and in the two years have only changed my light settings once - moving from AB+ to LPS template and my Neros from random to pulse (about 4 months ago).
My tank has plenty of Coraline algae on the rock. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Any advice on what could be the problem or what I could do?
Thank you in advance for any advice (even if it’s to find a new hobby!)
——
Tank
- 145 litre (38cm x 81cm x 55cm)
Parameters
- Magnesium 1357
- Alkalinity 8.4
- Calcium 443
- Phosphate 0.02
- Nitrate 10
- Ph 8.0
- Temp 25.8c
- Salinity 1.026
Fish/Clean Up
- 2x Clowns
- Timor Wrasse
- Bi-colour dwarf angel
- Bristle tooth tang
- Chalk Goby
- Cleaner shrimp
- Nassarius/ Mexican/ fake Mexican turbo snails
- 2x Emerald crab
Lights
- 1x Radion XR15
- LPS/Soft template
- 8 hours/ 35% intensity
Powerheads
- 2x AI Nero3
- Pulse mode, max 45%
- 2 secs on/off (2nd Nero3 same with 0.5 sec delay)
Other Equipment
- ATO
- Doser (ALK, CAL, MAG)
- Filter: Ocelllaris 850 canister