Hope everyone is doing well. It has been a while for me..but I have had just a depressing month. To the point I have debated shutting down my tank. Lost well over 1,500 of my happy euphillya. and SPS...INCLUDING the battlebox that came early. Just feel like crying (hey..men are allowed to cry now adays). Going to just spend the next few months trying to stabilize the system and hopefully regain my passion for the hobby.
Looking over the issues, I have had a prolonged nitrate spike. Apparently my cheapy API Nitrate test kit was giving me false low readings for a while. When I got a hanna nitrate tester it was over 75 (unreadable) and I have not been able to get the nitrates down. Outside of this..everything else is dang near perfect...except for my dying corals. I have been told that a nitrate spike should not be a death sentence but here I am.
Looking over the issues, I have had a prolonged nitrate spike. Apparently my cheapy API Nitrate test kit was giving me false low readings for a while. When I got a hanna nitrate tester it was over 75 (unreadable) and I have not been able to get the nitrates down. Outside of this..everything else is dang near perfect...except for my dying corals. I have been told that a nitrate spike should not be a death sentence but here I am.