About Had IT With Corals

[BestMomEver]

zero nitrates for about 6 months

What test kit are you using? If you have API kit for nitrates, please get a different brand. Apparently, part of the ingredients settle and harden in the bottle if you don’t shake it up every few days. It will either give you a zero or a very high number. Mine read zero for a long time until I got a Salifert. My nitrates are really more like 10ppm and not zero.

 

[Dan_K1309]

This is what I set the lights to this morning. I used the los/sfcoral preset and adjusted to your suggestions Thanks

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just remember, the Japanese man who mastered cultured pearls. Took 20 years, to perfect.

 

[redpine42]

Just remember, the Japanese man who mastered cultured pearls. Took 20 years, to perfect.

Mikimoto. Coolest store in Tokyo!

 

[Dan_K1309]

Mikimoto. Coolest store in Tokyo!

thanks

 

[Dan_K1309]

What test kit are you using? If you have API kit for nitrates, please get a different brand. Apparently, part of the ingredients settle and harden in the bottle if you don’t shake it up every few days. It will either give you a zero or a very high number. Mine read zero for a long time until I got a Salifert. My nitrates are really more like 10ppm and not zero.

thanks will do

 

[Dan_K1309]

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Thanks

We a good refractor, tds tester, Red Sea Test Kit and Red Sea A and B energy which has amino acids in it plus another 1k gyre . Thank you all for your help. will have more questions later

 

[sfin52]

A good lps would be a Duncan. Fast growth and easy to boot. I agree get those nitrates up to 10.

 

[Dan_K1309]

A good lps would be a Duncan. Fast growth and easy to boot. I agree get those nitrates up to 10.

Thanks working on getting nitrates up. Ordered Red Sea A and B energy booster as amino acids etc.

 

[Dan_K1309]

You got this, GOOD LUCK!!!

ab These are the numbers you gave me and have them set to now. We ordered better refractor,tds meter, red sea pro test kit, red sea a and b energy it has the stuff you suggested. Thanks Dan

 

[Dan_K1309]

The new settings

 

[Billldg]

ab These are the numbers you gave me and have them set to now. We ordered better refractor,tds meter, red sea pro test kit, red sea a and b energy it has the stuff you suggested. Thanks Dan

What schedule is that?

 

[Dan_K1309]

What schedule is that?

I was using the you suggested yesterday? Did I miss something?

 

[MTBake]

Don't forget a calibration fluid for the refractometer.

How old is this tank?

 

[erk]

Looking back at this thread, there has been a lot of information thrown around very quickly. I think there are questions that haven't been answered though.

You stated your parameters, but how stable have these parameters been? Have you had any appreciable swings?
How have the LPS you kept died? Slow tissue recession or quick polyp bailout?
Do you target feed your corals?
How often do you feed the tank, what do you feed, how much?
What methods do you use for nutrient control; water changes, algae refugium, phosphate medium, skimmer, etc?
How long has this tank been running?

I see you are addressing your lighting schedule. That may be one item to address. But don't make too many changes too quickly. My method is to make a change, then wait a couple days, maybe a week. Move slowly and take your time. The worst thing we can do is become impatient. I can't tell you how many hundreds of dollars I've lost from being impatient with coral.

 

[Dan_K1309]

Don't forget a calibration fluid for the refractometer.

How old is this tank?

Tank is 9 mos old. The refractor we ordered comes with the fluid

 

[Dan_K1309]

Looking back at this thread, there has been a lot of information thrown around very quickly. I think there are questions that haven't been answered though.

You stated your parameters, but how stable have these parameters been? Have you had any appreciable swings?
How have the LPS you kept died? Slow tissue recession or quick polyp bailout?
Do you target feed your corals?
How often do you feed the tank, what do you feed, how much?
What methods do you use for nutrient control; water changes, algae refugium, phosphate medium, skimmer, etc?
How long has this tank been running?

I see you are addressing your lighting schedule. That may be one item to address. But don't make too many changes too quickly. My method is to make a change, then wait a couple days, maybe a week. Move slowly and take your time. The worst thing we can do is become impatient. I can't tell you how many hundreds of dollars I've lost from being impatient with coral.

Thanks a lot to answer

 

[Billldg]

I was using the you suggested yesterday? Did I miss something?

Use the acan schedule,

I was using the you suggested yesterday? Did I miss something?

The acan setting should look like this

 

[MTBake]

Tank is 9 mos old. The refractor we ordered comes with the fluid

That's good. I had to order the fluid when I got mine.

 

[Dan_K1309]

Where did you get this, in the presets or manually?