I'm at my whits end.
I have a 40g innovative marine tank.
AI prime light.
Innovative ghost skimmer (at least I have no micro bubbles). Yea me! /S ( big s for lots of sarcasm)
Jebao wave maker. On a setting to run like 10 seconds then stop for like 10 seconds
Do 5g water changes weekly. Usually 5 but sometimes 10 if I miss a week.
Salinity 1.025. (fish store water)
Test kits are salifert except phosphate (Hanna)
Ph - 8.0
NO3 - 2.5
NO2 - like 0
Phosphate is 0
Temp 80
Livestock
Clownfish, yellow coris wrasse, firefish
Royal urchin
Some scarlet hermits
nassarius snail
So my issue. I can't get most corals to thrive or even live. I buy frags as I don't want to buy an expensive rock to just kill it.
I've lost 2 hammers and a torch. Look good for couple weeks then just melt.
Zoa's either close up for good or the two I have that open, just don't grow new polyps.
I have a Kenya tree, blue sympodium, cloves, and gorgonian all doing ok. The kenya tree doesnt split so it's not a pain in the ****.
The sympodium and gorg are doing really well. Actually see growth.
The cloves are starting to loose numbers.
I feed reef roids once a week. Do I need more?
Now I've had this tank for 3 yrs. I don't make crazy changes. I've tried to let the tank alone.
I've attached my light schedule. I changed it several months ago to the one you see. It wasn't much changes.
I really would like a zoa garden and a torch. That's it.
I'm really sad.
I know this hobie is not set it and forget it, but I'm doing the things (I think) that I'm told I need to do.
I have a 40g innovative marine tank.
AI prime light.
Innovative ghost skimmer (at least I have no micro bubbles). Yea me! /S ( big s for lots of sarcasm)
Jebao wave maker. On a setting to run like 10 seconds then stop for like 10 seconds
Do 5g water changes weekly. Usually 5 but sometimes 10 if I miss a week.
Salinity 1.025. (fish store water)
Test kits are salifert except phosphate (Hanna)
Ph - 8.0
NO3 - 2.5
NO2 - like 0
Phosphate is 0
Temp 80
Livestock
Clownfish, yellow coris wrasse, firefish
Royal urchin
Some scarlet hermits
nassarius snail
So my issue. I can't get most corals to thrive or even live. I buy frags as I don't want to buy an expensive rock to just kill it.
I've lost 2 hammers and a torch. Look good for couple weeks then just melt.
Zoa's either close up for good or the two I have that open, just don't grow new polyps.
I have a Kenya tree, blue sympodium, cloves, and gorgonian all doing ok. The kenya tree doesnt split so it's not a pain in the ****.
The sympodium and gorg are doing really well. Actually see growth.
The cloves are starting to loose numbers.
I feed reef roids once a week. Do I need more?
Now I've had this tank for 3 yrs. I don't make crazy changes. I've tried to let the tank alone.
I've attached my light schedule. I changed it several months ago to the one you see. It wasn't much changes.
I really would like a zoa garden and a torch. That's it.
I'm really sad.
I know this hobie is not set it and forget it, but I'm doing the things (I think) that I'm told I need to do.