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Weekly wc 20g
750ml of kalk mix of 2tsp Per gallon
17ml ab+
phyto
6 lps
7 sps
A couple sofites
Kh-8.3
Calc-390
Mag-1400
No3-0-2
Po4-0.01-0.02
Volume-120g
12 fish
Problems
1. Lazy on water change
2. Idk my par anymore after I change my settings
3. Wasn't using a di filter until a month ago
4. Feeding corals daily?
5. About a month ago I had 10alk and low nutrients maybe a possible problem.
Any other thought? The bleaching hasn't increased and I started doing all of the things on my list.

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Well I see one other problem that wasn’t noted. Algae is starting to grow on the base and it. Might want to try a round of fluconazole to kill the algae. Alk is fine, Calcium could stand to be a little higher. Are you dosing with a 2 part Ca/Alk ?
 
Well I see one other problem that wasn’t noted. Algae is starting to grow on the base and it. Might want to try a round of fluconazole to kill the algae. Alk is fine, Calcium could stand to be a little higher. Are you dosing with a 2 part Ca/Alk ?
No just kalkwasser that's a older picture. That part got covered by cyano for a little but now you can see the white and there's not much algae. The 390 is just the last test I remember but I increased my kalkwasser dosage from 600 to 750 which should bring it up a little I'll have to test.
 
It could be parameter swing.

Weekly wc 20g for 120g is 17%. I think that is too much in my opinion. This is a risk to damage acros due to parameter swing. If you need to do more than 10% water change, I recommended to match the alkalinity of your tank and new water for reducing the risk.

Po4-0.01 is also a risk for dinoflagellates. I personally recommend Po4 target around 0.08-0.1. I know many acro reefer prefer 0.01-0.03. But, it's a risk for zero Po4. If it happen, it will take a lot of time & effort to make it back to normal & stable.

Your acro can grow over the damaged area. It will take time.
 
It could be parameter swing.

Weekly wc 20g for 120g is 17%. I think that is too much in my opinion. This is a risk to damage acros due to parameter swing. If you need to do more than 10% water change, I recommended to match the alkalinity of your tank and new water for reducing the risk.

Po4-0.01 is also a risk for dinoflagellates. I personally recommend Po4 target around 0.08-0.1. I know many acro reefer prefer 0.01-0.03. But, it's a risk for zero Po4. If it happen, it will take a lot of time & effort to make it back to normal & stable.

Your acro can grow over the damaged area. It will take time.
Yea I guess I can just do 10g water changes and maybe that'll help bring my nutrients up a little. I just have a hard time keeping it up. I feed twice a day and I feed alot. I have nothing special for filtration just socks, skimmer, and 8g refugium area.
 

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