My nutrients bottomed out on my 40g (overdid the gfo)and my corals have been looking stressed. I have the brown stringy algae with bubbles on the sand, which I assume is dinos. I’ve upped the feeding to increase nutrients, and turned off the lights for a day, which helped. The dino isn’t on my corals at all, but they’re still not looking great. My zoas are closed, my Duncan isn’t extending, and my torch isn’t as extended as usual. The Duncan, torch and an acan are all eating fine. Is there something in the water column I should be worried about? I treated with Vibrant, which is supposed to help. It’s been like this a few weeks now, and I don’t want to lose any of the corals. I also forgot to mention that I had a snail die-off. What do all of you suggest? Here are my numbers:
Alk: 8.7, Ca 430, No3: 3, temp: 78.6, sal about 34-35, ph 8.12. The lights are a 4 bulb ati t5 on for about 5.5 hours a day. I was increasing the lighting 30 minutes per week but that was making things worse, so I dialed them back. I have an AWC system that changes out 5g over the course of a week and dosing pumps for alk and ca. The tank is as stable as it’s ever been (just started with the AWC’s and dosing about a month ago, so I’m really frustrated. Here are some pics:
Thanks for your help!!!
Alk: 8.7, Ca 430, No3: 3, temp: 78.6, sal about 34-35, ph 8.12. The lights are a 4 bulb ati t5 on for about 5.5 hours a day. I was increasing the lighting 30 minutes per week but that was making things worse, so I dialed them back. I have an AWC system that changes out 5g over the course of a week and dosing pumps for alk and ca. The tank is as stable as it’s ever been (just started with the AWC’s and dosing about a month ago, so I’m really frustrated. Here are some pics:
Thanks for your help!!!