Hey all,
I appreciate you taking the time to help me out here. Previously, I've successfully kept sw fish, soft coral, and LPS coral in a 180 gallon before I took a hiatus. I started up a new 90 gallon approximately a year ago and wanted to have a primarily dominant SPS tank with some LPS at the lower levels.
This go-around I was immediately intrigued by the Triton method. Do away with water changes? Yes please. So, I've been dosing per their regimen since the beginning and have not done a single water change to this point. I have no problem doing them if needed, but at this point I still have undetectable levels of nitrate and clear water without the use of carbon or GFO. The fish and LPS are active and seem very healthy.
Full tank shot
Now for the issue, I can't keep SPS healthy to save my life.
I have the following parameters:
Alk: 8.2-8.4
Calc: 444
Mag: 1530
Salinity: 1.025
Phosphates: Undetectable
Nitrate: Undetectable
I'm sending in a water sample to Triton today so I should have more parameters available soon.
I use a Giesemann 48" LED T5 Hybrid light fixture. I run it for 8 hours a day, 100% T5 and 10% LED with an hour ramp up/down on either side for the LED only (6 total hours at the full 10%). I have 1x 54w Super Purple, 2x 54w Actinic Blue, 1x 54w Aquablue Coral T5 bulbs, all Giesemann. Plan was to slowly increase the LED up to ~40%, but immediately ran into bleaching problems so I haven't progressed.
Here is what I'm experiencing:
Acro 1: Seems like I'm getting some bleaching at the tips, RTN at the base, and the polyp coloration is all, but gone. Average PAR level is only 88 at this location. Would increase it, but again I'm experiencing issues.
When I got it 3 weeks ago
One week ago
Yesterday (apologies for the light on this. I can try to take a better one if needed)
Acro 2: Had some bleaching on the tips when I got it, but it's progressing badly and starting to grow algae on the bleached parts. Average PAR is only 69 at this location.
When I got it 3 weeks ago
One week ago
Yesterday
Like I said above, everything else in the tank is healthy including a torch and hammer
That is except for chaeto algae in the fuge. I run a Kessil H380 Halo II LED Algae Grow Light and I get little to no growth out of it. It gets quite a bit of flow through the sump and I have a power head in the chamber, but only hair algae seems to grow.
Sorry for being so long-winded, I just wanted to be sure to be as thorough as possible. Any thoughts?
Thank you in advance!
I appreciate you taking the time to help me out here. Previously, I've successfully kept sw fish, soft coral, and LPS coral in a 180 gallon before I took a hiatus. I started up a new 90 gallon approximately a year ago and wanted to have a primarily dominant SPS tank with some LPS at the lower levels.
This go-around I was immediately intrigued by the Triton method. Do away with water changes? Yes please. So, I've been dosing per their regimen since the beginning and have not done a single water change to this point. I have no problem doing them if needed, but at this point I still have undetectable levels of nitrate and clear water without the use of carbon or GFO. The fish and LPS are active and seem very healthy.
Full tank shot
Now for the issue, I can't keep SPS healthy to save my life.
I have the following parameters:
Alk: 8.2-8.4
Calc: 444
Mag: 1530
Salinity: 1.025
Phosphates: Undetectable
Nitrate: Undetectable
I'm sending in a water sample to Triton today so I should have more parameters available soon.
I use a Giesemann 48" LED T5 Hybrid light fixture. I run it for 8 hours a day, 100% T5 and 10% LED with an hour ramp up/down on either side for the LED only (6 total hours at the full 10%). I have 1x 54w Super Purple, 2x 54w Actinic Blue, 1x 54w Aquablue Coral T5 bulbs, all Giesemann. Plan was to slowly increase the LED up to ~40%, but immediately ran into bleaching problems so I haven't progressed.
Here is what I'm experiencing:
Acro 1: Seems like I'm getting some bleaching at the tips, RTN at the base, and the polyp coloration is all, but gone. Average PAR level is only 88 at this location. Would increase it, but again I'm experiencing issues.
When I got it 3 weeks ago
One week ago
Yesterday (apologies for the light on this. I can try to take a better one if needed)
Acro 2: Had some bleaching on the tips when I got it, but it's progressing badly and starting to grow algae on the bleached parts. Average PAR is only 69 at this location.
When I got it 3 weeks ago
One week ago
Yesterday
Like I said above, everything else in the tank is healthy including a torch and hammer
That is except for chaeto algae in the fuge. I run a Kessil H380 Halo II LED Algae Grow Light and I get little to no growth out of it. It gets quite a bit of flow through the sump and I have a power head in the chamber, but only hair algae seems to grow.
Sorry for being so long-winded, I just wanted to be sure to be as thorough as possible. Any thoughts?
Thank you in advance!