Texas Reefer
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I had an alk swing and it killed most of my sps. The remaining sps are still showing signs of stress, but I think the worst is over. My monti is slowly recovering and I've removed areas of tissue loss on other pieces.
Levels:
pH: 8.0
Ca: 545
Alk: 8.1
Mag: 1420
pO4: .02
NO3: 25
I was slowly increasing the amount of alk I was dosing. My sps started looking bad and then I realized I was out of alk, the dosing container was empty. I did a water change and replenished the alk container. That was two months ago. My levels then were:
pH: 7.8
Ca: 547
Alk: 8.9
Mag: 1350
pO4: .25
NO3: 50
Obviously they've been all over the place and just need to be more stable. Looking back, it was in November when my alk was 7.2 and I started raising it.
At this point I don't want to change anything and let it be consistent. I know some may say the nO3 is high, but it's coming down. The high nO3 may also have contributed to the sps loss. I'll continue the bi-weekly water changes.
My main question is, though any input is welcome, do you think my calcium level is too high? It was lower until my coral stopped growing. Should I just leave it be? I've always struggled to get my pH up to 8.0. Could high ca help raise pH? Or did I catch it at the right time of day?
Id really like to get this tank level. I had some really nice pieces that we're very pretty, and I feel very sad I lost them. My BTA's have disappeared as well. My favia and most of my cyphestaea are gone. Duncans, chalices, and scoly's were hit bad too. I bought a $10 piece of Digi a couple of days ago in hopes my tank is leveling off. Also, my chaeto is slowly dying. I have the chaeto in the refugium with the Aquagadget chaetomax light which is on from 11pm to 4am.
This tank was started last May after we had to redo our flooring after Hurricane Harvey. Most of these residents and the rock came from the 120g I had. They were in a temporary tank for months while we tiled and I got this new 140g ready.
Let me know what you think. Thank you!
Levels:
pH: 8.0
Ca: 545
Alk: 8.1
Mag: 1420
pO4: .02
NO3: 25
I was slowly increasing the amount of alk I was dosing. My sps started looking bad and then I realized I was out of alk, the dosing container was empty. I did a water change and replenished the alk container. That was two months ago. My levels then were:
pH: 7.8
Ca: 547
Alk: 8.9
Mag: 1350
pO4: .25
NO3: 50
Obviously they've been all over the place and just need to be more stable. Looking back, it was in November when my alk was 7.2 and I started raising it.
At this point I don't want to change anything and let it be consistent. I know some may say the nO3 is high, but it's coming down. The high nO3 may also have contributed to the sps loss. I'll continue the bi-weekly water changes.
My main question is, though any input is welcome, do you think my calcium level is too high? It was lower until my coral stopped growing. Should I just leave it be? I've always struggled to get my pH up to 8.0. Could high ca help raise pH? Or did I catch it at the right time of day?
Id really like to get this tank level. I had some really nice pieces that we're very pretty, and I feel very sad I lost them. My BTA's have disappeared as well. My favia and most of my cyphestaea are gone. Duncans, chalices, and scoly's were hit bad too. I bought a $10 piece of Digi a couple of days ago in hopes my tank is leveling off. Also, my chaeto is slowly dying. I have the chaeto in the refugium with the Aquagadget chaetomax light which is on from 11pm to 4am.
This tank was started last May after we had to redo our flooring after Hurricane Harvey. Most of these residents and the rock came from the 120g I had. They were in a temporary tank for months while we tiled and I got this new 140g ready.
Let me know what you think. Thank you!
