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Hi All
As the title says, I can't seem to get anything to grow. I've had a RSR 250 for over a year, which was an upgrade from a 36G tank (which I've had for 2 years prior). I wasn't too successful on getting stuff to grow in the 36G either, but at least I was able to get coralline to grow.
With my RSR 250, all the corals that I put in are either staying the same size (duncans, frogspawn), or slowly withering away (daisy coral, torches, zoas, monti's, leptos). I have stable parameters, decent lighting, good flow, and good skimming. Again, with the 250, coralline doesn't grow, everything is kinda just grey.
I have a couple of inhabitants, a pair of Clownfish, a Royal Gramma, a Yellow Watchman Goby, a Pistol Shrimp, and a couple of hermit crabs. I feed 1/2 a Hikari cube of brine a day, and drop in a couple pinches of pellets.
I am at a total loss as to why my tank is doing so bad. I would very grateful for any advice. Thanks
Here's info on my tank
55G RSR 250
2 Kessil 160's (10hr period, intensity ramps from 10-60%, peak intensity = 4hrs)
Reef Octopus Classic 110INT
GHL Doser 2 (2ml Rea Sea NoPox, 72ml Alk., 72ml Calc per day)
Red Sea Energy 2x a week
My water parameters are good, I've ICP-tested the tank water and the RODI going in
RODI
- Zero for everything except Silicon. Not sure if that's a problem
Tank Water
- Basic parameters good; Alk = 7.24, Mg = 1316, Calcium = 400.6, Nitrate = 0.01, Phosphate = 0.02
Other elements I'm not sure of...
As the title says, I can't seem to get anything to grow. I've had a RSR 250 for over a year, which was an upgrade from a 36G tank (which I've had for 2 years prior). I wasn't too successful on getting stuff to grow in the 36G either, but at least I was able to get coralline to grow.
With my RSR 250, all the corals that I put in are either staying the same size (duncans, frogspawn), or slowly withering away (daisy coral, torches, zoas, monti's, leptos). I have stable parameters, decent lighting, good flow, and good skimming. Again, with the 250, coralline doesn't grow, everything is kinda just grey.
I have a couple of inhabitants, a pair of Clownfish, a Royal Gramma, a Yellow Watchman Goby, a Pistol Shrimp, and a couple of hermit crabs. I feed 1/2 a Hikari cube of brine a day, and drop in a couple pinches of pellets.
I am at a total loss as to why my tank is doing so bad. I would very grateful for any advice. Thanks
Here's info on my tank
55G RSR 250
2 Kessil 160's (10hr period, intensity ramps from 10-60%, peak intensity = 4hrs)
Reef Octopus Classic 110INT
GHL Doser 2 (2ml Rea Sea NoPox, 72ml Alk., 72ml Calc per day)
Red Sea Energy 2x a week
My water parameters are good, I've ICP-tested the tank water and the RODI going in
RODI
- Zero for everything except Silicon. Not sure if that's a problem
Tank Water
- Basic parameters good; Alk = 7.24, Mg = 1316, Calcium = 400.6, Nitrate = 0.01, Phosphate = 0.02
Other elements I'm not sure of...