Chalices not lookin good

gonewild34 · Jul 12, 2016

Hey guys need alittle help I have a65 gallon tank with all chalices have them mostly on the bed all of them are loosin color turning almost white I'm running 6 bulb 26inch t5 on them but only running 3 bulbs at the time they r the ati blue plus. Bulbs on for 8 hours
Alk is 8.6
Cal is 420
Mag is 1300
I'm running phosphate and carbon as well
I have ran this setup in the past with great success but this time it's not workin any ideas on the chalices loosing there color and most of them the mouths are open
I feed every other night

PedroYoung · Jul 12, 2016

might sound counter intuitive, but I've stopped running GFO and only skimming 4 days/week. My chalices and blastos in particular have benefited from some "trash" in the water.

pga7602 · Jul 12, 2016

The params youbhave listed did not give nitrate andphos readings but with GFO running your tank sounds a little too clean for chalices. Unless your alk was high, I'm going to say its lack of nutrients as well.

gonewild34 · Jul 12, 2016

I'm thinkin that to I'm goin to stop running the phos

Shep · Jul 12, 2016

Pics would really help

Salty1962 · Jul 13, 2016

Chalices are LPS corals so they like more nutrients in the water. They also like to be feed as well.

gonewild34 · Jul 17, 2016

Ok so I was pullin my hair out tryin to figure out why all my corals r dying and the only thing I can come up with is my room filters r shot the test meter is reading .004 where is a good place to buy the filters and do I need to change all of them