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What lighting are you using?Corals are still bleached after about a month-and-a-half all perimeters seem to be within the good limits don't understand what to do, need some input
It's the Ecotech Radion xr30w generation 4, and they're on for about 9 hoursWhat lighting are you using?
lighting could be too much, almost at full intensity but do not have a par meter my aquarium has been stable for the last few months at temperature 78 degrees Fahrenheit pH 8.1 ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 2, salinity 34, alkalinity 8.2, calcium 420, magnesium 1360, want to test for potassium so just ordered a kit for that. My acans are the ones that are pale or bleaching.In regards to parameters, corals need a slight amount of phosphates, and nitrates of 3 to 5 ppm. My question is what are you feeding the system? A lot of the time yes lighting is one factor for pale corals but also feeding the system is another. One other factor is elements. I dose the balling method link and the elements are included in the balling method.
It finding the right balance
Yes, sorry I forgot to put that in phosphate is about .1, and I did just cut back lighting intensityany idea what your phosphate is at?
there is a lot more possibility for bleaching in a system that is nutrient deficient. basically the leaner the water is the more intense the effect of the lighting is which can certainly cause problems.
Sorry to say for the phosphate test it's an API, I usually use salifert or Red Sea but it is .1, my nitrates were high for a while so I did purchase the sulfur denitrator which finally brought it down to about 2ppm. May have to dose some potassium nitrate, will have to find Randy's recipe on that. What do you think about dosing that nitrate? Also if potassium is low which I'll find out when I get my test kit I have some potassium from seachem which was for freshwater I wonder if I can use that, it is potassium sulfate.Is that a .1 or .01 ? on the phosphates? and which test are you using? Nitrates could come up to 4 ppm
Sorry to say for the phosphate test it's an API, I usually use salifert or Red Sea but it is .1, my nitrates were high for a while so I did purchase the sulfur denitrator which finally brought it down to about 2ppm. May have to dose some potassium nitrate, will have to find Randy's recipe on that. What do you think about dosing that nitrate? Also if potassium is low which I'll find out when I get my test kit I have some potassium from seachem which was for freshwater I wonder if I can use that, it is potassium sulfate.
I like my sulfur denitrator very much it took about a month-and-a-half to break it in where it works really good the effluent coming out at about a one drop per second rate is zero nitrate, I had a pretty lengthy thread on my denitrator which we went into a lot of detail about it, I think running the aquarium water through it at a fast rate will help keep nitrates higher but not completely sure so I will be calling aquamaxx on it to see their response.
I did get Coral frenzy which seems to be okay but then I got an outbreak of spiror worms, now I literally have hundreds of those on the back of my tankGot mine under control finally with using bio media on my flow tray in the sump. If you can get a hold of some reef nutrition products locally I would suggest using them to feed the corals and this will help with the nitrates. I would suggest the oyster feast and roti feast.
I did get Coral frenzy which seems to be okay but then I got an outbreak of spiror worms, now I literally have hundreds of those on the back of my tank