Corals dying slowly please help!

[Eagle aquatics315]

I see your thought process, but it could also mean 0.00. Especially if you added GFO when you did detect PO4. That probably did strip it to 0.00.

More than likely and I know the chaeto keeps it super low also

 

[IslandLifeReef]

I edited my last post and added this. Not sure if you saw it.

You can dose, just be careful with it. I like trying to stay away from chemical fixes if I can. That's just my method. :)

 

[ReeferNtraining]

I recommend NeoPhos. I’ve been using it to get new setups leveled out after cycling.

 

[Scurvy]

Interesting Im gonna try raising them a little, what range do you recommend running when it comes to phosphates? That could be it I suppose because i really started worrying when LPS started dying. I have been running 0 phosphates for about 6 months maybe.

I shoot for .05 to .1 with Nitrate around 5ppm.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Water may be too clean. May I suggest getting a second opinion on your parameters with water sample to trusted LFS to compare and verify your current conditions.

 

[rock_lobster]

Never knew that, I always thought it was good to have them near 0 because I have seen it a lot on some BRS videos, interesting.

Its risky. Most people will not be able to keep a reef with ULNS for more than a few months.

 

[Eagle aquatics315]

I see your thought process, but it could also mean 0.00. Especially if you added GFO when you did detect PO4. That probably did strip it to 0.00.

You can dose, just be careful with it. I like trying to stay away from chemical fixes if I can. That's just my method. :)

Alright cool, I will dial back my alk dosing for sure

 

[Eagle aquatics315]

Water may be too clean. May I suggest getting a second opinion on your parameters with water sample to trusted LFS to compare and verify your current conditions.

Oh i bet it is to clean haha, i will go longer without doing a water change.

 

[Eagle aquatics315]

Its risky. Most people will not be able to keep a reef with ULNS for more than a few months.

Man i really never new that , thats crazy, what are good level to keep nitrates and phosphate at??

 

[rock_lobster]

Man i really never new that , thats crazy, what are good level to keep nitrates and phosphate at??

5-20ppm nitrates and .03-.1 phos for me.

 

[Eagle aquatics315]

5-20ppm nitrates and .03-.1 phos for me.

You keep sps also? anddo you use the hanna phosphate checker lr also or the ulr?

 

[JPergamo]

Before you dose phos I would reccomend trimming chaeto and lowering photo period on it, combined with just good old fashioned feeding more daily. All of the suggestions here I agree with, ulns have never been good for me long term. Believe it or not it is a lot harder to kill coral with high nutrients than low in my opinion. Good luck!

 

[Eagle aquatics315]

Before you dose phos I would reccomend trimming chaeto and lowering photo period on it, combined with just good old fashioned feeding more daily. All of the suggestions here I agree with, ulns have never been good for me long term. Believe it or not it is a lot harder to kill coral with high nutrients than low in my opinion. Good luck!

Really I never would have guessed lol thanks for your input

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Low phosphate is a definite proven coral killer Over time.

I agree on that I lost all my digitata to 0 phosphates and I couldn't get frogspawn to colour up.

 

[Thales]

What are you feeding, how much and how often?

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I'm also having an issue still with my 24 gallon it bottomed out on phosphate and my digi all paled then died, my lps aren't as big as they used to be and I've tried upping my feeding ,but I only have 3 fish so cant put too much in and I still cant get a colour on my salifert kit or a reading on hanna.
I have looked into dosing phosphates now and I'm going down the diy solution using mono potassium phosphate 99.9% off of ebay for 200g, and when it comes im going to make a stock solution. And start on a low dose and see what happens. I have no sump, skimmer or refugium I dont run gfo. All my sps grew like mad and were really bright and vibrant, my lps I was having to frag, then over the course of months I think they starved themselves paled then died, I had cyano now a little dino I do t do water changes very often maybe 6 weeks of 10%. I didnt even think zero phosphates was the problem and wish I knew this months ago.

This is the write up on the product.

I have never dosed phosphates so i dont know how often I'll need to dose but i hope i can turn the tank back around to what it was.
I hope you get yours back aswel, as this hobby can be so rewarding in the efforts we as reef keepers put in, then something that you miss takes all your hard work away.

And dont talk about those pesky red planaria, I had to spend 3 days 2 hrs at a time siphoning them out of my sons 35l nano after someone gave me some coral frags for free and I stupidly didnt dip them, then 2 weeks later his 160 gallon crashed after he had a mass red planaria die off (his house stank!)
and lost nearly all corals and fish. I didnt even look for them in my sons tank until he told me there were hundreds. I used flatworm exit twice on it, but only once I'd sucked about 95% out. Good luck.