CORALS NOT LOOKING GOOD

[Cryptocaryon]

its been longer than two days as far as water changes every two weeks figured it was my lights at first after i changed them and ramped them up so i changed them again because i noticed the corals werent doing good and noticed the algae figured it was the lights so did a water change and then thats when i started to be concerned

How old is the tank?

Do you test the water regularly?

 

[Cryptocaryon]

How old is the tank?

Do you test the water regularly?

How big is the tank?
How much water do you change every 2 weeks?

 

[jose hernandez]

200 gallon
30 gallon water change

 

[jose hernandez]

9 months

 

[Cryptocaryon]

9 months

Step up the water change to once a week. Problem will be gone in 3 weeks.

 

[jose hernandez]

the problem still at hand is the salt mix would adding a refugium help with the dinos in the near future?

 

[Cryptocaryon]

the problem still at hand is the salt mix would adding a refugium help with the dinos in the near future?

No I don't think a refugium would help.
Whats the problem with the salt? Toxins!?! Magnesium?!?!

 

[jose hernandez]

Don’t know about toxins in the salt is that possible but the mag is over 1500

 

[Cryptocaryon]

Don’t know about toxins in the salt is that possible but the mag is over 1500

How much over 1500? (Not that is is an issue either way just curious. Do you mix the dry salt before doing the mix? Do you have a test kit to test mg? If so what kit? If not go get one.

 

[jose hernandez]

Yes I stir it up as far as test kit salifert I use the whole syringe and still don’t get the blue color my lfs store tested for me and it’s closer to 1600

 

[Luckyduck]

What lighting did u use I was looking at the ai prine fuge being it’s controllable

I mean the Prime fuge is freakin sweet if you got the money to blow. It is nice that it's controllable buuuut for a refugium it's really not necessary. It's more for a Macro tank or large sump/fuge. If you're just going to run a hang on back fuge I have the Chaeto Max by Innovative Marine. It's awesome! Normally $100 but I found them on ebay Innovative Marine has a refurb store for $55. Great deal and I love mine.

 

[jose hernandez]

We tested a 5 gallon bucket and mixed it up to 1.026
Mag was way off closer to 1600 like my lfs said

 

[jose hernandez]

K thnks

 

[Luckyduck]

I don't agree with the assertion that lanthanum binds and removes only phosphate. The soluble lanthanum will precipitate carbonate and the precipitated materials will bind metals and organics just like GFO.

Brightwell is not a good source of chemical info.

Synthesis of Mesoporous Lanthanum Phosphate and Its Use as a Novel Sorbent

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" Sorption behavior of heavy metal ions such as Cr(III), Mn(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Ba(II), Hg(II) and Pb(II) studied in different aqueous systems shows that the prepared mesoporous lanthanum phosphate is an effective adsorbent which may be used for their removal from aqueous systems and also in presence of different complexing agents. "

I'm not going to argue with you Doctor Randy, you know far more than I do when it comes to chemistry. All I do know is when my Phosphates are 0.15 I dose Phosphat-E according to the bottle @ 0.5 ml and it's back down to 0.05 when I test several hours later.

 

[Luckyduck]

its been longer than two days as far as water changes every two weeks figured it was my lights at first after i changed them and ramped them up so i changed them again because i noticed the corals werent doing good and noticed the algae figured it was the lights so did a water change and then thats when i started to be concerned

I'm tellin you try turning down the white, red & green percentages. Raise the Blues & UV and rub your lights for 10 hours.
And do an ICP test so you dont have to keep guessing what's wrong. You can test your RODI water too.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Step up the water change to once a week. Problem will be gone in 3 weeks.

Said with a lot of confidence when it isn’t clear what the problem is.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I'm not going to argue with you Doctor Randy, you know far more than I do when it comes to chemistry. All I do know is when my Phosphates are 0.15 I dose Phosphat-E according to the bottle @ 0.5 ml and it's back down to 0.05 when I test several hours later.

I don’t dispute that.

 

[Cryptocaryon]

Yes I stir it up as far as test kit salifert I use the whole syringe and still don’t get the blue color my lfs store tested for me and it’s closer to 1600

Good, okay. Sorry battery died on my phone. I presume you are using the kit correctly? Make sure the reagent/liquid level in the syringe is at 8.5 and bottom of the black plunger at 0, Its good youve had this verified at your lfs too. If the mg is that high then for sure get yourself some new salt as its obviously a ill prepared batch. Once you have new salt continue with the one week water changes, this needs to be done alongside good basic husbandry, siphoning ,cleaning walls etc, you mentioned a fuge forget that and buy a uv steriliser the green killing machine is cost effective and very effective. Good luck. Keep us updated

 

[Cryptocaryon]

Said with a lot of confidence when it isn’t clear what the problem is.

Hi Randy. With respect its a good place to start before we start deconstructing elements on a molecular level.

 

[jose hernandez]

What size of the green killing machine do I get or do I just get a regular uv?