CORALS NOT OPENING HELP!

[yayaaa]

 

[yayaaa]

My corals are not opening (Duncan’s, pulsing Xenia and hammer). My xionthadas and clove polyps are doing excellent. My water parameters are where they need to be.

 

[timmyrules]

Lighting?

 

[timmyrules]

how bigs the tank? Stocking list?

 

[Lavey29]

Need complete tank parameters and age of the tank, lighting and flow.

 

[yayaaa]

Need complete tank parameters and age of the tank, lighting and flow.

Tank has been established 1+ almost 2 years, I have two types of flows.

 

[yayaaa]

how bigs the tank? Stocking list?

Tank is a 30 gallon

 

[Lavey29]

Tank has been established 1+ almost 2 years, I have two types of flows.

If corals are suddenly struggling we need to know complete tank parameters? Have you done a recent ICP test? Tank looks dim what is your par in the tank?

 

[BryanM]

Agreed with the above... we simply need a lot more info, better pics, etc. Right now I also agree, the tank looks very dim.

 

[yayaaa]

Salt: .26
Ph 7.8-8.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitarate 0
Calcium 17/30
KH 12

If corals are suddenly struggling we need to know complete tank parameters? Have you done a recent ICP test? Tank looks dim what is your par in the tank?

Agreed with the above... we simply need a lot more info, better pics, etc. Right now I also agree, the tank looks very dim.

 

[yayaaa]

For lighting I have it on LPS setting, never changed it since I’ve gotten the light

Salt: .26
Ph 7.8-8.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitarate 0
Calcium 17/30
KH 12

 

[Uncle99]

Zero nitrate is a bad number
How bout phosphate?

 

[yayaaa]

0.25

Zero nitrate is a bad number
How bout phosphate?

 

[Lavey29]

Salt: .26
Ph 7.8-8.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitarate 0
Calcium 17/30
KH 12

High alk and bottomed out nutrients is a recipe for problems.

 

[yayaaa]

Any advice to help me?

High alk and bottomed out nutrients is a recipe for problems.

 

[yayaaa]

I can’t do anything with my alk because my PH is not where I need it to be. I can’t lower alk without lowing ph as well…

High alk and bottomed out nutrients is a recipe for problems.

 

[Uncle99]

I can’t do anything with my alk because my PH is not where I need it to be. I can’t lower alk without lowing ph as well…

Forget PH. sorry but that’s a waste of time.
Your phosphate is Ok if that number stays solid and doesn’t increase.
Your Alk is fine provided this is what your system has been running at.
You could bring nitrate up from 0 to say 5ppm or so by dosing something like brightwell Neo-nitro.
Corals MUST have trace nitrates or they will starve, slowly, but surely

 

[BryanM]

Yep, no nitrates is a big issue. I would dose NeoNitro as indicated above.

 

[yayaaa]

I don’t have a par meter but this is the advertised par for my light, my corals sit between 12-15 inches on the diagram

 

[Lavey29]

Forget PH. sorry but that’s a waste of time.
Your phosphate is Ok if that number stays solid and doesn’t increase.
Your Alk is fine provided this is what your system has been running at.
You could bring nitrate up from 0 to say 5ppm or so by dosing something like brightwell Neo-nitro.
Corals MUST have trace nitrates or they will starve, slowly, but surely

You think 12 DKH is ok with no nitrates? I think for sure that can cause coral stress. He can fix PH with a small fan in his fish room.