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(I'll update this section if anyone wants to know)
I have been a bit frustrated with one of my systems. It's a 120 with a 90ish gallon sump that has been running for 6 years. The only major change was when I plumbed my 90 gallon into the sump loop last year.
The System:
The 120 is HUGE rock pile covered in mushrooms with 3 large anemones we have named "The Vincents"... it is 100% soft coral, but looks pretty good for what it is.
The 90 was a new experiment with 3 small rock islands, some bargain basement SPS/LPS and a few zoas. It was running for about a 6-8 months before we plumbed it into the larger system.
The Issue:
The coral in question is an blastos, acan, some random $10 greenish/brown acro frag and a purple digi. The acan and digi came from my ~60gal frag system with a blackbox LED (light tunnel?). While in the QT/frag system the acan grew from a 1/4 of a head to 3 heads, the digi went from a stick to a colony the size of my fist. Everything looked healthy and pest free, so I moved them into my 90Gal system and it was like hitting the pause button!
The digi goes from fluffly to slightly dying off in patches and then fluffy again, but it never grows. Everything else in the system is either close to exactly how it was on day 1, or looking worse/smaller.
I was really banking on this ICP to tell me that I have 8000ppm of lead, tin, and screwcoralathum... but the results actually look pretty good other than my low mag... Any insight is appreciated.
- Nitrates: 15-20ppm (rock stable)
- Phosphate: 0.199 (65ppb per Hanna checker) [I had dropped it to 0.037 with Lanthanum over the course of 3 weeks during July, but everything just got even worse and cyano was everywhere]
- ALK: 8.4 (it moves a little between 8.2-8.4 depending on water changes and the doser acting up)
- Temp: 80-83 ( Closer to 80, but it moves a bit due to stupid summer. I used a Controller with a heater and a fan outlet to manage it as best as I can)
- I use the blue box of Fritz Salt
- I run a pretty large DIY algae (roughly 12"x20" and lit from both sides with good growth)
- Reef Octopus Skimmer rated for 210gals (150INT)
(I'll update this section if anyone wants to know)
I have been a bit frustrated with one of my systems. It's a 120 with a 90ish gallon sump that has been running for 6 years. The only major change was when I plumbed my 90 gallon into the sump loop last year.
The System:
The 120 is HUGE rock pile covered in mushrooms with 3 large anemones we have named "The Vincents"... it is 100% soft coral, but looks pretty good for what it is.
The 90 was a new experiment with 3 small rock islands, some bargain basement SPS/LPS and a few zoas. It was running for about a 6-8 months before we plumbed it into the larger system.
The Issue:
The coral in question is an blastos, acan, some random $10 greenish/brown acro frag and a purple digi. The acan and digi came from my ~60gal frag system with a blackbox LED (light tunnel?). While in the QT/frag system the acan grew from a 1/4 of a head to 3 heads, the digi went from a stick to a colony the size of my fist. Everything looked healthy and pest free, so I moved them into my 90Gal system and it was like hitting the pause button!
The digi goes from fluffly to slightly dying off in patches and then fluffy again, but it never grows. Everything else in the system is either close to exactly how it was on day 1, or looking worse/smaller.
I was really banking on this ICP to tell me that I have 8000ppm of lead, tin, and screwcoralathum... but the results actually look pretty good other than my low mag... Any insight is appreciated.