Green Monti turned brown?

[MAX260]

Guys,

I got a large 8" Green Monti Plate 2 months ago, and a month ago it just went brown.

Any help would be great guys...

Any ideas Guys?

 

[Dburr1014]

Guys,

I got a large 8" Green Monti Plate 2 months ago, and a month ago it just went brown.

Any help would be great guys...

Any ideas Guys?

It would help to list parameters.
Lights, flow, any changes, ect...

 

[MAX260]

It would help to list parameters.
Lights, flow, any changes, ect...

Hi

I have a RS Max 260 with sump
2 x RS LED 90s 50% Blue and 5 to 25% White over 11 hrs

Temp 25.5
Salinity 1.024
PH 8.2
amm 0.0
Nitrate 5
PO4 0.7 from 0.2 two weeks ago
calcium 540
Mag 1180 starting to dose now

 

[MAX260]

Hi

I have a RS Max 260 with sump
2 x RS LED 90s 50% Blue and 5 to 25% White over 11 hrs

Temp 25.5
Salinity 1.024
PH 8.2
amm 0.0
Nitrate 5
PO4 0.7 from 0.2 two weeks ago
calcium 540
Mag 1180 starting to dose now

Also Alk is at 7 used to be 10

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Do you know the par level of where the monti is sitting? It likes higher light and higher flow, I'm thinking maybe its a light and flow issue.

 

[MAX260]

Do you know the par level of where the monti is sitting? It likes higher light and higher flow, I'm thinking maybe its a light and flow issue.

Hi

I have no means of measuring PAR up until last week he was 3/4 way up the tank. i am running a 40W return pump , 2 x flow pumps that came with the tank and 2 x Red Sea reefwave 25 running on pulse at 70% and 80%

 

[Dburr1014]

Hi

I have a RS Max 260 with sump
2 x RS LED 90s 50% Blue and 5 to 25% White over 11 hrs

Temp 25.5
Salinity 1.024
PH 8.2
amm 0.0
Nitrate 5
PO4 0.7 from 0.2 two weeks ago
calcium 540
Mag 1180 starting to dose now

Temp, good
Salanity, okay, don't go any lower. I like 1.025/1.026... I have had somethings brown out at 1.023, just keep that in mind.
PH, ammonia, nitrates, all good.
PO4, typo? 0.7-0.2 high, I assume you mean 0.07?? 0.07 is a sweet spot.
Calcium, good
Mag, low, just bump that up to 1300 today, 1350 minimum tomorrow.

Would be nice to know par but I'm leaning that may not be a problem unless it's under 150 par.

Flow, sps love flow but I need to see about those pumps and how much they put out. It sounds like you're close to their top end.

EDIT:
Max 260 is about 69 gallons? So those 2 pumps should be ~1700/1800ish gph? That should be plenty of flow, are they on random?

 

[MAX260]

Temp, good
Salanity, okay, don't go any lower. I like 1.025/1.026... I have had somethings brown out at 1.023, just keep that in mind.
PH, ammonia, nitrates, all good.
PO4, typo? 0.7-0.2 high, I assume you mean 0.07?? 0.07 is a sweet spot.
Calcium, good
Mag, low, just bump that up to 1300 today, 1350 minimum tomorrow.

Would be nice to know par but I'm leaning that may not be a problem unless it's under 150 par.

Flow, sps love flow but I need to see about those pumps and how much they put out. It sounds like you're close to their top end.

EDIT:
Max 260 is about 69 gallons? So those 2 pumps should be ~1700/1800ish gph? That should be plenty of flow, are they on random?

Thanks for this info, much apreciated.
Wave 1 is on Random at 80% attached to LHS of tank and Wave 2 is on Stepped at 70% on RHS glass of tank .

 

[MAX260]

Thanks for this info, much apreciated.
Wave 1 is on Random at 80% attached to LHS of tank and Wave 2 is on Stepped at 70% on RHS glass of tank .

Got Mag to 1290 this afternoon and now at 1340