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I made a recent post on my bridsnest dying and realized that my Zoas aren't opening up either. Recently added about 6 new corals a couple days ago - One being a large Monti that is getting some large white streaks in it and a new birds nest that has already lost its green pigment in 3 days. I've never dosed my tank, but just took a measurement yesterday and looks like my ALK is hovering around 6.6 right now and I think that was why they first birds nest has been dying. Only other corals in the tank before the new add were a candy cane, Xenia, and hammer which were all doing well. I'm assuming ALK didn't effect those much, but the birds nest was.
Long story short - I think I need to do a major adjustment to ALK even though the tank has historically ran low ALK numbers (the tanks only been up for 6 months or so) to see if I can revive my first birds nest and keep the new additions happy before they die off. Full tank parimeters are below;
ALK: 6.8 DKH (measured yesterday)
CAL: 450 (measured yesterday)
MAG: 1400 (measured yesterday)
Nitrate: 0
Nitrite: 0
Phos: 0
PH: 7.5
Question - Assuming that ALK is the problem here, what is the best way to do a correction to get it up (assuming around 9DKH should be the target) and I'm also assuming I need to start doing. Should I do a correction then start a two part dose? I don't have a doser, so I'll have to get one but can if it's necessary. I was going to measure ALK again today at 5p (full 24 hours) to measure any changes then do a water change and measure again.
Thoughts?
Long story short - I think I need to do a major adjustment to ALK even though the tank has historically ran low ALK numbers (the tanks only been up for 6 months or so) to see if I can revive my first birds nest and keep the new additions happy before they die off. Full tank parimeters are below;
ALK: 6.8 DKH (measured yesterday)
CAL: 450 (measured yesterday)
MAG: 1400 (measured yesterday)
Nitrate: 0
Nitrite: 0
Phos: 0
PH: 7.5
Question - Assuming that ALK is the problem here, what is the best way to do a correction to get it up (assuming around 9DKH should be the target) and I'm also assuming I need to start doing. Should I do a correction then start a two part dose? I don't have a doser, so I'll have to get one but can if it's necessary. I was going to measure ALK again today at 5p (full 24 hours) to measure any changes then do a water change and measure again.
Thoughts?