Hey everyone, I have a 185 gallon reef tank with a 35 gallon sump that is about 6 months old now. Tank has been running pretty well and all of a sudden my coral is not doing great and I’m having a hard time coming up with a solution/cause. Salinity is 1.025, alk 8.6, cal 440, mag-1400, nitrates 24.6, PO4 0.08 etc. I haven’t had any swings lately, I have been testing almost daily for the last 2 weeks since I added some coral I got locally.
I am by no means a newbie to the hobby, I like to think I know what I’m doing for the most part but this is stumping me. I sent in an ICP and didn’t see anything alarming- have some of the results below. Had some montis and slimer that are bleaching out and slowly dying. I did a 20% WC, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. Added some carbon this afternoon to see if that helps any… any ideas on what could be going on? Have a UV running, haven’t noticed any stray voltage, the tank has adequate flow, 3 XR30’s so lighting should be good… really at a loss
I am by no means a newbie to the hobby, I like to think I know what I’m doing for the most part but this is stumping me. I sent in an ICP and didn’t see anything alarming- have some of the results below. Had some montis and slimer that are bleaching out and slowly dying. I did a 20% WC, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. Added some carbon this afternoon to see if that helps any… any ideas on what could be going on? Have a UV running, haven’t noticed any stray voltage, the tank has adequate flow, 3 XR30’s so lighting should be good… really at a loss