Help please!!!

[saltyfilmfolks]

Cool. Keep us updated. I hope it works out

 

[Bob Escher]

Not The hammer or the frogspawn are bleached at all, but they ARE shrunk and haven't opened. Like someone stated, I'm going to lower the lights a bit, take out the chemipure, and do a bigger water change. Is anyone against that? Not sure where else to start

I wouldn't do a big water change ( maybe 15 Gals - which I do weekly) but definitely do less hours on the lights for now and maybe run it at 5o%
Try to run as clean a system as possible and feed barely maybe even once a day or every other day
And see what happens

 

[Playa-1]

I think that you're on the right track. A few things that jump out at me that you might want to look into as well. I would get a second opinion on Magnesium, find somebody that can test it for you. You need to know what the reading is. A bad batch of Salt can cause all kinds of problems with your Chemistry. Also, They make test kits to check for free Ammonia passing through the Carbon filters in the RO/DI. If the Carbon is failing then it will also cause all kinds of problems for you. You don't know unless you test for it. You can get 0 TDS readings and be passing disinfectant through your filter and adding it to the tank with every water change. That's an important lil tidbit of information that not many people talk about. I do suspect that the issue is more of a lighting thang. I recommend that you get a hold of a par meter. LED light intensity is very misleading to the eye. My LED is currently running at 50 percent and i've got a 300 par reading on the sand.

 

[CindyKz]

I'm pretty new to reefing, but one thing that jumps out to me is that your powerhead is up high in the corner. Not necessarily a bad thing, but are your corals getting the right flow? Frogspawns and hammers like just the right amount, and cyano thrives in a lower flow environment.

 

[CindyKz]

sorry dbl post

 

[Bauyer9]

So I lowered the lights to 60% a few days ago, and I have done 3, 10 gallon water changes over the last 5 days. The calcium has dropped some, I will test again tonight. Still haven had anything open up. I also turned off the powerhead to reduce the flow a little bit. But so far, no improvements at all