Help please!!!!!!!

[ravalos2282]

Why are my soft coral bleaching. Please help me

Salinity 1.024
Par reading 90-120

I posted my parameters on a attachment

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

Your nitrates and pH are low and your calcium is high.

 

[Dburr1014]

Ph is low.
Po4 is high
Are you adding a calcium product?
SG is on that low end also. Have you tried to bump that up to 1.025?

 

[Stephen8169301]

Did you have any temp swings?

 

[ravalos2282]

Did you have any temp swings?

No temp is always at 77

 

[ravalos2282]

Ph is low.
Po4 is high
Are you adding a calcium product?
SG is on that low end also. Have you tried to bump that up to 1.025?

No calcium added Im using Red Sea pro coral salt
I lower the salinity to 1.024 I used to have it at 1.026

How can I higher PH
How can I lower PO4

Thank you

 

[ravalos2282]

Your nitrates and pH are low and your calcium is high.

What should I do

 

[PR_nano]

What made you lower the salinity?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Why do you think they are bleaching?
Can you post pictures under white lights?

There are many threads on R2R about how to raise nutritients. I would focus on raising nitrates and leave the phosphates alone for now.
PH is variable depending on when you measure it and I would not worry about the pH at this point... It comes into play a lot more with finicky SPS corals.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

*with the phosphates at 0.25 (actually a good level for softies and lps), I'd aim for nitrates of about 25.

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

What should I do

Ways to increase pH
- increase the water surface agitation in your tank to promote better gas exchange
- get more fresh air in the room where your tank is located, open windows
- invest in a CO2 scrubber
- run a fuge with macro algae

Ways to increase NO3
- feed more
- get more fish
- don't run your skimmer 24/7 if you have one
- dose NO3

What are you doing to get calcium in your system? 2 part, calcium reactor, kalk? You need to back off some for whatever it is your doing to lower your calcium level

 

[twentyleagues]

Nitrates are low as others have said. Whatever you do, do it slowly.

 

[ravalos2282]

What made you lower the salinity?

on another I made they told me to lower salinity to 1.024. I had it at 1.026

 

[ravalos2282]

What made you lower the salinity

Ways to increase pH
- increase the water surface agitation in your tank to promote better gas exchange
- get more fresh air in the room where your tank is located, open windows
- invest in a CO2 scrubber
- run a fuge with macro algae

Ways to increase NO3
- feed more
- get more fish
- don't run your skimmer 24/7 if you have one
- dose NO3

What are you doing to get calcium in your system? 2 part, calcium reactor, kalk? You need to back off some for whatever it is your doing to lower your calcium level

thank you

regarding calcium I aint doing anything.

 

[brandon429]

We believe any posted level as accurate? Not after seeing test kit comparison threads…we have no idea what the actual levels are, in the majority of cases, especially pH. I know it’s hanna but the comparison threads never impressed me with matches

lighting=too bright and too white is the bet, too high par