Help

[Dillon engel]

I woke up this morning and none of my corals are opening up. HELP!!!!

 

[MaiReef]

water parameters?

 

[Dillon engel]

I'm literally checking them now

 

[Dillon engel]

Phosphate- 1 ppm
Nitrate- 30 ppm
Kh- 9
Calcium- 480
PH- 8

I don't have a magnesium test or a way to test the salt level

 

[Jason mack]

Need a little bit more info from your tank .. :p

 

[Dillon engel]

These levels are the same as when I usually test them

 

[Dillon engel]

It's a red Sea max e 260 the only thing I have done recently is upgraded and added a underneath sump a week ago.

 

[Jason mack]

Phosphate- 1 ppm
Nitrate- 30 ppm
Kh- 9
Calcium- 480
PH- 8

I don't have a magnesium test or a way to test the salt level

How old is the tank .. and you should really have something to check your salt .. I check mine everyday .. because of water evaporating

 

[Dillon engel]

The tank is 8 months old

 

[Jason mack]

do you have a LFS where you could take water too to test ?? It's hard to ***** with only half the information available .. do you have a ATO on your tank ??

 

[Jason mack]

do you have a LFS where you could take water too to test ?? It's hard to ***** with only half the information available .. do you have a ATO on your tank ??

**** determine

 

[Dillon engel]

Yeah the LFS doesn't open till 11 I'm texting one of there employees now. But it's weird my mother in law and I both get our water from this LFS and now this morning she lost her favorite hammer which she has had for almost a year now. Coincidence???

 

[Jason mack]

Are you getting ready made water or rodi and adding salt yourself

 

[MaiReef]

I also recommend at least a hydrometer so that you know if your levels of salt change. The salinity is enough for your coral to react that way.

 

[Dillon engel]

Ready made water I'm going to a different LFS now to buy a hydrometer.

 

[Jason mack]

Ready made water I'm going to a different LFS now to buy a hydrometer.

Or even beter a refractometer !!!

 

[Dillon engel]

Salt is at 1.028

 

[ontop27]

Personal experience my lps does not so well with SG that high

 

[MaiReef]

In my opinion you will want to slowly bring that down to about 1.026 over days.

What do you use for evaporation?

 

[Dillon engel]

I add a ro water daily to compensate for evaporation. My LFS guy told me to take out 3 gallons of water and put in 3 gallons of ro water