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The aquarium is a 65 gallon. The Alkaline is high and PH is down. Add another 600 pump to the tank to give it more flow. Put a green machine UV lamp in to help with the green algae. Add a little of white Vinegar to help lower the Alkaline and a PH Booster. My clownfish and Lawnmower are doing fine but my corals will not open. It has been like this for a few weeks now and have no idea what to do. At first, did a lot of water changes and that did not help. I think we may need a better light. We have the loop and not real crazy about it.What are your parameters? Looks nice and clean. Have you changed lighting or anything else?
The Alkaline is high and PH is down. Add another 600 pump to the tank to give it more flow. Put a green machine UV lamp in to help with the green algae. Add a little of white Vinegar to help lower the Alkaline and a PH Booster. My clownfish and Lawnmower are doing fine but my corals will not open. It has been like this for a few weeks now and have no idea what to do. At first, did a lot of water changes and that did not help. I think we may need a better light. We have the loop and not real crazy about it.
Yes. The whites and blue are both on 100. Should I lower the Whites?Can you up the blues? Lower the whites this will cause algae to grow quicker.
Ditto. How high was the alk before you added vinegar? What did it drop to after? Also ph dropped then ph booster was added which in turn raised your alk back up too. I would test your alk now and see where it's at and raise or lower it slowly without using chemicals. I wouldnt worry about your ph to much and definitely don't raise it with a ph booster, I haven't checked ph in decades. With your corals all bumming out its definitely water quality/params causing your coral issues. Your lights are not the cause of your corals demise from what you describe and by seeing the pic of your tank lit up.Honestly i would just stop adding chemicals. You added vinegar to lower alk then added a PH booster? If so you added alkalinity(the ph booster) after you tried to lower alk by adding vinegar(which also decreases ph).
Do some WC with proper salinity salt mix.
Did that and thank youPut the whites down to 20-25% way to high.
I believe my husband said the alkaline was at a 12 and the ph was at 8.4. Which I thought the ph was fine. No it was not at 8.7 but still close. I have not checked it again since we have dosed it. Will do that soon. If it has not changed then we will do a water change this weekend and see if that helps. I will Update with new test results later today. They did stand up better to the blue light but did not open yet. Fingers crossed thoughDitto. How high was the alk before you added vinegar? What did it drop to after? Also ph dropped then ph booster was added which in turn raised your alk back up too. I would test your alk now and see where it's at and raise or lower it slowly without using chemicals. I wouldnt worry about your ph to much and definitely don't raise it with a ph booster, I haven't checked ph in decades. With your corals all bumming out its definitely water quality/params causing your coral issues. Your lights are not the cause of your corals demise from what you describe and by seeing the pic of your tank lit up.
Everything else is good. That is why I did not post them.I think it would be good to post all tests not just alk and ph
Everything else is good. That is why I did not post them.