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FWIW, I’m running 2 mp10, 2 current power head on their wave maker, and 1000gph return on a 50 gallon tank. Yes, I have water movement. Its at least 100 times display And it’s random. Lol
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If your parameters are truly in line, buy yourself a potassium test kit, I’d bet it’s low. Shoot for 400 (don’t remember the units). Bring it up and keep it steady there, feed chili powder or amino acid and report back in about a month .
Da BOMB sauce dried up and made in to powderFeed chili powder? Extra hot or mild?
35ppt is 1.0265 not 1.023. Ime 1.023 is low for a reef tank.Excuse me , But your salinity is to high it should be at 1.023 refractometer should read as 35 ppt
hello all! I have recently gotten into the SPS world and I have some questions. My sps grow great, but they have lost color over the weeks ive had them. I feed Reef Chili twice a week and my fish are fed three days a week. below are my parameters:
I use IO reef crystalsAlk may not go down quickly if you are stressing the corals from all these changes along with being malnourished. Along with the top off water having alk. What salt do you use by the way?
I'm not SPS kind of guy, but reading the different threads I wonder if your temperature is fluctuating higher than what you posted, a large fluctuation of temperature maybe stressing the corals. Just an observationhello all! I have recently gotten into the SPS world and I have some questions. My sps grow great, but they have lost color over the weeks ive had them. I feed Reef Chili twice a week and my fish are fed three days a week. below are my parameters:
Salinity: 1.023
Kh: 12
PH: 8.1
Cal: 430
Mag:1300
Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonia: 0 ppm
Temp: 75-76
Lighting:
Radions Xr30w gen4
running reef lab ABS program at 50% for 12 hours and deep blues at night for 4 hours
I used to run Shallow reef at 70% for 12 hours, but I think I was blasting them with light so I changed this about a week ago.
Flow:
Return pump (close to 150 GPH I think. I can find out if this is important for you to know)
Filtration:
400 micron filter sock changed once a week
Bubble Magnus protein skimmer running 24/7
various filters in-between skimmer and pump
I have great PE at night an slightly less during the day. of you have any suggestions please let me know. thanks in advance!
IO/RC Mixes at about 13. If you are aiming for lower alk, you will either need to switch salts, or mix the salt, acid the salt, and then aerate the salt to get the PH right after you acid it.I use IO reef crystals
I recently was in this exact spot. I reduced my alk from 10 to 7dkh.Started dosing no3 and feeding reef roids daily and feed my fish twice daily. I also picked up Red Sea's color tests and supplements. This was my thread.
https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/504602/
SPS Color Issues
IO/RC Mixes at about 13. If you are aiming for lower alk, you will either need to switch salts, or mix the salt, acid the salt, and then aerate the salt to get the PH right after you acid it.
But whatever you decide to do, as there has been a ton of good info posted, but different views, DO IT SLOWLY. I have a high alk SPS tank, ULNS SPS tank and a ton of mixed tanks, and any change I make I make it slowly. For example, I am tired of trimming acros every week in my high alk/high nutrient tank and am bringing it down to around 8 instead of 13. I just turned the doser down to 3/4 for a week, and am down to 1/2 of what it was for this week. Next week will be figure out where to set the doser to maintain it.
Acros will grow in anything to be honest, but the tank must be stable, the tank have the big 3 in check and some form of nutrients, good flow, and decent light are needed. The one key thing between all these tanks is stability and any changes are slow changes.
Many forum users are recommending to set a lower KH.
But this BRS TV Investigate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i66hnO04Z4U showed that a KH of 12 makes the corals grows a lot faster.
Is a KH of 8 really good for SPS colors ?
So, just a little update, I have brought up my salinity slightly, changed my lights to 11 hour photoperiod (goal is 9 hour)
I have been having very good results running my Radion XR30’s from 7:30AM to 11PM, with the main photo period being 8 hours but having lower level blues from the start until about 10:30, then the main photo period of a modified AB+ program, and then ramping down to low level blues again throughout the evening. They have been running for a year now. I do run just 2 T5 bulbs for 4 hours a day along with the Radions to prevent shading.
I don’t want to clutter your thread with my pictures, but I’ve posted a few FTS this spring in my build thread you can look at. I can send you my schedule to take a look at if you want.
As far as nutrients go, I think you are on the right track. For what it’s worth, I keep my alk at 9 - 9.5.
Adding flow should help. First hand experience, I have had a frag area in my sump for over 10 years. When I first started utilizing it, I just put the frag rack and lights over it and the frags just sat there and looked sad. Even though the display was thriving. I put a MP10 in and they colored up and started growing and thriving.