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We make our own water using an RODI unit and instant Ocean salt. Salinity is at 1.028. I use a reef master test kit.I would suggest a large water change 50 percent. How do you make your water donyou mix it how do you test salinity? What test are you using? This is clearly water chemistry gone real wrong. The ammonia suggest the tank is not fully cycled. I would get some bacteria asap like bio Spira. I don't think you can save that torch seeing as things are pretty out of wack in my opinion.
Polyp bail out due to high stressI have zero clue what just happened... It ia completely gone! I target fed it some reef roids 20 min ago, still there, just checked it and its GONE! Where the heck did it go????
Why such high salinity? Should aim for 1.025. Well Gl hope things get more stable for you.We make our own water using an RODI unit and instant Ocean salt. Salinity is at 1.028. I use a reef master test kit.
Im not sure why it is that high. I am going to have my husband double check it when he gets home. As for bail out... Shouldnt I see pieces somewhere? Bc there is nothing in the Tank!Why such high salinity? Should aim for 1.025. Well Gl hope things get more stable for you.
Am I reading that correct that you have ammonia reading? What are you using to test it?It has been bleached for quite a while now (posted back on Dec 29 about it)but was getting color back. I have been target feeding it mysis for the past 2 wks, didnt know i was supposed to, also doing nano reef roids. Water is as follows PH 7.8-8.0 (couldnt tell between the colors) ammonia .25 nitrite 0, nitrate 80, calcium was high and took 40 drops to get it dark which would mean 800?, phosphate 5 carb. Hardness 196.9. Lighting is a Viparspecta T300 300W LED. It is set to cool white on the lowest setting during the day and then blues come on with cool then all blues. Sorry I dont know the intensities.. We are waiting on a new filter for our canister to change it out to help nitrate levels as instructed by our fish store. We have a 2.5g top off tank that we dose with some reef roids, eight.four, fushion 1&2. We add that as needed to top tank off (RODI water)
Do you have auto top off? Or manual top off?Im not sure why it is that high. I am going to have my husband double check it when he gets home. As for bail out... Shouldnt I see pieces somewhere? Bc there is nothing in the Tank!
We dont have the light directly over the tank... It gets reflected down bc we knew it was too strong. My torch was happy for about 6m before it decided it was not happy any longer!Your phos and nitrate are sky high. But i think the 300w light has nuked it.
Ok husband said I cant read it and he got between 1.026/27. The refractometor we have say ATC... It was off Amazon and what we could afford. All of our rock should be live rock, from when we first set up our tank back in 2017. We have 1"-1.5" of sand. It is a 37 gallon tank. We have a canister filter and 2 hang on the back filters. One of the back ones job is to draw the water in for the canister amd helps return it to the tank. We have 2 clown fish, a yellow tang, and a couple hermit crabs. There was a star fish but it was tiny and we dont know if its still there... We were testing once a month but now doing 1x a wk. We try to do a 5g water change a week. We vacuum the sand as well. My poor torch literally melted away. It was about half there, I target fed it reef roids and 20 min later poof... It was 100% gone... 6m it was just happy and beautiful then bam dead....Do you have auto top off? Or manual top off?
Do you mix to 1.028? The tool you use to measure salinity could be off. I suggest getting a Milwaukee refratimitor if you are struggling with correct readings and testing.
Again though invest in some beneficial bacteria like bio Spira or some dr tims.
With that said how much live rock perg if water do you have? U have a sand bed if so how deep? How do you export waste?
Skimmer u highly recommend.
Algse scrubber again I highly recommend.
Do you dose anything?
Run carbon?gfo? I want to help you real bad I need a full run down of tank equipment. Size of tank/sump. What you test and how often. Tank inhabitants. We can help you get this system prestien I garentee it. I can give you a good regiment to help.