Really don't know what I can be doing wrong here.
Put a new Chalice coral into my tank yesterday after slowly acclimating it to my tank water.
In less than 24hrs it has gone from looking good to almost complete skeleton (see pics) and this has happened to every Chalice I've put in the tank and I can't work it out. I also struggle the same with Acans.
I have 2x Psammocora in the tank along with a Leptoseris and they are alive but not really growing much.
My light is an AI Prime which I have put on 50% acclimation mode. I also use a PAR meter and it registers 80 PAR where I put the chalice but in real terms it must be 40 because of the acclimation mode so I'm assuming it can't be high light that's the issue?
I moved it down onto the sanded anyway just in case.
Salinity is 1.025
Alk is 9
Magnesium is 1350ppm
Calcium is 420
Temp is 25.5 Celsius
Nitrates are between 5ppm to 10ppm
Zero ammonia and zero nitrite
Phosphates are very low as I use Rowaphos so could this be it?
Would really appreciate any help
Put a new Chalice coral into my tank yesterday after slowly acclimating it to my tank water.
In less than 24hrs it has gone from looking good to almost complete skeleton (see pics) and this has happened to every Chalice I've put in the tank and I can't work it out. I also struggle the same with Acans.
I have 2x Psammocora in the tank along with a Leptoseris and they are alive but not really growing much.
My light is an AI Prime which I have put on 50% acclimation mode. I also use a PAR meter and it registers 80 PAR where I put the chalice but in real terms it must be 40 because of the acclimation mode so I'm assuming it can't be high light that's the issue?
I moved it down onto the sanded anyway just in case.
Salinity is 1.025
Alk is 9
Magnesium is 1350ppm
Calcium is 420
Temp is 25.5 Celsius
Nitrates are between 5ppm to 10ppm
Zero ammonia and zero nitrite
Phosphates are very low as I use Rowaphos so could this be it?
Would really appreciate any help