Hi everyone,
I have some questions regarding my tank and wanted to see if I can get any input. The tank is 8 months old at this point, was a dry dock start, and has now pretty well settled in (coraline growing in, rocks are no longer bone white, etc) I have gotten an ICP test, and all of the main items were where they should have been (alk 10.5, calc 430, Mag 1360, Nitrate 15 ppm, Phosphate .04) however I got the test because I have been running into some issues I can't quite figure out.
I have been losing any and all sps I put in the tank, from monti's to birdsnest to acro. The symptoms develop as follows: they do fine for a few weeks, then they suddenly start randomly losing color in certain spots. Additionally, lepto's and sometimes favias also struggle. Meanwhile my ORA goni and my duncan are cruising along, which makes this all the more puzzling.
The ICP results did reveal the following:
Any and all advice would be welcome! I am a stickhead, so these issues have been killing me and frustrating me beyond end. My old tank was live rock started so this is new territory for me.
Thanks,
Andy
I have some questions regarding my tank and wanted to see if I can get any input. The tank is 8 months old at this point, was a dry dock start, and has now pretty well settled in (coraline growing in, rocks are no longer bone white, etc) I have gotten an ICP test, and all of the main items were where they should have been (alk 10.5, calc 430, Mag 1360, Nitrate 15 ppm, Phosphate .04) however I got the test because I have been running into some issues I can't quite figure out.
I have been losing any and all sps I put in the tank, from monti's to birdsnest to acro. The symptoms develop as follows: they do fine for a few weeks, then they suddenly start randomly losing color in certain spots. Additionally, lepto's and sometimes favias also struggle. Meanwhile my ORA goni and my duncan are cruising along, which makes this all the more puzzling.
The ICP results did reveal the following:
Any and all advice would be welcome! I am a stickhead, so these issues have been killing me and frustrating me beyond end. My old tank was live rock started so this is new territory for me.
Thanks,
Andy