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A little history before I list everything:
I measured nitrates and kept getting 0 so I decided to remove 75% of my chaeto ( I hadn't collected it for a while) During this time frame, I upped my 2 part dosage to compensate a .5 dkh daily consumption. Was originally .4
After 7 days I retested and found my alk had climbed from the usual 8 to 9.7. Upon inspection I found my hydronaphora frag had brown and white tips forming. I stopped dosing to naturally bring my alk down. Now I'm seeing a birds nest showing signs of tissue loss. Again my alk climbed very slowly and I let it drop slowly. I decided to recheck my nitrates and found 20 ppm!
Other things that have changed this month is my lighting. I added t5s to my leds but matched the current par to the past par.
Light schedule:
8 hours of t5 on
Kessil a360we ramp up and down peak for 6 hours with t5s of 30%
Display tank:
90 gallon w/sump
Filtration:
Skimmer 24/7
Chaeto with reverse light schedule
Filter floss
Live stock:
Foxface
Sailfin
Hippo
Clownfish
Combtooth blenny
Scooter dragnet
Adorned wrasse
Parameters now:
Dkh 7.8
calcium 415
magnesium 1400
nitrates 20ppm
The birds nest is a month old
The hydronaphora has been with me for a couple of months
Could my nitrates have caused this?
TIA
I measured nitrates and kept getting 0 so I decided to remove 75% of my chaeto ( I hadn't collected it for a while) During this time frame, I upped my 2 part dosage to compensate a .5 dkh daily consumption. Was originally .4
After 7 days I retested and found my alk had climbed from the usual 8 to 9.7. Upon inspection I found my hydronaphora frag had brown and white tips forming. I stopped dosing to naturally bring my alk down. Now I'm seeing a birds nest showing signs of tissue loss. Again my alk climbed very slowly and I let it drop slowly. I decided to recheck my nitrates and found 20 ppm!
Other things that have changed this month is my lighting. I added t5s to my leds but matched the current par to the past par.
Light schedule:
8 hours of t5 on
Kessil a360we ramp up and down peak for 6 hours with t5s of 30%
Display tank:
90 gallon w/sump
Filtration:
Skimmer 24/7
Chaeto with reverse light schedule
Filter floss
Live stock:
Foxface
Sailfin
Hippo
Clownfish
Combtooth blenny
Scooter dragnet
Adorned wrasse
Parameters now:
Dkh 7.8
calcium 415
magnesium 1400
nitrates 20ppm
The birds nest is a month old
The hydronaphora has been with me for a couple of months
Could my nitrates have caused this?
TIA