Calc 439
Alk 9.28
Mag 1326
Phosphate 0.006 (Very low I turned off my GFO reactor and it will remain off for a very long time)
Nitrate 13.6
B-Ionic 2-Part Calc/Alk
For the life of me, I cannot keep Montipora and other random hard corals healthy. Ever since I started this tank I cannot grow them or color them up. I'm not sure what the issue is.
I recently started dosing Calcium, for a long time I only dosed Alk because I hardly saw any calcium being used up. I thought a bi-weekly WC would be enough to replenish the calcium. I did fiddle with my light schedule a bit but now I have settled on 1 setting and its been like that for about 2 months now.
I don't know what else to do. I ordered an ICP test to see if its something in the water.
As you can see in the pictures even the red digi has those black spots around it as well and the red monti some of the purple ones also have it. You can see that the plate coral is also showing skeleton and the green chalice also is losing tissue
.
Its extremely discouraging that this keeps happening...
Could it be my lights?
Could it be lack of PAR or too much par?
I dont believe its lack of par...
If anyone has any insight please help.
Alk 9.28
Mag 1326
Phosphate 0.006 (Very low I turned off my GFO reactor and it will remain off for a very long time)
Nitrate 13.6
B-Ionic 2-Part Calc/Alk
For the life of me, I cannot keep Montipora and other random hard corals healthy. Ever since I started this tank I cannot grow them or color them up. I'm not sure what the issue is.
I recently started dosing Calcium, for a long time I only dosed Alk because I hardly saw any calcium being used up. I thought a bi-weekly WC would be enough to replenish the calcium. I did fiddle with my light schedule a bit but now I have settled on 1 setting and its been like that for about 2 months now.
I don't know what else to do. I ordered an ICP test to see if its something in the water.
As you can see in the pictures even the red digi has those black spots around it as well and the red monti some of the purple ones also have it. You can see that the plate coral is also showing skeleton and the green chalice also is losing tissue
.
Its extremely discouraging that this keeps happening...
Could it be my lights?
Could it be lack of PAR or too much par?
I dont believe its lack of par...
If anyone has any insight please help.