My results for my ATI Analyse

[Blue Ring Octopus]

P
Phosphorus
1147 µg/l
Ideal value: 14.69 µg/l
CRITICALLY HIGH
Critical
PO4
Phosphate
3.52 mg/l
Ideal value: 0.04 mg/l
CRITICALLY HIGH
Critical

 

[Blue Ring Octopus]

Near nature
I
Iodine
209.7 µg/l
Ideal value: 63.67 µg/l
CRITICALLY HIGH
Critical

So these are the three that were the worse, I did a 5 gallon water change on my IM 15 AIO tank before I got the results.
I plan to do another WC of 3 gallons, that way the WC is not so dramatic.
Any thoughts or just do the second WC and they resubmit a new test.
Thanks in advance

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I don't think the iodine is a concern, but if you are dosing it, I'd stop.

The phosphate is high, but a water change is not the best option for it. Even a 100% change may leave more than 1 ppm in the tank water after refill due to desorption from rock and sand.

What sort of tank is this? Is it doing OK?

If you choose to lower phospahte (say, with a binder of some sort), do so very slowly. More folks cause problems from dropping phosphate too fast than have actual issues at the elevated level.

 

[Blue Ring Octopus]

This is a IM 15 AIO tank with a In- Tank caddie, 2 clowns and a couple of Ricordia and a

Acanthophyllia. that is not happy at all. I use Lugo Iodine but rarely actually, but I did just dose a drop or three over 2 weeks.​

 

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This is a IM 15 AIO tank with a In- Tank caddie, 2 clowns and a couple of Ricordia and a

Acanthophyllia. that is not happy at all. I use Lugo Iodine but rarely actually, but I did just dose a drop or three over 2 weeks.​

I have the same system.
Can we get a pic?

 

[Blue Ring Octopus]

^^^^ My G-Mail is full so I am trying to delete enough stuff so I can post the picture.

 

[Blue Ring Octopus]

Here is the coral that is not happy

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It’s impossible to diagnose a chemical issue by looking at a coral, but I’d suggest that aside from unusual situations, it is not common for chemical issues to be the cause of a single coral not doing well.