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My tank is creeping up on the 5 month mark, since the move into its new spot. Everything has gone smoothly since the move , and my parameters all look good (I think) My problem is with SPS, I can keep the easy things like zoas, euphyllia , rock anemone , feather dusters , clove polyps , etc. without issue. Every SPS piece I have tried never lasts long. it looks great at the LFS , I bring it home and it browns out then RTN sets in . Can some of the SPS guys/gals chime in and provide some help.
Equipment
Rimless 25x18x18
20 Long - Sump / Fuge (Chaeto / Caulerpa )
Nano-Box Duo Box LED (just switched to this from 150w MH Phoenix 14k)
SC150 Skimmer
NextReef SMR1 - vertex biopellets
BRS Dual Reactor - Carbon / GFO (if needed)
MP20
Quiet One 3000 Return (also feeds reactors & chiller)
TECO TR-5 chiller (I had it so its hooked up just in case)
Reef Keeper Elite
BRS 2 Part on BRS 1.1ml Dosers
RO/DI - Spectrapure MPDI-90 (filters changed every 6 months - TDS = 0)
Parameters (as of 1-7-12 - 12 p.m.)
SG - 1.025 (refractometer)
Temp - 78.3 (RKE)
PH - 8.12 (RKE)
No3 - 0-5.0 (API - looks closer to 0)
Cal - 520 (hanna)
Alk - 9.68 (hanna)
Mag - 1470(salifert)
Po4 - 0.03 (hanna)
Water changes are 5g every sunday with Aquavitro Salinity.
What could I be doing wrong ? Everything else has great color , coraline is going crazy , no pests (that I can locate) , a couple of small patches of hair algae here and there but nothing crazy. I have a little bit of detritus in the sump that will be cleaned up today, but that is minimal as well.
My tank is creeping up on the 5 month mark, since the move into its new spot. Everything has gone smoothly since the move , and my parameters all look good (I think) My problem is with SPS, I can keep the easy things like zoas, euphyllia , rock anemone , feather dusters , clove polyps , etc. without issue. Every SPS piece I have tried never lasts long. it looks great at the LFS , I bring it home and it browns out then RTN sets in . Can some of the SPS guys/gals chime in and provide some help.
Equipment
Rimless 25x18x18
20 Long - Sump / Fuge (Chaeto / Caulerpa )
Nano-Box Duo Box LED (just switched to this from 150w MH Phoenix 14k)
SC150 Skimmer
NextReef SMR1 - vertex biopellets
BRS Dual Reactor - Carbon / GFO (if needed)
MP20
Quiet One 3000 Return (also feeds reactors & chiller)
TECO TR-5 chiller (I had it so its hooked up just in case)
Reef Keeper Elite
BRS 2 Part on BRS 1.1ml Dosers
RO/DI - Spectrapure MPDI-90 (filters changed every 6 months - TDS = 0)
Parameters (as of 1-7-12 - 12 p.m.)
SG - 1.025 (refractometer)
Temp - 78.3 (RKE)
PH - 8.12 (RKE)
No3 - 0-5.0 (API - looks closer to 0)
Cal - 520 (hanna)
Alk - 9.68 (hanna)
Mag - 1470(salifert)
Po4 - 0.03 (hanna)
Water changes are 5g every sunday with Aquavitro Salinity.
What could I be doing wrong ? Everything else has great color , coraline is going crazy , no pests (that I can locate) , a couple of small patches of hair algae here and there but nothing crazy. I have a little bit of detritus in the sump that will be cleaned up today, but that is minimal as well.
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