I was away on vacation for 10 days and my dosing pump stopped working while I was away. Kh dropped to 5. I decreased the intensity of lights to 35% and slowly started bringing the kh over a couple of days. I also noticed that the temp dropped to 75. The temp had been corrected to 78F over a 36 hour period.
I did about 20 gallons in water changes so far, as I did not want to shock the system anymore
This evening I checked my parameters
Total system volume along with the sump, 200 gallons
Lights Radion Gen 2, XR 30. running at 35% intensity.
Kh 7.4 - tested with hanna
Ca - 450 - Redsea
Nitrates - 64 PPM - Redsea, high range test
Phosphates - 1.25 PPM, hanna checker.
Upon correcting the temp, SG from the Apex says 37 PPT. I am trying to remove 1 gallon of tank water and adding fresh RO water for the correction.
Too many things are whack at this point. Not sure how my approach should be for stabilizing the tank.
Please advice. I already lost about 60% of the corals, the others are showing signs of bleaching.
Thank you,
Vamsi.
I did about 20 gallons in water changes so far, as I did not want to shock the system anymore
This evening I checked my parameters
Total system volume along with the sump, 200 gallons
Lights Radion Gen 2, XR 30. running at 35% intensity.
Kh 7.4 - tested with hanna
Ca - 450 - Redsea
Nitrates - 64 PPM - Redsea, high range test
Phosphates - 1.25 PPM, hanna checker.
Upon correcting the temp, SG from the Apex says 37 PPT. I am trying to remove 1 gallon of tank water and adding fresh RO water for the correction.
Too many things are whack at this point. Not sure how my approach should be for stabilizing the tank.
Please advice. I already lost about 60% of the corals, the others are showing signs of bleaching.
Thank you,
Vamsi.
