Hello, this is my first post here on reef2reef.
I have a 13.5 evo with an AI Prime for lighting
My tank is stocked with a ocelaris clown, six line wrasse, 1 squamosa clam, 1 small crocea clam, some corals, and a pincushion urchin.
Lately there has been some things that are concerning me like my rainbow monti started to bleach, my branching hammer frag isn’t fully extended, and my urchin seems to be losing some spines, as well as i’m starting to grow some diatoms on my sand bed…. it sounds like I have high nitrates but I went out today and bout a Hanna nitrate checker and it’s reading low.
I’ve tested for nearly everything that i could think of
(hanna) Nitrates- 3.7
(hanna) Phosphates- 0.01
(hanna)Alkalinity- 9.4
(hanna) pH- 8.3
Magnesium- 1350
Calcium- 400
Salinity- 1.026
I’m not sure what’s going on but
I have a 13.5 evo with an AI Prime for lighting
My tank is stocked with a ocelaris clown, six line wrasse, 1 squamosa clam, 1 small crocea clam, some corals, and a pincushion urchin.
Lately there has been some things that are concerning me like my rainbow monti started to bleach, my branching hammer frag isn’t fully extended, and my urchin seems to be losing some spines, as well as i’m starting to grow some diatoms on my sand bed…. it sounds like I have high nitrates but I went out today and bout a Hanna nitrate checker and it’s reading low.
I’ve tested for nearly everything that i could think of
(hanna) Nitrates- 3.7
(hanna) Phosphates- 0.01
(hanna)Alkalinity- 9.4
(hanna) pH- 8.3
Magnesium- 1350
Calcium- 400
Salinity- 1.026
I’m not sure what’s going on but