ocncheffy
Active Member
So due to a couple bad test kits, my Phosphates hit a .3 and alkalinity was below 6dkh. I've since corrected this issue, but upon adding GFO to my tank to lower phoshates, my SPS colonies health started to decline. I've completely lost a nice green mili, and other frags have burnt tips which are causing brown algae to appear. Here's some pics below:
My current numbers:
Tank size - Reefer 350 91g
Alkalinity - 8.5
Calcium - 500
Mag - 1380
Phosphate - .15
Nitrate - 10ppm
It's been about two weeks since I've corrected the issue and I'm still noticing some additonal die off on tips. Currently running a 1/2 cup of HC GFO to bring down the phosphates to .06 at least. Is this just something that's going to take time to recover from? Would lowering the PAR help as well? Currently hitting 220-250 par on the highest parts of my rocks with dual XR15 pros.
My current numbers:
Tank size - Reefer 350 91g
Alkalinity - 8.5
Calcium - 500
Mag - 1380
Phosphate - .15
Nitrate - 10ppm
It's been about two weeks since I've corrected the issue and I'm still noticing some additonal die off on tips. Currently running a 1/2 cup of HC GFO to bring down the phosphates to .06 at least. Is this just something that's going to take time to recover from? Would lowering the PAR help as well? Currently hitting 220-250 par on the highest parts of my rocks with dual XR15 pros.
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