Water chemistry and acro loss

[SteveO83]

so I had a post regarding loosing a green slimer acro and have since lost my pink lemonade as well. There were questions regarding my chemistry in the tank. And also the dino issue. These numbers were taken yesterday at wwc. Any suggestions as to cause?

 

[dwest]

so I had a post regarding loosing a green slimer acro and have since lost my pink lemonade as well. There were questions regarding my chemistry in the tank. And also the dino issue. These numbers were taken yesterday at wwc. Any suggestions as to cause?

I think your number are great. I can’t keep sps when dinos are blooming though. I would be sure to run GAC to help remove dino toxins if you have them.

 

[tdileo]

First I’d suggest you get your own test kits, especially for something as important as say alkalinity. Swings in alk can definitely kill sensitive corals.
The next thing that pops up for me is NO3 and PO4 is very low, possibly to the point it could be problematic.
How old is your system? What (if anything) are you dosing?

 

[SteveO83]

I think your number are great. I can’t keep sps when dinos are blooming though. I would be sure to run GAC to help remove dino toxins if you have them.

At my whits end with the dinos. My tank looks like garbage. Im running chemi pure elite in the IM caddys

 

[landlubber]

parameters are fine but the bigger question to me is how stable those numbers have been. also, with dinos being a problem I also would be spending a lot of attention on not bottoming out those nutrients.

 

[SteveO83]

First I’d suggest you get your own test kits, especially for something as important as say alkalinity. Swings in alk can definitely kill sensitive corals.
The next thing that pops up for me is NO3 and PO4 is very low, possibly to the point it could be problematic.
How old is your system? What (if anything) are you dosing?

I have my own kits for everything but mag and cal. Tank is 5-6 months old. No dosing for anything. Only water changes and the chemi pure

 

[SteveO83]

parameters are fine but the bigger question to me is how stable those numbers have been.

Alk Cal and mag I honestly dont know. I just bought the alk kit last week. Nitrates have always been that low for me

 

[landlubber]

Alk Cal and mag I honestly dont know. I just bought the alk kit last week. Nitrates have always been that low for me

well if you can hold things as they are it might just be a maturity thing. also, keep in mind that its tough for anyone to detail good advice to help your situation without having an idea of where your parameters have been up to this point. for me that means once a week I test my water and record the results.