Let’s get this out of the way early on. This is almost certainly not one of the common issues that cause coral death.
The big 3 are all pretty stable, ALK around 9, Calc around 480, mag around 1400. These numbers may fluctuate over time, but not by more than a small fraction per day. I have a trident testing daily and have confirmed the accuracy via manual tests. I 2-part dose 12 times throughout the day.
NO3 and P04 are a little on the high side. NO3 is usually around 35, PO4 is usually around 0.08.
Here is a link to my latest Triton ICP test results. As you can see, nothing too unusual.
I cannot for the life of me keep coral in this tank, which has been running for two years now. The only things that have thrived have been GSP, mushrooms, zoas, and a couple of torches. Everything else either dies within days (SPS), or slowly withers away (duncans, scans, my poor hammer that I had for 3 years ).
All fish are reef-safe. My cleaner shrimp is annoying at night but not destructive.
I did battle small cell amphidinium dinos on and off for about a year, but have gone mostly bare-bottom and have not seen any sign of them for probably 4 months. I mean, I’m sure there are some wandering around still, but the lack of sand + elevated nutrients has kept them away.
Another potentially important bit of information is that I also cannot grow ANY algae in this tank. Like, absolutely none. I don’t know if it’s because I have literally hundreds of tiny snails that come out every night and cover my rock work or something else, but I have never seen algae in here. A bit odd with my nutrient levels...
Now, the crazy thing is that I have a 30g coral quarantine tank set up with my exact everything. Same lights, same schedule, roughly same par, similar flow, same salt mix (HW Marine Mix Reefer), I even seeded it with a rock from my DT. Coral in this tank THRIVE. Algae in that tank thrives. Whenever something is dying in my DT, I throw it in my QT to save it. Usually that works if the coral isn’t too far gone.
Experts of the reef, I call to thee. Please, give me some suggestions. Each coral that I lose takes a small bit of my soul with me. I can’t keep doing this...
The big 3 are all pretty stable, ALK around 9, Calc around 480, mag around 1400. These numbers may fluctuate over time, but not by more than a small fraction per day. I have a trident testing daily and have confirmed the accuracy via manual tests. I 2-part dose 12 times throughout the day.
NO3 and P04 are a little on the high side. NO3 is usually around 35, PO4 is usually around 0.08.
Here is a link to my latest Triton ICP test results. As you can see, nothing too unusual.
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I cannot for the life of me keep coral in this tank, which has been running for two years now. The only things that have thrived have been GSP, mushrooms, zoas, and a couple of torches. Everything else either dies within days (SPS), or slowly withers away (duncans, scans, my poor hammer that I had for 3 years ).
All fish are reef-safe. My cleaner shrimp is annoying at night but not destructive.
I did battle small cell amphidinium dinos on and off for about a year, but have gone mostly bare-bottom and have not seen any sign of them for probably 4 months. I mean, I’m sure there are some wandering around still, but the lack of sand + elevated nutrients has kept them away.
Another potentially important bit of information is that I also cannot grow ANY algae in this tank. Like, absolutely none. I don’t know if it’s because I have literally hundreds of tiny snails that come out every night and cover my rock work or something else, but I have never seen algae in here. A bit odd with my nutrient levels...
Now, the crazy thing is that I have a 30g coral quarantine tank set up with my exact everything. Same lights, same schedule, roughly same par, similar flow, same salt mix (HW Marine Mix Reefer), I even seeded it with a rock from my DT. Coral in this tank THRIVE. Algae in that tank thrives. Whenever something is dying in my DT, I throw it in my QT to save it. Usually that works if the coral isn’t too far gone.
Experts of the reef, I call to thee. Please, give me some suggestions. Each coral that I lose takes a small bit of my soul with me. I can’t keep doing this...
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