I’m going to try and explain this as simply as possible. I have a hammer, torch, leather and some polyps which are thriving in my tank. I also have some zoas that are doing so so due to some hungry amphipods.
A few weeks ago I added a red Goni and a couple of acans to my tank and they seemed to be doing pretty well. I left for a short weekend trip and I came home to a closed up Goni that has yet to open, an acan with some decent tissue loss (but still opens) and another acan that opens about halfway. a few days ago I also added a cyphastrea and a small blasto. That cyphastrea didn’t seem too thrilled where I put it so I’m going to move it but the blasto started out really well. Then, I wake up this morning and one polyp is sucked in an kind of looks like it may be missing some flesh.
I have been testing my parameters and they’re at adequate levels but I have been struggling with stability. I dose the same amount every day but some days the levels increase some days they increase and with no noticeable pattern. I can keep Alk consistently between 8.4 and 8.8. Mag has been sitting between 1410 and 1440. Haven’t tested calcium in a while but previously it was staying between 420 and 450. Nitrate and Phosphate are consistently 16 and .04, respectively.
Any ideas of what could be going on here? Could something be eating my corals or perhaps it has something to do with my parameters?
A few weeks ago I added a red Goni and a couple of acans to my tank and they seemed to be doing pretty well. I left for a short weekend trip and I came home to a closed up Goni that has yet to open, an acan with some decent tissue loss (but still opens) and another acan that opens about halfway. a few days ago I also added a cyphastrea and a small blasto. That cyphastrea didn’t seem too thrilled where I put it so I’m going to move it but the blasto started out really well. Then, I wake up this morning and one polyp is sucked in an kind of looks like it may be missing some flesh.
I have been testing my parameters and they’re at adequate levels but I have been struggling with stability. I dose the same amount every day but some days the levels increase some days they increase and with no noticeable pattern. I can keep Alk consistently between 8.4 and 8.8. Mag has been sitting between 1410 and 1440. Haven’t tested calcium in a while but previously it was staying between 420 and 450. Nitrate and Phosphate are consistently 16 and .04, respectively.
Any ideas of what could be going on here? Could something be eating my corals or perhaps it has something to do with my parameters?