I see no one has anything to say about the high tin level in the ATI results. Is that not a problem? I am still new to this 4-5 years now and still have much to learn. In my system the acros grow so fast that my hermits would climb up the branches and break pieces off, had to take most of my crabs to my LFS. Now I have many frags, lol. Would iodine and manganese help with growth? I see those elements are low.Okay thanks for all of the info. Sounds like params, etc would be helpful. Here they are:
Tank: 165g 5x2x2 with sump & fuge
Alk: 8.6dKH like clock work - tested with Trident and confirm with Hanna Alk Test. BUT - Red Sea, LaMotte, and GHL KH Director all consistently read about 1.0 dKH lower than that - ~7.6 dKH
Ca: 450 (steady)
Mg: 1360 (steady)
NO3: 5-8ppm
PO4: 0.03-0.10
Fish: roughly 15 which I feed 3x daily pellets and frozen mysis shrimp
pH: Reads 8.0-8.3 like clockwork each day, but I have reason to believe the probe is off (even though I've calibrated many times) and might be reading higher than it actually is
Lighting: T5/LED Combo:
Flow: 2x Maxpect Gyre 250's on anywhere from 30-80% depending on time of day
- 4x Radion XR15 G4 Pros with Diffusers on SPS AB+ from 10am-6pm 85% about 9inch from surface
- I also run them at <10% on only the Royal Blue (100%) and Blue (80%) spectrum from 5am - 10am and 6pm-10pm. Not sure if this could possibly impact anything?
- 4x T5 (2 BluePlus, 2 CoralPlus) on 10:30am-4:30pm
I also run a Protein Skimmer 24/7 and dose 2-part. I dose small amounts of NO3 to keep it around 5ppm. Feed Reef Roids every once in a while, but PO4 has no issue stating in range of 0.03-0.10.
ICP Test Results recently show good levels all around: