About Had IT With Corals

[Dan_K1309]

Yes we dip and acclimate,won’t put anything in the tank without doing so.

Thanks I don’t know how to make a build thread?

 

[John3]

Looking at the graph of your lighting schedule I am wondering if you have the red/white channel up way too high. It looks like your between 60-80% at peak. For the corals you want to keep I would probably have that channel peaking at 30-35%.

Channels B and C could be 80-100%
Channel A probably 50-60%

With led lights you have to be very careful with the white channels. If turned up the will bleach out and kill many corals.

 

[Dan_K1309]

Looking at the graph of your lighting schedule I am wondering if you have the red/white channel up way too high. It looks like your between 60-80% at peak. For the corals you want to keep I would probably have that channel peaking at 30-35%.

Channels B and C could be 80-100%
Channel A probably 50-60%

With led lights you have to be very careful with the white channels. If turned up the will bleach out and kill many corals.

Thanks, the wife wants to know if you can come here and help? Just kidding. Ok, will make adjustments . They have a preset for acans

 

[Billldg]

Thanks I don’t know how to make a build thread?

Follow link

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks.52/create-thread

 

[Dan_K1309]

Follow link

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks.52/create-thread

ok

 

[Billldg]

ok

I used the acan setting for while and it worked great. Not just for acans, just need to watch the edges of the tank as it might not be enough light and may need to bump up settings a little.

 

[Dan_K1309]

I used the acan setting for while and it worked great. Not just for acans, just need to watch the edges of the tank as it might not be enough light and may need to bump up settings a little.

Ok, I will modify the lighting schedule and will follow through on the Build post. Will let you know how it goes. Thanks for your encouragement and help.

 

[Billldg]

Ok, I will modify the lighting schedule and will follow through on the Build post. Will let you know how it goes. Thanks for your encouragement and help.

You got this, GOOD LUCK!!!

 

[jdpeters]

Thanks, glad we joined with you guys. We are not quitters.

You have to be patient and have some perseverance . Research research research. I’ve wanted many times to quit but with a little work comes success then im reinspired

 

[Dan_K1309]

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[dwest]

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What is your water source? You should be using rodi water and checking the tds with a hand held meter and verifying that your source water has zero tds. I bought my meter for $15 on amazon. My inline meter failed me... also you should be using a refractometer to check salinity. These 2 simple but very important things sometimes get overlooked.

 

[BedrockIOMC]

Yeah you should never have 0 nitrates. you need some for them to feed on. I would add some Amino Acid to your tank that will help your coal. When ever my nitrates drop to 0 I add a little extra. How long have you had 0 Nitrates?

 

[Dan_K1309]

What is your water source? You should be using rodi water and checking the tds with a hand held meter and verifying that your source water has zero tds. I bought my meter for $15 on amazon. My inline meter failed me... also you should be using a refractometer to check salinity. These 2 simple but very important things sometimes get overlooked.

We get our saltwater and RODI from lfs. We have a swing arm salinity checker. What is tds and the checker? I changed the light settings to the preset lps/soft coral mix this morning.

Thanks

 

[Dan_K1309]

Yeah you should never have 0 nitrates. you need some for them to feed on. I would add some Amino Acid to your tank that will help your coal. When ever my nitrates drop to 0 I add a little extra. How long have you had 0 Nitrates?

thanks

 

[Dan_K1309]

thanks

zero nitrates for about 6 months

 

[Sottish_Reefer]

We get our saltwater and RODI from lfs. We have a swing arm salinity checker. What is tds and the checker? I changed the light settings to the preset lps/soft coral mix this morning.

Thanks

A refractometer would be better for checking salinity. Swing arms can be way off

 

[Dan_K1309]

A refractometer would be better for checking salinity. Swing arms can be way off

I see one on amazon for about $17 that is highly rated?

 

[Dan_K1309]

What about dosing Res Sea Reef Foundation ABC ?

 

[BestMomEver]

Hammer, Orange Acan (he is doing great) , Candy cane, Capt. America and a very small zoa frag from Tidal Gardens Never again from them. We got our acan from lfs and doing great. Thanks for your help we are still newbies

I have acans, lobos, trees, shrooms, acros, montis pocillopora.... you name it. But I can’t keep a frogspaw, hammer, torch, plate, or gorgonian. Go figure. I finally just decided I’d stay away from those things I have little or no success with. Historically, I have had poor luck with anemones as well. I decided to dedicate an entire tank to anemones and clowns so I can cater to their needs in a more precise way. So far, so good!

 

[Dan_K1309]

I have acans, lobos, trees, shrooms, acros, montis pocillopora.... you name it. But I can’t keep a frogspaw, hammer, torch, plate, or gorgonian. Go figure. I finally just decided I’d stay away from those things I have little or no success with. Historically, I have had poor luck with anemones as well. I decided to dedicate an entire tank to anemones and clowns so I can cater to their needs in a more precise way. So far, so good!

I kind of like lps