Considering going fowlr

[BlueDevil]

Another option is to use SW instead of FW for your top offs. That should bring it up without having to do huge water changes.

 

[Steve Dillon]

I always have kept my calcium at 440-450 and mag @1400 or so.. I'm not dosing mag.

 

[Steve Dillon]

Another option is to use SW instead of FW for your top offs. That should bring it up without having to do huge water changes.

Great idea I will do that today..

 

[BlueDevil]

I always have kept my calcium at 440-450 and mag @1400 or so.. I'm not dosing mag.

Does your salt mix at 1400 mg? That seems a little high.

Use this link to figure out what your balanced levels should be at. Tackle SG first.

http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html

 

[Steve Dillon]

Nsw runs around 1300.. another person that I asked to help ( about a month ago) suggested that I try high magnesium levels.. but it didn't change anything so I'm letting it drop slowly with water changes..

 

[Harry_Y]

I tend to enjoy the corals, as that it what makes SW worth the effort.

If it was fish only I may as well just run freshwater

 

[Steve Dillon]

I tend to enjoy the corals, as that it what makes SW worth the effort.

If it was fish only I may as well just run freshwater

Not a bad idea.. 125 is plenty of room for some discus..

 

[Steve Dillon]

This is what I'm going thru.. don't know if it's a disease or something I'm doing but I'd like to figure it out

 

[Harry_Y]

How long has your tank been up?

 

[Steve Dillon]

6 months

 

[Harry_Y]

6 months

That could be a part of your issue

 

[Steve Dillon]

I think it just time to throw in the towel and give it all up.. I'm not experienced enough.. so thanks for all the help..

 

[Steve Dillon]

That could be a part of your issue

I have seen people set up brand new tanks and drop sps in and it looks wonderful.

 

[BlueDevil]

I have seen people set up brand new tanks and drop sps in and it looks wonderful.

I concur. I for one have a tank less than a month old and my sticks are doing ok. There's obviously something we are all missing here.

 

[Steve Dillon]

Yeah it's me

 

[jsker]

Lights?

 

[Steve Dillon]

Reef breeders led blue 100% white 20%.

 

[jsker]

Try turn up the white to 50% at the least. I was have some of the same issues and upgraded my lights and problem solved. I was using the Orbit Marine and all though a good light for a FOWLR I went with Hydra 26 hd's and my corals took off after the upgrade. I also change of to the Balling Method and AquaForest line of products.

 

[jaws789832]

2 part is made to dose in equal parts. If you are dosing 50ml of alk you should be dosing 50 of cal. Since you arent something is off with your parameters. My suggestion would be to test your newly mixed saltwater, then try and keep you numbers at that level. So if your saltwater tests at 7.5 alk and 420 cal maintain that in your tank. This way when you do water changes its always stable. When you do it this way you will then add equal amounts of alk and cal because corals consume the 2 part at the same rate. The chemist on these forums ( Farley) has a lot of great write ups on this. Also when you test the new saltwater make sure its at 35 ppt (1.026) . Lower or higher will change the numbers drastically. As young as your tank is 50 ml seems like a lot (but not unheard of). My tank is a 120, been up for about a year, 4 Lps full colonies and sbout 15 SPS frags and I am set at 38 ml per day equal.

 

[Steve Dillon]

2 part is made to dose in equal parts. If you are dosing 50ml of alk you should be dosing 50 of cal. Since you arent something is off with your parameters. My suggestion would be to test your newly mixed saltwater, then try and keep you numbers at that level. So if your saltwater tests at 7.5 alk and 420 cal maintain that in your tank. This way when you do water changes its always stable. When you do it this way you will then add equal amounts of alk and cal because corals consume the 2 part at the same rate. The chemist on these forums ( Farley) has a lot of great write ups on this. Also when you test the new saltwater make sure its at 35 ppt (1.026) . Lower or higher will change the numbers drastically. As young as your tank is 50 ml seems like a lot (but not unheard of). My tank is a 120, been up for about a year, 4 Lps full colonies and sbout 15 SPS frags and I am set at 38 ml per day equal.

I don't know I have spent over a month dialing in the dosing pump.. those are the levels that keep the Cal and Alk where they are.. but I'll shut it off..