Coral … exploding ?

[SkewedVision]

I am skimming I have a off brand sp1 seapora

 

[Cell]

Assuming sufficient O2 exchange without it, I would turn it off for a bit to help increase your nutrients.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Everyone here is correctly recommending different lighting. If you need a less expensive but good quality alternative, I use Hipargero 100 watt. I have 2 on my 90 gallon. I got them on Amazon for like $150. Each. They are excellent lights.

 

[NanoNana]

I broke down and bought a par meter. You can rent one pretty cheaply. See if an LFS close to you has one for rent. You can also rent them online but idk about wait time with those. I redid coral placement in addition to light schedule after I bought mine.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Cloudiness from the sand, tank is typically crystal clear.

Light schedule was the default for the light and open and willing to any sort of suggestions !

I will evaluate and work on the alk, calcium has been slightly unstable for a few weeks spiking at 600 and lows of 300.

The nitrate I am going to test again as 0 is uncommon for this tank.

Fluval lights are relatively weak. You could max them out.

 

[SkewedVision]

Thank you all getting par meter this afternoon from LFS

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I don’t see anything in the tank that requires Zooplankton or Phytoplankton

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Basically an all in one .

 

[cnjcpb]

Everyone here is correctly recommending different lighting. If you need a less expensive but good quality alternative, I use Hipargero 100 watt. I have 2 on my 90 gallon. I got them on Amazon for like $150. Each. They are excellent lights.

What settings / intensity do you run your lights? I have the same one for a 26 gallon AIO, but I think I’m having a problem with my zoas getting enough light.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

What settings / intensity do you run your lights? I have the same one for a 26 gallon AIO, but I think I’m having a problem with my zoas getting enough light.

I will take a picture of my settings and put it here

 

[Sophie"s mom]

What settings / intensity do you run your lights? I have the same one for a 26 gallon AIO, but I think I’m having a problem with my zoas getting enough light.

 

[cnjcpb]

Thank you! I’m running mine close to the same & this is what my zoas are doing… Mag Is a little low at 1200.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Thank you! I’m running mine close to the same & this is what my zoas are doing… Mag Is a little low at 1200.

Do they much flow? Where are they in the tank? Middle, lower, or up high?

 

[cnjcpb]

Do they much flow? Where are they in the tank? Middle, lower, or up high?

Plenty of flow. They are low in the tank. Directly below the middle of the light. 18” below the light.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Thank you! I’m running mine close to the same & this is what my zoas are doing… Mag Is a little low at 1200.

This is my Zoa’s this morning, they are about 10” down from the top in a 24” deep tank. So a little more than halfway

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Plenty of flow. They are low in the tank. Directly below the middle of the light. 18” below the light.

Ahh, maybe try moving them a little closer to the light

 

[NanoNana]

Thank you! I’m running mine close to the same & this is what my zoas are doing… Mag Is a little low at 1200.

Yeah, they are stretching for light.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Spend the money on very good lighting if you want to keep corals. You also need more bioload to keep that cycle moving along.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

use salifert test if money is an issue.