Luminocity
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Not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this but I guess I'll have a go at it.
I've looked everywhere for a possible definitive solution to my problem but I can't seem to find anything. My 50 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump that has been running for 6 months now has never been able to keep corals. Most people online I see have success with corals for at least a couple of months before things go south, but my corals (aside from one GPS frag) never make it past the 24 hour mark without receding into basically just skeleton and left over flesh.
My paramaters are Ammonia: 0 Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 5-10 Salinity: 1.025 Temp: 78F pH: 8 Alk: 7.8 Phosphorus: 0ppb (Highest I've had was 7ppb) Calcium: 450ppm Mag: 1350ppm
It is currently stocked with 2 Ocellaris Clowns, 1 Firefish goby, and 1 Pink spotted goby.
I use Red Sea Coral Pro salt for my water changes and I have an ATO providing RODI water.
I have an MP10 and a Maxspect gyre XF330, MP10 on Nutrient transfer mode and the gyre on pulse mode.
I used about 40 pounds of life rock and 25 pounds of crushed coral for the substrate.
I have a reef octopus skimmer in the sump and 2 heaters in there as well.
The tank is 36" by 18" by 19", im running a single Kessil a360we on a higher intensity since I know the kessil doesnt cover my entire tank itself which is why I have another one coming in the mail.
Now aside from my lighting maybe not being strong enough the only other thing I could think of is maybe there are metals in my water that I'm unaware of.
Basically how it goes is I either go to my local LFS or I order corals to my house and they always come alive in the mail since its only about a day of travel, and when they are floating in the tank they seem to be happy and even sometimes open up a little bit, but the second I go through the drip acclimation and the dipping process and finally add them in they seem to receed and never come back out.
None of my corals have ever bleached, they always seem to brown out or just deteriorate, which is why I have my lights intensity so high, I figured they might not be getting enough.
On top of that I have also never been able to keep a shrimp in my tank for longer than 24 hours, I've tried every type of acclimation process, drip, leaving the bag on the waters surface and scooping water in slowly, then getting rid of half and going again.
Nothing seems to work.
I have no issues keeping fish but inverts and corals just don't live and I have no idea why.
I've looked everywhere for a possible definitive solution to my problem but I can't seem to find anything. My 50 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump that has been running for 6 months now has never been able to keep corals. Most people online I see have success with corals for at least a couple of months before things go south, but my corals (aside from one GPS frag) never make it past the 24 hour mark without receding into basically just skeleton and left over flesh.
My paramaters are Ammonia: 0 Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 5-10 Salinity: 1.025 Temp: 78F pH: 8 Alk: 7.8 Phosphorus: 0ppb (Highest I've had was 7ppb) Calcium: 450ppm Mag: 1350ppm
It is currently stocked with 2 Ocellaris Clowns, 1 Firefish goby, and 1 Pink spotted goby.
I use Red Sea Coral Pro salt for my water changes and I have an ATO providing RODI water.
I have an MP10 and a Maxspect gyre XF330, MP10 on Nutrient transfer mode and the gyre on pulse mode.
I used about 40 pounds of life rock and 25 pounds of crushed coral for the substrate.
I have a reef octopus skimmer in the sump and 2 heaters in there as well.
The tank is 36" by 18" by 19", im running a single Kessil a360we on a higher intensity since I know the kessil doesnt cover my entire tank itself which is why I have another one coming in the mail.
Now aside from my lighting maybe not being strong enough the only other thing I could think of is maybe there are metals in my water that I'm unaware of.
Basically how it goes is I either go to my local LFS or I order corals to my house and they always come alive in the mail since its only about a day of travel, and when they are floating in the tank they seem to be happy and even sometimes open up a little bit, but the second I go through the drip acclimation and the dipping process and finally add them in they seem to receed and never come back out.
None of my corals have ever bleached, they always seem to brown out or just deteriorate, which is why I have my lights intensity so high, I figured they might not be getting enough.
On top of that I have also never been able to keep a shrimp in my tank for longer than 24 hours, I've tried every type of acclimation process, drip, leaving the bag on the waters surface and scooping water in slowly, then getting rid of half and going again.
Nothing seems to work.
I have no issues keeping fish but inverts and corals just don't live and I have no idea why.
