Help can't keep hard corals.
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Do u have a grounding probe on the system? I once had the same issue when i knocked mine out of the sump lucky i found it in time
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Have you tried Dipping them?
Maybe in Bayer?
Maybe in Bayer?
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I'm thinking stability is the problem. Until my tank was over a year old all sps died. Partly due to my own inexperience with dosing and such. Work on keeping alk stable and make sure to acclimate them slowly to your lights.
Reef guy, I havent. Suppose it's worth a try though.
Dan, the tank is incredibly stable and it has been fr the start. I didn't start putting in hard corals till the last coulple
Months and that's when the issues somewhat started.
Someone has suggested it may be my well water? Even though I run it through a 5 stage rodi filter and regularly change out the filters? Thoughts?
Thank you everyone, I know this is frustrating and appreciate the help.
Dan, the tank is incredibly stable and it has been fr the start. I didn't start putting in hard corals till the last coulple
Months and that's when the issues somewhat started.
Someone has suggested it may be my well water? Even though I run it through a 5 stage rodi filter and regularly change out the filters? Thoughts?
Thank you everyone, I know this is frustrating and appreciate the help.
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Reef guy, I havent. Suppose it's worth a try though.
Dan, the tank is incredibly stable and it has been fr the start. I didn't start putting in hard corals till the last coulple
Months and that's when the issues somewhat started.
Someone has suggested it may be my well water? Even though I run it through a 5 stage rodi filter and regularly change out the filters? Thoughts?
Thank you everyone, I know this is frustrating and appreciate the help.
I assume the well is otherwise potable water? I think it is unlikely that 0 ppm TDS water from an RO/DI is a problem.
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Reef guy, I havent. Suppose it's worth a try though.
Dan, the tank is incredibly stable and it has been fr the start. I didn't start putting in hard corals till the last coulple
Months and that's when the issues somewhat started.
Someone has suggested it may be my well water? Even though I run it through a 5 stage rodi filter and regularly change out the filters? Thoughts?
Thank you everyone, I know this is frustrating and appreciate the help.
I had Well Water in the Past and had no problems with SPS.
I would suspect it is something your not or cant test for.. usually heavy metals, cheap and easy to fix use a "poly filter" it will remove whatever is giving you the problem and the color it changes will most likely tell you what the problem is so you can eliminate it
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Now that's interesting reef guy! Haven't seen those before. I don't run a canister filter or a wet/dry sump, recommend somewhere to put it? That would probably be a cheap way of helping to figure out if there are any bad stuff in the water. Might have a old canister somewhere, just run that in the sump somewhere? Thanks guys!!
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I do.
I would also check for stray voltage.... having a grounding probe is good for you but NOT your tank!
if their is stray voltage, with the ground probe it will be shocking your fish coral... without a probe the circuit isnt completed so your coral fish wont get shocked but when you reach in your tank you complete the circuit thats why you get shocked...
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I don't know that this is the explanation, but different corals have different physiology at a detailed level, and so have different sensitivities to many things that bother them, including toxic chemicals.
Thank you mainereefer. Best way to check for stray voltage being take out my probe and see if the tank shocks me? Or is there aire scientific way of testing? Lol.
Randy, if this were happening to you, what would be your next few steps? I've adjusted the alk to bring that up slowly, testing for magnesium levels, ordering a par/lux meter to see how the light levels are and having a independent water testing company test my well water for all the bad stuff that shouldn't be in my tank, along with the water changes. I'm stumped bud! Ahhhhhh!!!!
Randy, if this were happening to you, what would be your next few steps? I've adjusted the alk to bring that up slowly, testing for magnesium levels, ordering a par/lux meter to see how the light levels are and having a independent water testing company test my well water for all the bad stuff that shouldn't be in my tank, along with the water changes. I'm stumped bud! Ahhhhhh!!!!
