How are my levels looking?

[loweryphil]

SG 1.027
nitrate 30
Phos 0.3
Cal 460
KH 8.8

I have a wall hammer a torch. Zoas, toadstool, leather finger and a acropora didgita as i wanted to see if my lighting would be good for it. And it is fully extended with white growth tips after 3 weeks still. My question is....

I started getting coralline dark deep red spreading over my power heads and rock fast! More growth every day. It seems as soon as i have added the sps frag it has stopped spreading completely???

 

[reeferfoxx]

SG 1.027
nitrate 30
Phos 0.3
Cal 460
KH 8.8

I have a wall hammer a torch. Zoas, toadstool, leather finger and a acropora didgita as i wanted to see if my lighting would be good for it. And it is fully extended with white growth tips after 3 weeks still. My question is....

I started getting coralline dark deep red spreading over my power heads and rock fast! More growth every day. It seems as soon as i have added the sps frag it has stopped spreading completely???

How long have you had the sps? What was your dkh prior to adding sps?

 

[loweryphil]

Had the sps about 3 weeks. Was using api tests before switching to saltifert at the start of the week. It was coming up as 5. I bought red sea coralline kh buffer and this has now brouht it up to 8.8 tested with saltifert

 

[reeferfoxx]

#reefsquad can help

 

[loweryphil]

Thanks hope so

 

[jsker]

What lighting do you have?

What is your Mg?

Your nitrates need to come down to around 8 to 10 ppm.

I think without a picture you have Red caynobactira and this can be caused by you're lighting and the high nitrates.

 

[anthonys51]

Your tank is new. Make sure you test every 3 days and write down the results. I would lower your salt to 1.026 but not a major issue. Also be careful with buffers most alk buffers also raise ph witch can be dangerous. I would use a 2 part dosing if you can much safer and harder to over dose

 

[loweryphil]

I have a boyu tl 550 so it comes with pl 10000k lighting. I also installed an aquaray 600 blue led into the hood. Its red coralline as it wont scrape off. I change 25L of water weekly in a 125L tank so this should take care of the MG i hope as this is the only thing i dont test. The water i buy comes a bit low on Dkh at about 7.3 so i add 8ml of coralline buffer to bring it up to 8.8.