ICP Results back have questions?

[ReefRusty]

Hi guys

Recently had my water tested by Triton. Results are in and most look within range. Im having trouble with all my SPS dying and not surviving and some LPS seem to be struggling but mostly all are doing OK. Think it could be better.

Based on these results can anyone tell me what I could do to help improve my reef..

Triton Lab Showroom - Explore this water test results and click on the image above.

Someone wants to show you the water test results and shared this link to the evaluation. Click on the image above to explore the water test results.

www.triton-lab.de

Let me know if you can't access them I'll try figure another way to post results

Thanks In advance

 

[Sean Clark]

Everything looks really good, Barium, Silicon, and Phosphate are only slightly elevated. I would lean towards lighting being the issue for your losses.

 

[ReefRusty]

Did a PAR reading and everything is within reason for PAR levels for corals across the tank from top to bottom so git me stunned. Some corals bleach some are just loosing tissue. All my acans have struggled alot lately.

Haven't added to changed anything.

 

[gbroadbridge]

I can't see anything wrong with the chemistry at all.

How old is the tank?

 

[Sean Clark]

Did a PAR reading and everything is within reason for PAR levels for corals across the tank from top to bottom so git me stunned. Some corals bleach some are just loosing tissue. All my acans have struggled alot lately.

Haven't added to changed anything.

Do you have any temperature or PAR graphs that you could share?

 

[ReefRusty]

I can't see anything wrong with the chemistry at all.

How old is the tank?

Tank is going on 6 months setup now, but everything transferred from my previous tank that was 12 months old. Obviously added an extra 20kgs of dry rock.

 

[ReefRusty]

Attached is my temperature over the last 4 weeks. And was the same the previous month. Set at 25 degrees and hovers around 24.8 to 25.1

I have a drawing somewhere on some paper I'll try find it but was something like
250-350 top tank top 3rd
180 - 250 middle 3rd
90-180 bottom 3rd.

 

[Sean Clark]

I asked because of you sps issues. Temp looks great.

 

[ReefRusty]

I asked because of you sps issues. Temp looks great.

Got me stunned. Have a couple acro that have started to turn white.. to me that says to much light.. but where it is would be around 300 PAR

 

[gbroadbridge]

Got me stunned. Have a couple acro that have started to turn white.. to me that says to much light.. but where it is would be around 300 PAR

Where are you keeping your Alkalinity And Nitrates?

High Alk and lowish Nutrients can cause problems.
How many fish?

 

[ReefRusty]

Alkalinity sitting at 8.2-8.5
Nitrates 10-15

Lighting xr15 G5 on for 8hrs plus 1hr ramp up and 1 hr down.

1 Blue tang
1 purple
1 coral marginal
1 coral beauty
2 yellow belly wrasse
6 chromis
3 clownfish
1 x coral banded shrimp

400L tank 4ft

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Only think I'd add to the chemistry discussion is that you might benefit from a trace element additive for things like manganese and vanadium and iron.

 

[ReefRusty]

Only think I'd add to the chemistry discussion is that you might benefit from a trace element additive for things like manganese and vanadium and iron.

Would adding these trace elements have a positive impact? I also dose Ammino acids every day. Just feel like something is off here that's the frustrating part. I was hoping for black and white answers from the ICP test.

Anything else that might be negatively affecting corals?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Would adding these trace elements have a positive impact? I also dose Ammino acids every day. Just feel like something is off here that's the frustrating part. I was hoping for black and white answers from the ICP test.

Anything else that might be negatively affecting corals?

It's impossible to say, without trying. ICP is not a panacea to knowing what to do.

There's just not sufficient info in the ICP test or in the scientific literature about what forms of what elements are needed for which organisms.

Lots of things can negatively impact corals, such as organic toxins, lighting, flow, pathogenic bacteria or viruses, irritation by larger organisms (fish, crabs, etc.) nearby corals stinging them, etc.