Light.

[mayday0237]

I finally appear to have a stable tank.
The nitrates are at 15 but everything else is 0.
Ph 8.4
I thought that my anemone gbt was unhappy with the nitrates. then thanks to some experienced reefers in the feeding /tang poo post I checked the par on my lights where the anemone is....under 100.. 70s. I don't want to lose the nem. So off to the lfs store. I ended up with 2 Hydra 52s one used and one new for 1000.00 total.
Not only does the nem look amazing everyone else is looking pretty good too.
I also added my autofeeder after reading he feeds 6x per day. I added some= 1 turn mixed food
float pellet/flake/sinking pellet / and floating cube
My leather corals are looking awesome. All the softies look awesome.
Thanks.
@SeaDweller

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[Billldg]

Congratulations on the stability!!! If I may suggest something, I would look into trying to get you phosphate up, maybe to .08 with your nitrates at 15 ppm. Maybe dose some NeoPhos or something.

 

[mayday0237]

Congratulations on the stability!!! If I may suggest something, I would look into trying to get you phosphate up, maybe to .08 with your nitrates at 15 ppm. Maybe dose some NeoPhos or something.

Really, I just got it down to .25 ...the lfs said to get it down from 3.5 or we have coral health problems...I'm so confused

 

[Billldg]

Really, I just got it down to .25 ...the lfs said to get it down from 3.5 or we have coral health problems...I'm so confused

You had said everything was down to 0, so I assumed you meant phosphate as well, my bad.

 

[mayday0237]

You had said everything was down to 0, so I assumed you meant phosphate as well, my bad.

Lol whew...I'm still a noob

 

[Billldg]

Lol whew...I'm still a noob

LOL, its all good, .25 is a little high still, but if your corals are looking happy then I wouldn't chase numbers. Within reason, tanks have a tendency to adapt and balance out, thus chasing numbers usually leads to problems.

 

[mayday0237]

LOL, its all good, .25 is a little high still, but if your corals are looking happy then I wouldn't chase numbers. Within reason, tanks have a tendency to adapt and balance out, thus chasing numbers usually leads to problems.

I added a large chalice today, hopefully between that and the pellet reactor I can get nitrates to 5-10

 

[dadnjesse]

It's amazing what a good light can do, if you want corals you can't skimp on lights.