Need some help with LPS

[Breakthecycle2]

Ive been going back and forth with issues. Things recede, bleach or just die. I have a scoly thats receding. I had an 8 head torch that just went overnight. Two of the 5 trachy/wellsy's I have do not inflate. Darwin favia isn't opening anymore. All placed on the bottom. I also have a Phoenix monti thats now starting to die off or bleach at the edges. I do weekly water changes. My light schedule is ramp up at 1PM, blues until 230, full until 6, blues until 11. Ive had the same light schedule for about a year now. The thing is, I had to take all my fish out at the end of the summer because of velvet. During that time, everything was doing great. All growing, inflated, etc. A few weeks after the fish go back, things look crappy.

Parameters:
ALK. 8.3
CAL. 420
PHO. .08 (ish)
Nitrate 10
Salinity 1.24
MAG 1400 (ish)

 

[Ljaus]

Can we get a full tank shot please

 

[Breakthecycle2]

My blues are on now. Does it matter?

 

[Ljaus]

Also, you didn't move any water over from the quarantine tank to the main tank when you moved the fish back over?

 

[Ljaus]

My blues are on now. Does it matter?

I would wait until you can get a shot of it with the whites on

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Also, you didn't move any water over from the quarantine tank to the main tank when you moved the fish back over?

No, absolutely not.

 

[Breakthecycle2]

I would wait until you can get a shot of it with the whites on

I snapped a couple real quick. Zoas , mushrooms and even SPS seem good. I even have an Indo elegance now for 4 months. Its just very strange.

 

[Breakthecycle2]

My tank is a 250 gallon system.

 

[reeferfoxx]

Just found your thread! Double check your salinity. 1.024 is on the lower end of my comfort level and if your refractometer is off, that might be the issue. Check pH also.

 

[Ljaus]

Is it just the lps affected? It might be brown jelly disease, have you noticed any brown stringy bits coming off them

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Just found your thread! Double check your salinity. 1.024 is on the lower end of my comfort level and if your refractometer is off, that might be the issue. Check pH also.

I calibrate each time I use it. I just got it a few months ago. My previous one failed. It was reading 1.025, but I came to find out it was actually 1.019.

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Is it just the lps affected? It might be brown jelly disease, have you noticed any brown stringy bits coming off them

It seems to be just LPS. No brown jelly coming off them.

 

[Ljaus]

The last two photos of lps look like they have gone brown. So either infection, chemical warefare or to much light.

 

[Breakthecycle2]

The last two photos of lps look like they have gone brown. So either infection, chemical warefare or to much light.

I have my lights (three radions) set at 50% max intensity. Should I lower it? Im running Ecotech Coral Lab LPS program. I just lowered the intensity from 100% to 50%.

 

[reeferfoxx]

I calibrate each time I use it. I just got it a few months ago. My previous one failed. It was reading 1.025, but I came to find out it was actually 1.019.

Do you have 35ppt solution to confirm it? A calibration doesn't always do it. Also check the TDS of your RO water after checking the pH.

 

[Ljaus]

Since you have already lowered the intensity I would leave it as is, for now anyway. When did you change the settings from 100%?

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Since you have already lowered the intensity I would leave it as is, for now anyway. When did you change the settings from 100%?

Since day 1. I never used the 100%.

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Do you have 35ppt solution to confirm it? A calibration doesn't always do it. Also check the TDS of your RO water after checking the pH.

TDS is zero, both on line 2 and 3. My TDS coming in only reads 12. We have pretty good water here. Ph is 8.0.

 

[reeferfoxx]

#reefsquad

 

[Ljaus]

I'm thinking infection, especially as you lost a torch in one night. Reefsquad will have more answers