Sad acans?

[bingus]

I have these acans that have just looked very sad for the last week while I have blastos next to them that are happy. Any ideas? Too much/not enough flow or light? I dose 8ml of Red Sea reef energy every night.
Phosphate .24
Ph 7.8
Dkh 12.6
Nitrate 3
Calcium 600

 

[nanonøkk]

do you feed them?

 

[moz71]

You dkh is 12.6 and ph is 7.8. What are you testing with? Dkh is way too high if that is correct. Also calcium is way too high. Looks like a new tank are you dosing since they seem like incredibly high numbers?

 

[bingus]

do you feed them?

Red Sea reef energy plus and I give them brine shrimp

 

[bingus]

You dkh is 12.6 and ph is 7.8. What are you testing with? Dkh is way too high if that is correct. Also calcium is way too high. Looks like a new tank are you dosing since they seem like incredibly high numbers?

I’m not dosing anything. I use instant ocean reef crystals which I think is why it’s so high. I test with Red Sea test kits. Haven’t dosed any alakalinity or calcium.

 

[moz71]

I’m not dosing anything. I use instant ocean reef crystals which I think is why it’s so high. I test with Red Sea test kits. Haven’t dosed any alakalinity or calcium.

Wow! I use instant ocean reef crystals and no where near those numbers. I have to dose to get my dkh above 8. That is a good kit so I am at a loss. What is your salinity?

 

[bingus]

Wow! I use instant ocean reef crystals and no where near those numbers. I have to dose to get my dkh above 8. That is a good kit so I am at a loss. What is your salinity?

35 ppm or 1.026 gravity

 

[Dorado]

Wow! I use instant ocean reef crystals and no where near those numbers. I have to dose to get my dkh above 8. That is a good kit so I am at a loss. What is your salinity?

I agree, I use reef crystals as well and am always below or right at 8 dkh with hanna checker and calcium is usually at 450ppm with salifert. Maybe try testing a new bag of salt or different test kit?

 

[TuxUrchin07]

Did u maybe use baking sodaa when gluing the dry rock? If so that’s probably why it’s so high

 

[sebnuage]

I’m not dosing anything. I use instant ocean reef crystals which I think is why it’s so high. I test with Red Sea test kits. Haven’t dosed any alakalinity or calcium.

I was using red sea dkh test kit with a reading of 10 dkh and did a test with salifert, found out to be 15+ dkh with all the bad luck that goes with it , good luck