150 Gallon Reef
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I noticed a few for a few days my purple rim Monti cap and pink floyd acro seem to have burnt tips (white ends). I'm sure it's a chemistry issue I'm having but want to make sure.
They have been growing and thriving for over 2 months now. I had a phosphate spike to .09 and corals started Browning out. I set up a reactor and the phosphates began to drop gradually. Then after 3 days of dropping all the way down to .05, I tested again and tested out to be 0. Hanna phosphate checker test kit. Tested twice, same result.
Calcium is 420 (red Sea)
Dkh is 8 to 8.2 (red Sea)
Nitrate is 5 -10 ( red Sea)
Salinity is 1.026 with refractometer.
So I know I need to bring my phosphates up to around .03 to .05. Do I feed more and turn off my skimmer? Also, what would be the optimal level to keep levels at as far as phosphate and alk. I believe with low nutrient levels, your all should be lower??? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
They have been growing and thriving for over 2 months now. I had a phosphate spike to .09 and corals started Browning out. I set up a reactor and the phosphates began to drop gradually. Then after 3 days of dropping all the way down to .05, I tested again and tested out to be 0. Hanna phosphate checker test kit. Tested twice, same result.
Calcium is 420 (red Sea)
Dkh is 8 to 8.2 (red Sea)
Nitrate is 5 -10 ( red Sea)
Salinity is 1.026 with refractometer.
So I know I need to bring my phosphates up to around .03 to .05. Do I feed more and turn off my skimmer? Also, what would be the optimal level to keep levels at as far as phosphate and alk. I believe with low nutrient levels, your all should be lower??? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
