struggling sps need help !!!
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RalphsReef
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Anytime. Hope everything works out for you.
Bring your magnesium up that can help with color, there are different things you can dose to help with colors but have to be very careful, potassium iodide can help blues and purple, potassium can help with pinks and some purples, iron can help with colors but be very careful, overdosing can cause severe algae blooms so do a ton of research first, some corals need high power light such as metal halide while others can thrive under t5s
Alan600
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Okay thank for the info . I have question I know my alk is the problem I been past two days I can't get pass 8dkh I dose it goes up 1 dkh and by night it goes to 7dkh . I'm using red sea Alk pro test kit and brs 2part is that any good
Red sea is decent product i use their ref energy A&B but alk is a slow process just like PH and ph level can affect it also, just take your time don't overdose, as long as the coral isnt rotting or losing flesh the color will come back from brown corals
sawdonkey
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That was fast! I don't know if you can call one day of PE stable. I thing your going to have a hard time keeping things stable until you have some surface area for bacteria to grow (live rock). As mentioned above, bu just transferring cycle water, you're not doing much. You need to transfer cycled live rock. I'd transfer over some live rock from your cycled tank, but this may still may not do the trick. Good luck.
Alan600
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I just did water changed and stable the tank made sure pH and alk wasnt bouncing up and ever thing went back to normal . look at PE on the sps and when lights go of they even more thay been for the pass week
