Triton Results

[DC Reefer]

I have a 155 gallon (180 total volume) 1/4 cylinder reef tank which is bare bottom and SPS dominant. The tank was started on 8/13/19, first fish were introduced 10/8/19 and first corals on 12/8/19. About 3/4 of the corals are doing great and the other 1/4 are doing poorly (dying, losing flesh, losing color, etc...). Some of the corals were growing like weeds and then all of a sudden started going down hill. I am running a CA reactor, doing 3 gallons/day water changes (Tropic Marin Pro Reef with AlK and MG increased to target levels using BRS sodium bicarbonate and MG mix for general adjustments). Alkalinity is kept between 8.6 and 8.8, CA 480 (471 per triton), and MG 1440 (1472 per triton). Salinity is at 35 ppm and PH runs between 8.2 and 8.4. I also dose Brightwell Coral amino each day and KZ Iron concentrate couple of times per month. For lighting I am running 4 t5s and two Radion pros. Flow is from 4 MP 40s and 2 XF 350s. Filtration is filter socks, BRS Rox .8 carbon, protein skimmer (dry) and 3 Brightwell BIO bricks. I ran a triton test to see if anything was off that would be negatively impacting my corals. Overall I thought it looked pretty good. Triton noted my MG and Silicon were both slightly elevated, Potassium was low (380 vs 400 target) as was Iodine and boron. Not sure any of the items Triton noted would be fatal. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Also note after submitting the water to triton I did a 50 gallon water change over two days as a precaution. Didn't notice any significant tank changes post water change.

 

[Pistondog]

I have a 155 gallon (180 total volume) 1/4 cylinder reef tank which is bare bottom and SPS dominant. The tank was started on 8/13/19, first fish were introduced 10/8/19 and first corals on 12/8/19. About 3/4 of the corals are doing great and the other 1/4 are doing poorly (dying, losing flesh, losing color, etc...). Some of the corals were growing like weeds and then all of a sudden started going down hill. I am running a CA reactor, doing 3 gallons/day water changes (Tropic Marin Pro Reef with AlK and MG increased to target levels using BRS sodium bicarbonate and MG mix for general adjustments). Alkalinity is kept between 8.6 and 8.8, CA 480 (471 per triton), and MG 1440 (1472 per triton). Salinity is at 35 ppm and PH runs between 8.2 and 8.4. I also dose Brightwell Coral amino each day and KZ Iron concentrate couple of times per month. For lighting I am running 4 t5s and two Radion pros. Flow is from 4 MP 40s and 2 XF 350s. Filtration is filter socks, BRS Rox .8 carbon, protein skimmer (dry) and 3 Brightwell BIO bricks. I ran a triton test to see if anything was off that would be negatively impacting my corals. Overall I thought it looked pretty good. Triton noted my MG and Silicon were both slightly elevated, Potassium was low (380 vs 400 target) as was Iodine and boron. Not sure any of the items Triton noted would be fatal. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Also note after submitting the water to triton I did a 50 gallon water change over two days as a precaution. Didn't notice any significant tank changes post water change.

You should be happy with those numbers.
Maybe the water is too clean, the triton po4 is near 0, how are your nitrates?
Some say filter sox remove stuff the corals might want.
I took my sox out 18 months ago, mainly after I read the previous it was an excuse to stop changing cleaning sox.

 

[DC Reefer]

You should be happy with those numbers.
Maybe the water is too clean, the triton po4 is near 0, how are your nitrates?
Some say filter sox remove stuff the corals might want.
I took my sox out 18 months ago, mainly after I read the previous it was an excuse to stop changing cleaning sox.

Thank you for your response, Nitrates are 1ppm (just tested them).