Unable to keep SPS
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Diesel
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Sorry to hear your issues with trying to keep SPS.
IMO, back to basics and just keep LPS and some softies for a while, not sure what your bioload is of the tank.
Do at least one WC, two isn't that bad either a week.
Also I can recommend a complete water test by Triton Labor | Triton GmbH
You can check if your LFS has the test or go to Triton-Labs to order one or more.
The test will tell you what's wrong with your water.
Just think about it that you wasted some hard earned money on the SPS that didn't make it, a test kit cost you only $50.
Let us know how things will turn out and you might start thinking about a Build thread, you'll get some awesome responses by progressing through the process of maturing your tank and some improvements for the better.
IMO, back to basics and just keep LPS and some softies for a while, not sure what your bioload is of the tank.
Do at least one WC, two isn't that bad either a week.
Also I can recommend a complete water test by Triton Labor | Triton GmbH
You can check if your LFS has the test or go to Triton-Labs to order one or more.
The test will tell you what's wrong with your water.
Just think about it that you wasted some hard earned money on the SPS that didn't make it, a test kit cost you only $50.
Let us know how things will turn out and you might start thinking about a Build thread, you'll get some awesome responses by progressing through the process of maturing your tank and some improvements for the better.
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OK, Seachem Phosbond?
It will act similarly to GFO, since it is a mix of GFO and aluminum oxide.
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SG @ 33
KH @ 10
CA @ 380
PO4 @ 0.25
NO3 @ 0
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Above are my parameters as of 02/25 @ 9:35PM ET. I will attempt to raise my SG during my next water change on the 2/27 and hopefully my ALK will decrease to 8 as well.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]I am doing an experiment on another forum. I am going to feed my tank a bit more, I usually do 1 feeding a day but will start feeding 3 times a day along with SeaChem Reef Plus supplement twice a week and see how my 3 SPS are doing. I plan to use an unknown mother acro, a purple stylophora and a blue german digitata.[/FONT]
KH @ 10
CA @ 380
PO4 @ 0.25
NO3 @ 0
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Above are my parameters as of 02/25 @ 9:35PM ET. I will attempt to raise my SG during my next water change on the 2/27 and hopefully my ALK will decrease to 8 as well.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]I am doing an experiment on another forum. I am going to feed my tank a bit more, I usually do 1 feeding a day but will start feeding 3 times a day along with SeaChem Reef Plus supplement twice a week and see how my 3 SPS are doing. I plan to use an unknown mother acro, a purple stylophora and a blue german digitata.[/FONT]
kalendo
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Picture of the testbed in the front of the tank.
Close up of mother colony, the growing tips are purple and the rest is a bit brown.
Unknown red sps, purple stylophora (back), and blue german digitata
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Increased feeding of what?
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Of my fish/corals, I have a homemade blender mush and was feeding them once a day. On another forum they think I might be starving my SPS since I am trying for a "ULNS". So I decided to do an expierment where I up my feeding and photograph my results every day till a) my 3 corals show color/PE or b) STN. Base off the API phosphate test kit I get .25 is this something I should worry or since my test doesn't go any lower it cant give me a lower number?
Sps corals are some of the hardest corals to grow. You must maintain pristine water conditions and good lighting and lots of flow. I do not feed my corals they only get leftover residue from the fish food and they do fine. But you need to test your parameters whether that is Triton or other test kits to make sure your all your parameters are up to to par. Triton will tell you more about your water than any test kits out there. Then you know what additives need to be added so you can keep sps corals thriving.
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I realize it may not read low values well, but if it was 0.02 ppm, wouldn't that read more like 0 than 0.25 ppm?
I agree that Nitrate could be quite low, but feeding more will help evaluate that.
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I never saw that he sad any thang about 0.02 but i did read this fast . you should get a better phosphate test
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He didn't, but unless he is below that level (0.02 ppm), he is not starving SPS corals, and if he is below that level, the Salifert kit should not be reading 0.25 ppm. So that is why I doubt he is starving his corals for phosphate.
