Update and new ato

Warsteiner · Jun 1, 2017

Just a before and after of redoing my sump area. Replaced ato. And cleaned up the disaster to wires. Was horrible

Aqaium is 2 months old. Added one coral not doing so great. Blue damsel is doing great and doubled in size. My concerns is tank is to clean. All water parameters are great. First time I did majority dry rock with three piece of live rock. Wondering if it take a lot longer to get ready for life? No amonia spike, no allergy spike. It seams to clean. To early for carbon since I start lightly on live rock? First time I want to see some algae of any sort.

KJ · Jun 1, 2017

Warsteiner said:
All water parameters are great

# plz

Warsteiner · Jun 2, 2017

Sorry, i should have posted originally (I know better). Did original post from my phone.

PH: 8.0 I am re-calibrating it tonight and will verify this
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0.15
Alkalinity 8 (30ML B)
Calcium 500PPM
SP Gravity 1.026
Magnesion 1200
ORP 340

Ty Hamatake · Jun 2, 2017

I'm having a little trouble deciphering your question.

Cycle related? Two months is usually ling enough to build up that bacteria population. How long has the damsel been in? One fish in a (350 or 250?) in a tank that size is a light enough bioload that you'll have trouble with undetectable nitrate levels, though your phosphates are fairly high. What are you feeding and how often?

Problems with your coral? That could be linked to your high phosphates. While some (around .03) is desirable, too high can actually hinder growth. What about your coral is not doing so well?

Warsteiner · Jun 2, 2017

My concern is there is no growth of anything, and i am trying to figure if there is a problem. Don't want to add anything to tank until i feel good about water, etc. This is my 4th reef tank and to go this long with out any algae on glass, rock etc is odd to me.
Damsel was added over a month ago. And is doing great. Star fist is doing good and couple hermit crabs are doing good. 4 small snails all died with a week but might be cause i have no algae and was stupid on my part.
Its a Frog Spawn, it sweeper arms are small and not coming out. I did have an ATO failure (float valve) and tank filled up with bubbles and it was about same time coral got irritated looking. Could this caused damage? But that was weeks ago and i have tried moving it to a few different locations.
I will rerun all my test tonight. I am questioning my choice of not using 100% live rock. And this is also first time i have used bags and carbon. Just an other small fact protein skimmer has got no debris build up, but take it that is cause of the small loading.