Zoas not opening

[nicks8201]

Hey everyone I have had my zoas for about a month now when I first got them they all opened up nicely and recently I noticed only 2 of them have opened, what am I doing wrong here.
Nitrite-0
Phos-0
Nitrate-0
PH-8.2
Salt-1.025
Calcium- 450
Alkalinity-12

 

[Woodneers]

You need to keep a close eye on nitrate and phosphates! Zero on both will irritate them, they like around 5-10 nitrate and .03-.10 phosphate. Get those nutrients up before you end up with dinos.

 

[nicks8201]

You need to keep a close eye on nitrate and phosphates! Zero on both will irritate them, they like around 5-10 nitrate and .03-.10 phosphate. Get those nutrients up before you end up with dinos.

How do you suggest getting them up

 

[Woodneers]

You can feed more first off. If not you can dose both individually but very carefully! More details about your setup and we can prescribe a more definitive plan

 

[nicks8201]

You can feed more first off. If not you can dose both individually but very carefully! More details about your setup and we can prescribe a more definitive plan

My tank is 75 gallons and I have a acan, monti, zoas

 

[Woodneers]

Skimmer? Refugium? Lighting? Water change frequency? Run carbon or gfo?

 

[nicks8201]

Sorry I have a simplicity DC skimmer on setting 4 with a eshopps refugium. Kessil AP9x light and GFO

 

[nicks8201]

Sorry I have a simplicity DC skimmer on setting 4 with a eshopps refugium. Kessil AP9x light and GFO

Sorry I have a simplicity DC skimmer on setting 4 with a eshopps refugium. Kessil AP9x light and GFO

Water change 1x a week of 10 gallons

 

[sp1187]

chaeto in the fuge?

 

[nicks8201]

chaeto in the fuge?

No chaeto

 

[sp1187]

what's in it then?

 

[nicks8201]

what's in it then?

I put GFO, I planned on getting chaeto this week. I’m still new to this only been going for 8 months so any advice I appreciate it

 

[nicks8201]

I put GFO, I planned on getting chaeto this week. I’m still new to this only been going for 8 months so any advice I appreciate it

I had carbon but switched to GFO

 

[sp1187]

my tank.
I don't use a skimmer... ever. never have.
I have a Santa Monica SURF4X algae scrubber.
my tank is softy dominate with some stony corals (torch, hammer, frogspawn, blasto's, monti's, candy canes)
I can't keep acans alive.
I run very high nutrients.

 

[nicks8201]

my tank.
I don't use a skimmer... ever. never have.
I have a Santa Monica SURF4X algae scrubber.
my tank is softy dominate with some stony corals (torch, hammer, frogspawn, blasto's, monti's, candy canes)
I can't keep acans alive.
I run very high nutrients.

Wow those look amazing

 

[sp1187]

Wow those look amazing

thanks.
like I said, there are some corals I can't keep. but this works, for me anyways, on the corals I do wish to keep.
I just did a 30 gallon water change on the 140 total gallons in my system yesterday and still have those numbers.
I do a 30 gallon change every week.

 

[sp1187]

what do you have for a clean up crew?

 

[Philly Reefer]

I had carbon but switched to GFO

Dont use GFO. GFO should only be used sparingly. Since your tank showed 0 NO3 and 0 PO4, take that out. Test again a week to make sure.

 

[nicks8201]

what do you have for a clean up crew?

I have about 25 hermits 3 Brazilian snails 3 conchs 5 troches and a goby