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I guess you could say I'm on the fence, but my corals are not loving life. They looked so good 8 weeks ago and today, no so much. Just so mad color is looking this way I rush to judgement . |
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06/05/2016, 05:43 PM | #27 |
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Do me a favor Bryan, update your thread on Tampa, or post me some pics here. Also, could you please let me know details? Current parameters, feeding routine, amount of fish, lighting, etc. I understand how you are feeling, it does get frustrating when things are not looking so good. Let's see if we can maybe determine what is going on. Cheers!
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Below is rough idea of what I have going on.
140g total water volume. Alk- 7.5 Ca- 420 Mg-1300 No3- 5, dosed to this level Po4- 0 on Hanna Ulr I don't have a ton of fish, but I feed pretty heavy. 3 tangs, 2 anthias, 1 chromis, 1 Royal gramma, 2 clowns. Fed twice a day, LRS Reef Frenzy. For lights I have ATI Sunpower, 6 bulb about 10" off the water. Photo period 8.5 hrs total, 7.5 hours of all 6 on. I stopped dosing AF products yesterday, but below is what I was dosing. Pro bio s - 5 drops on everything Np pro- 25 ml A and v on Mon / Wed / Fri E and b on Tue / thur / sat Component abc during weekly water change- 3 caps Again colors really fading, especially green and glass gets really bad green dust within hours of cleaning. It's awful if left for 2 plus days. I'll try and get some pics later today when light come on. I think I can get a good one of BC Rainbow Spain showing colors. Last edited by BryanS4; 06/06/2016 at 05:43 AM. |
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I think you add to much pro bio S... For 140 liters I thing is only 1-2 drops.
Same with no pro... 2 drops is enough. Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk |
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I'm sorry, 140 total gallons, not liters.
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Oh sorry for my side too
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Yes, plus you are using the dosable NP Pro, correct? Did I read you were dosing KNO3? If your values are that low, then I would back down to maybe 10ml of NP Pro per day. See if that way your system does not need nitrate dosing. The idea is to use the Pro Bio S and NP Pro based on YOUR fish and coral cast. While the recommended doses are great, there are more variables that cause one system to naturally process nutrients more efficiently than another system. So system A. for example may need very little bac and carbon source to maintain low nutrients, while system B. may need the max daily dosing to maintain the said nutrient levels. I am currently running 0.04 on PO4 and 2ppm on NO3. I too feed LRS and 3 times per day. I dose almost the same as you with slightly lower values. How about try and lower the NP Pro to 10ml per day, and Pro Bio S to 3 drops. Allow the system to rise in nutrients a bit. I would drop all other dosing to 3 drops as well. If you have the dry coral food, I would dose that every night during lights out, to get additional nutrients to your corals. Sounds like the system is too clean, and that explains colors being pulled out. The green glass algae will likely go down with a decrease in the dosing. How is the skimmer behaving, I bet that the skim is dark and is collecting really well, if not, maybe it needs to be tuned in a bit. I would most certainly set it to dry skimm. Look forward to pics!!!
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06/06/2016, 11:28 AM | #33 |
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A few pics.
BC Rainbow Spain with green color and purple tips. Second one is from just now. Lost almost all Green base and can barley see color on tips. PC Rainbow. Lost green and yellow and the base. Just a dual Red color now. Just a few quick pics from the iPad. |
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I see your comparison with the Spainbow, and I get what you are seeing. To me the corals seem to be pale, not pastel, which to me indicates to lower c-source dosing, and increase the nutrients in the tank. May I suggest not dosing KNO3 and up your fish feeding a tad. If you are using zeolites, perhaps lower the amount of volume, and slow the flow rate a bit. Can you also let me know how much zeolites, what reactor, and what the flow is, also can you mention when you change out the media? Same with phos minus, you could lower the amount needed. It seems the system is running too nutrient poor, which is a good problem if you have a ton of fish and feed the heck out of them. As mentioned, your bioload is relatively low, so use coral foods and up the fish feedings a bit. I would also back down on E or Energy, as it has copper sulfate, not a lot, but with the nutrients being very low, I would back down on this to 2 drops every other day. I would also drop to 3 drops every day on Pro Bio S and NP Pro. You could do 4 to 5 drops of aminomix every other day to help with more nutrients.
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Appreciate the suggestions. I'll give it another few weeks and see how things look at that point.
Media amounts: Zeolites- 1 cup Carbon- .8 cup Po4 minus- .5 cup I have them all in a NextReef MR1, flow just enough to make gfo tumble. I changed the media out two weeks ago, planned schedule is ever month. |
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bump..
hey Perry.. so this is where you spend all of your free time now! Bryan, It appears to me that Perry is on the right track here with his concerns about your low nutrients.. I am not a full AF system user but I do use some of their products.. and I guess you could call me an AF sympathizer. I have found that although dosing nitrates is beneficial to starved corals, simply having some naturally occurring nitrates in the system is way better.. One other point.. How much kno3 do (did) you have to use? It could be elevating your potassium.. I'm not sure if you are testing for K...
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Didn't really want to put this here, but things so much better for me after a few water changes with good old instant ocean.
The system just wasn't for me. I travel so much for work, it was hard to ask my wife to remember to dose everyday. To each their own, but ulns system and dosing wasn't for me. Last edited by BryanS4; 06/26/2016 at 05:14 PM. |
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How is your tank looking now?
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And to answer your question, I only dosed kno3 for two weeks while running the system and the corals already looked awful by then.
I test for K ever two weeks, that wasn't the problem. Some things work for some and not for others, and this just wasn't for me. hope it works for others. I put a thread up, but I have have my stuff for pretty much free if anyone in Tampa area. Trash day next Tuesday, but will hold till Friday if someone wants it. |
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Hey Bryan,
Sorry that it did not work out, and you are right, many ways to have success, wish you all the best with your tank and journey with the hobby Cheers
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Thank you Perry. Your willingness to answer questions is great. Keep up the good work and who knows may try this again down the road.
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