Hnguyen;583856 wrote: whewww ok!! I finally had some time to test my water. I did a 20% WC last weekend and these are the readings I got just now after testing.
Nitrite - 0.0 - 0.2ppm
Nitrate - 15ppm
ammonia - 0.6ppm
calcium - 420ppm (low right)?
magnesium - 1100ppm (low right)?
pH - 8.0
alk - 170ppm
I just put two new 150w odyssey bulbs in about 2 weeks ago and everything seems to be doing fine now. But just the other day I notice that my torch is dieing. Other then that, everything seems to be doing fine. I have a red, blue and purple hornet that are making babies right and right along with a duncan that never use to open which is now opening up every nicely.
Any advice would be greatly appriciated.
Hnguyen;579637 wrote: Let's see. My setup is a 120g with 30g sump. I run a 300 reef octopus skimmer with a geo 618 calcium reactor. I have an ato to top off my water. I dose strontium and iodine and trace elements once a week. I do 20% wc ever two weeks. All my water perimeters are good. Everything is as close to zero as allowed. I dunno if this helps but about 3 weeks ago I started going crazy and bought about 20 corals home within a single week. Some frags but most are big pieces. Thanks for the help so far guys.
RaisedOnNintendo;584007 wrote: Didn't read all messages but did n e 1 mention the iodine?? Possibly od
RaisedOnNintendo;584019 wrote: Are these most of the corals dead?
grouper therapy;584045 wrote: How is the temperature / what is it and how stable?
Amici;584027 wrote: Without a doubt if your ammonia and nitrite are correct then thats the problem. Those will cause problems with coral and fish quickly. I would dose prime and stability along with your water changes.
What have you changed on your system recently and have you lost any fish? It may be that the octo finally died and caused a spike in the tank.
Also do not dose strontium and iodine. Proper water changes will more than take care of these and never dose something you are not testing for. Those are two chemicals stores push on people just to make money.
MvM;584176 wrote: Obviously your nitrite and ammonia are the problem. They are toxic to fish and lethal to corals. Are you removing ALL of the fish and corals as they die? If not, I would guess that you are continually poisoning your tank with decaying fish/corals.
Hnguyen;584114 wrote: Yea. Pretty much almost all the new sps I
Just got have all died but 1 or 2
RaisedOnNintendo;584186 wrote: If u does every week it could slowly build up to toxic levels to corals if u only dissed every other week it wouldn't hurt them but over dosing can. Also sps corals and corals like chalice or my touchy when it comes to a dip. I assume u dip your corals first. Plus if u just added a bunch of corals n they r dying that will thro your water off wack pretty fast with death n decay going on