Help with Favia???
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Unless your RO water has po4... Then you were counter productive
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Use your checker as test the RO before and after adding salt
Not true, Phosphorous is not a metal.
I am no chemist but this makes sense to me, please correct me if I am wrong.
You must also take into account the +/- factor of the tds meter.
A PO4 reading of .61 ppm will not show up on your tds meter as a total dissolved solid if your tds meter's resolution is in whole numbers.
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Probably bacteria in bloom. Did you add any beneficial bacteria? Or anything differently? My tank is a little cloudy right now too. That's because I have recently added extra biopellets. This can cause bacteria to bloom. It generally goes away within a few days.
Edit: Taking a closer look at your cOrals... Something is not making them happy.
Edit: Taking a closer look at your cOrals... Something is not making them happy.
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I'll let someone else handle this. I don't always use the most delicate wording when I tell it like I see it. Good luck! Happy reefing.
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That could have a lot to do with it. But here is what i see:
Is that a carpet anemone down in the right corner? He looks like he might be turnin himself inside out. They do that when stressed.
The trachophyllia on the top left looks like he has been stung by a coral or possibly burnt by the light.
The pagoda in the bottom center looks a little browned out.
Some of the other corals look closed, but that's probably because of the lights. Please don't take this as criticism. I am here to help. The pic may not give a good representation either.
yes the carpet is stressed I have had him a week and has not ate anything.
The trachophyllia on the top is one that is growing. If it looks burnt I will move him but he has dbl in size in the 3 months I have had it there.
The pagoda on the bottom must be the light cause it comes alive during the day.
Thx for the help!
The trachophyllia on the top is one that is growing. If it looks burnt I will move him but he has dbl in size in the 3 months I have had it there.
The pagoda on the bottom must be the light cause it comes alive during the day.
Thx for the help!
I think those corals look so stressed because your alk is extremely low. I'm assuming the reading is dKH and not meq/L? If that is the case then your likely getting large ph swings at night which is making your favia (and corals) unhappy...
Your calcium level is high (wondering if your test kit is even accurate), and alarming considering that there is no salt on the market that mixes above maybe 450 at 1.025 salinity, and you say you aren't dosing calcium... If your alk, calc, mag readings are out of whack then that would "lock" the calcium in the system making it unavailable to the corals, and inhibiting skeletal growth... that could be why you haven't seen growth in your favia, and the low alk and potential ph swings is why I think it is dying and receeding.
are you mixing your new water and letting it sit overnight before you perform the water change?
I would continue with your water changes, but also bring up your alk by about 0.5dkH/day until you get to 8.5dKH.. going slow is much better than going fast...
