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Parameters? And how often are you checking them.
nonetheless, good looking set up and welcome!
nonetheless, good looking set up and welcome!
Hey! Welcome. I have trouble with colors in my frag tank caused by low nutrient levels (NO3 & PO4). Post your parameters and let us take a look.
Salt-1.025
Ca-450
Mag-1350
Alk-7.5
Temp-25.5 C
Nitrate-0
pH-swings between 8.1-8.3
(There's an ICP test attached; tells me I'm low in potassium, iodine, and phosphate.)
The alkalinity is difficult to keep stable. I have a doser for 2 part and kalk and magnesium, and everything was locked in for several months until I tried to raise pH. I attached a CO2-removing reactor to a skimmer. This did increase the pH, but it caused alkalinity to waver.
I test Alk with Hanna checker every several days, the others about every 2 weeks.
Ca-450
Mag-1350
Alk-7.5
Temp-25.5 C
Nitrate-0
pH-swings between 8.1-8.3
(There's an ICP test attached; tells me I'm low in potassium, iodine, and phosphate.)
The alkalinity is difficult to keep stable. I have a doser for 2 part and kalk and magnesium, and everything was locked in for several months until I tried to raise pH. I attached a CO2-removing reactor to a skimmer. This did increase the pH, but it caused alkalinity to waver.
I test Alk with Hanna checker every several days, the others about every 2 weeks.
Low nutrients, potassium, and iodine can all effect the color of your corals. If it were my tank I would add an extra feeding time each day, use Brightwell's liquid potassium and strontium to get those numbers corrected, and for your size tank 1 drop per day of seachem's reef iodide. These are the products I use.
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