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How old are the bulbs? I thought overdriven bulbs weren't good after around 8-9 months.
How to Properly Maintain SPS
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the bulbs are all less than three months old...I have been overdriving the tank since aug 8th...the only thing that i know that i am going to try is rasing the salinity to 1.025 (up from 023) and start using h20 salt or seachem reef do to the reviews of the oceanic being inconsistant with there salt mixes....that is where i stand now...i am also thinking of doing .5ml of vodka a day for maybe a month just to see what the skimmer does....that is after i test everything
I really doubt you have to much light as well. Your corals are stressed from something and maybe the change in light is causing a little to much stress. I will say it again go get your water tested by some high end kits and see were your water really is.
Then once you do that you can make some educated decision not just random things. If you do a search for threads started by Derek he had posted par numbers from an overdriven t-5 fixture.
Very rarely does a coral actually bleach from to much light because most people do not have enough light to do it?
How often do you check DKH and how do you supplement it. To me this is the most important parameter to check from sps health.
Most 75 gal are 18" deep as well. Let us know what you water tests and what happens.
good luck Joe
Then once you do that you can make some educated decision not just random things. If you do a search for threads started by Derek he had posted par numbers from an overdriven t-5 fixture.
Very rarely does a coral actually bleach from to much light because most people do not have enough light to do it?
How often do you check DKH and how do you supplement it. To me this is the most important parameter to check from sps health.
Most 75 gal are 18" deep as well. Let us know what you water tests and what happens.
good luck Joe
I have a 2inch sand bed (thats why i said 16inches)...I have a precision marine kalk reactor for alk, cal, ph...My alk is 8 constant....
Just tested right now
ELOS KH (8)
ELOS PO4 (0.00)
API NO3 (0)
API CAL (420)
MILWAKE PH MONITOR READING (8.2)
TEMP 78 RANCO CONTROLLER
SALINITY (1.023)
I just did a 5gallon water change with salinity reading 1.026...Will be doing this every other day until i achieve 1.025 for salinity
Sounds good to me but when you get a chance try a Salifert or Elos kit for nitrate. Derek API kit was way off like 12 ppm off
Is the salinity measured with a refractometer?
When ever I have problems or one reading is way off I get someone else with different kits to test everything before making changes.
I am not sure but I would cut the carbon use down to half that much. That sounds like alot but I measure mine in cups.
Joe
Is the salinity measured with a refractometer?
When ever I have problems or one reading is way off I get someone else with different kits to test everything before making changes.
I am not sure but I would cut the carbon use down to half that much. That sounds like alot but I measure mine in cups.
Joe
I would be concerned about both of the bulb combos you mentioned. Super actinic bulbs provide low par even if overdriven. Then you have a fiji which is essentially white with red accents. I would ditch both actinics for two ati blue plus bulbs which are near the top as far as par and provide the blue portion of the color spectrum.
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I think Derek's is a 140 "one fo oh fo sho" It's very deep and he has SPS all over the tank and multiple clams on the sand bed. I think he has like 8 overdriven T5's and some VHO's.
Ok this is my FTS...Two fiji's overdriven are extremely bright...I don't have a pic with one fiji taken out and replaced with the ati aqua blue special (12k)...But that is when i started having my problems with bleaching etc
The pic was taken with my Crack berry so deff not the greatest
The pic was taken with my Crack berry so deff not the greatest
