Ok so ill give you a little run down on the set up. Its a 150 (6 x 2 x 2) with a 25 gallon frag all tied to a 55 gallon sump/fuge.
Flow:
2 mp40's
2 k1400 Koralias
1 mp10 on the frag
Lighting:
3 Lumenmax elite 250 watt - Radium bulbs - 6 hrs a day (trying to adjust but its still bleaching)
Sunpod 150 - Phoenix 14 k - 8 hrs
Support:
MRC CR1 and an additional MRC container - mostly media but the second chamber contains some neo mag along with media
MRC MR2 skimmer
BRS reactor with GFO - changed every 4 weeks
30 gallon water changes every 10 to 12 days with salinity - RODI Unit is an airwaterice (3 months old, still reads less than 1 on the output)
Params: Alittle out of wack i know
Cal: 575
MG: 1250
Alk:7
Temp 81 at the end of the day but usually below 80
Ph: 8.4x
Reactor PH: 6.76
no test for nitrates or nitrites or phosphates ( try to cover with water changes)
Salinity: 1.027 as my sister tops off while im gone so it tends to fluctuate
Ok now everyone knows i travel so i cant always monitor as well as i should but i try my best. My delimma is, even after slowly restocking the tank ( Thanks so much to Robb, Mark, etc who have been generous), i am still struggling with growing sps. Some do fine and take off then others perish extremely fast. I just cant get it...??? I figured it would be easier to support once i went to better lighting, better flow, and better filtration but nope it sure hasnt. Heck i had better luck in my smaller tank with t'5s and no supplements. Ive even had some corals in the frag tank for months and they barely cover the frag plug then slowly start to perish all of sudden. Im not talking like the difficult types but the generic run of the mill of beginner sps.
So after loosing some corals to the new lighting (which i kind of expected) as i had my old mh burn out, some are starting to promote growth while others are rtn. Im just really starting to get frustrated with the corals aspect as i can primarly only have zoas/SPS due to my idol.
Any thoughts besides obviously trying to lower my ph and calc alittle (remember i travel so i have three days to do whatever i need to do)?
My action thus far:I cut back the drip rate by just a tad to reduce it.
If anyone ever wants to come by and take a look at the set up to see if they could perhaps analyze what i could be doing wrong it would be greatly appreciated. The fish are all extremely healthy and happy so maybe i should go fowlr.
Flow:
2 mp40's
2 k1400 Koralias
1 mp10 on the frag
Lighting:
3 Lumenmax elite 250 watt - Radium bulbs - 6 hrs a day (trying to adjust but its still bleaching)
Sunpod 150 - Phoenix 14 k - 8 hrs
Support:
MRC CR1 and an additional MRC container - mostly media but the second chamber contains some neo mag along with media
MRC MR2 skimmer
BRS reactor with GFO - changed every 4 weeks
30 gallon water changes every 10 to 12 days with salinity - RODI Unit is an airwaterice (3 months old, still reads less than 1 on the output)
Params: Alittle out of wack i know
Cal: 575
MG: 1250
Alk:7
Temp 81 at the end of the day but usually below 80
Ph: 8.4x
Reactor PH: 6.76
no test for nitrates or nitrites or phosphates ( try to cover with water changes)
Salinity: 1.027 as my sister tops off while im gone so it tends to fluctuate
Ok now everyone knows i travel so i cant always monitor as well as i should but i try my best. My delimma is, even after slowly restocking the tank ( Thanks so much to Robb, Mark, etc who have been generous), i am still struggling with growing sps. Some do fine and take off then others perish extremely fast. I just cant get it...??? I figured it would be easier to support once i went to better lighting, better flow, and better filtration but nope it sure hasnt. Heck i had better luck in my smaller tank with t'5s and no supplements. Ive even had some corals in the frag tank for months and they barely cover the frag plug then slowly start to perish all of sudden. Im not talking like the difficult types but the generic run of the mill of beginner sps.
So after loosing some corals to the new lighting (which i kind of expected) as i had my old mh burn out, some are starting to promote growth while others are rtn. Im just really starting to get frustrated with the corals aspect as i can primarly only have zoas/SPS due to my idol.
Any thoughts besides obviously trying to lower my ph and calc alittle (remember i travel so i have three days to do whatever i need to do)?
My action thus far:I cut back the drip rate by just a tad to reduce it.
If anyone ever wants to come by and take a look at the set up to see if they could perhaps analyze what i could be doing wrong it would be greatly appreciated. The fish are all extremely healthy and happy so maybe i should go fowlr.
), so hopefully someone with an RKE can step in and offer some help. Maybe take your photo period down to 4 hours.
