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[coachellaReefer]

My Birds nest used to be super green and now it stays brown all the time why is that??

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[LAreefguy]

What are your parameters?


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[coachellaReefer]

What are your parameters?


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Calcium 420 alkalinity 5


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[dontavo27]

Raise alk. What about magnesium?

 

[LAreefguy]

So your alk is very low needs to be closer to 8 at the least. That would be my first concern. There are more things needed. Mag? Nitrate? PH even.


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[coachellaReefer]

Raise alk. What about magnesium?

Magnesium is good too would it be the light or water flow?


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[coachellaReefer]

So your alk is very low needs to be closer to 8 at the least. That would be my first concern. There are more things needed. Mag? Nitrate? PH even.


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Yeah my alkalinity goes down little fast


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[coachellaReefer]

Everything else in the tank is doing perfect too


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[LAreefguy]

I know it’s pricey, but the best thing to do is calcium reactor. Ever since my bud Ben helped me get one and set it up, nothing ever changes once dialed in


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[coachellaReefer]

I know it’s pricey, but the best thing to do is calcium reactor. Ever since my bud Ben helped me get one and set it up, nothing ever changes once dialed in


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Yeah I have been thinking about that thanks for the help man


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[Smite]

Yeah my alkalinity goes down little fast


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If its going down THEN you raise it back up that's probably your biggest problem, no stability. You want to keep ALK very stable to keep sps happy and colorful. Do you use a ATO?

You need to figure out your daily uptake:
Slowly raise you ALK to desired range, say 8 dkh

Stop dosing for 3 days once at 8

After the 3 days test your alk. Subtract that from 8

Check your alk solution's directions to find how much ml per gallon you need to make up the amount depleted

Take said number and divide it by 3 for your daily dosage.

Do calcium and magnesium while you're at it!

 

[jcal]

Alk and PH low is pretty much going to kill all your corals. They brown out, then RTN/STN.

 

[sil40sx]

How do you dose your ALK? It’s super low. Are you dosing daily?

Raise it up around 8, but make sure you don’t go over 1dkh per day.

 

[coachellaReefer]

Alk and PH low is pretty much going to kill all your corals. They brown out, then RTN/STN.

Damn I do need to get it up then thanks


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[coachellaReefer]

How do you dose your ALK? It’s super low. Are you dosing daily?

Raise it up around 8, but make sure you don’t go over 1dkh per day.

I dose every 3 days so do I have to dose every day huh?


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[jcal]

Alk and PH low is pretty much going to kill all your corals. They brown out, then RTN/STN.

Damn I do need to get it up then thanks


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Your water will become acidic.

 

[sil40sx]

Yup, goal is to have a consistent stable parameters. Dosing a couple days after, especially the Alk, is considered a swing. It’s the Sps number one killer.

I dose every 3 days so do I have to dose every day huh?


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[joseserrano]

use youtube to understand the importance of water chemistry. You say your parameters are perfect, but do not realize having alk at 5 is not good, so I think the statement that everything is perfect has to be taken with a grain of salt. I would rate reef tanks longevity as

1 stability
2 flow
3 lighting

 

[coachellaReefer]

use youtube to understand the importance of water chemistry. You say your parameters are perfect, but do not realize having alk at 5 is not good, so I think the statement that everything is perfect has to be taken with a grain of salt. I would rate reef tanks longevity as

1 stability
2 flow
3 lighting

Yeah I do know but yeah I think it’s because of the alkalinity needs to be at 8


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[joseserrano]

Yeah I do know but yeah I think it’s because of the alkalinity needs to be at 8


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You do what?