First off lets start with details / parameters.
Tank Details:
40 Breeder /w 20 Long sump
Bubble magus 3.5 Cone skimmer
EcoPlus Eco 633 Submersible Return Pump 594GPH (doesn't add much flow since it has to travel ~4 ft up)
2 Koralia 1050gph Powerheads on the left and right back ends
Bubble Magus BM-T01 dosing B-ionic 2 part
Dual PhosBan Reactor 150 running Carbon (1/2 Cup) and GFO (1/4 Cup) - I unhooked carbon a month ago to see if that could be the problem
LED's off Marsh (not sure if DIY) that are listed 120W (30 White, 25 Blue @ 2W each) about 11" above the water level
I make my own RO/DI water (5 Gallon water changes every week)
I feed about every other day (about 1/4 -1/3 cube of Mysis shrimp)
Only 3 fish: yellow tail damsel, melanurus wrasse, splendid dottyback
Parameters:
Calcium - 420
dKH - 10
Mag - 1450
Alk - 9
Salinity - 1.025
Everything else is where it should be
This picture is from April when I had small algae problems. Cyano/GHA
Corals in my tank that never done well (either turn brown or never grow): Purple stylo, Green stylo, Kelly Green Psammocora, Chalice, Acropora.
Corals in my tank that have done well:Torch, GSP, Candy Canes, Birds nest, Digitata, Zoas, Toadstool, Frogspawn, Monticaps, Duncans.
I really want to get into SPS, but it seems like they never do well in my tank and I have tried almost everything I have read on forums except change my lights out. I have recently put in a lot of work to get my phosphates down and my algae problems are under control (water changes, manual cleaning of rocks, siphoning, GFO). However since then, my LPS are starting to not look as healthy. My frogspawn is turning brown in spots and fading, one head of my torch is fading and not as full, some heads of my duncans don't open. At the same time, my SPS are still brown and not coloring up. The only good thing is I don't see any algae anywhere. I have read that LPS like "dirtier" water, so could this be why they are starting to fade? Once the par meter comes to west side, I will be able to see what my levels are at to really know if the lights could be the problem, but are 2W LED's too weak for sps coral?
Tank Details:
40 Breeder /w 20 Long sump
Bubble magus 3.5 Cone skimmer
EcoPlus Eco 633 Submersible Return Pump 594GPH (doesn't add much flow since it has to travel ~4 ft up)
2 Koralia 1050gph Powerheads on the left and right back ends
Bubble Magus BM-T01 dosing B-ionic 2 part
Dual PhosBan Reactor 150 running Carbon (1/2 Cup) and GFO (1/4 Cup) - I unhooked carbon a month ago to see if that could be the problem
LED's off Marsh (not sure if DIY) that are listed 120W (30 White, 25 Blue @ 2W each) about 11" above the water level
I make my own RO/DI water (5 Gallon water changes every week)
I feed about every other day (about 1/4 -1/3 cube of Mysis shrimp)
Only 3 fish: yellow tail damsel, melanurus wrasse, splendid dottyback
Parameters:
Calcium - 420
dKH - 10
Mag - 1450
Alk - 9
Salinity - 1.025
Everything else is where it should be
This picture is from April when I had small algae problems. Cyano/GHA
Corals in my tank that never done well (either turn brown or never grow): Purple stylo, Green stylo, Kelly Green Psammocora, Chalice, Acropora.
Corals in my tank that have done well:Torch, GSP, Candy Canes, Birds nest, Digitata, Zoas, Toadstool, Frogspawn, Monticaps, Duncans.
I really want to get into SPS, but it seems like they never do well in my tank and I have tried almost everything I have read on forums except change my lights out. I have recently put in a lot of work to get my phosphates down and my algae problems are under control (water changes, manual cleaning of rocks, siphoning, GFO). However since then, my LPS are starting to not look as healthy. My frogspawn is turning brown in spots and fading, one head of my torch is fading and not as full, some heads of my duncans don't open. At the same time, my SPS are still brown and not coloring up. The only good thing is I don't see any algae anywhere. I have read that LPS like "dirtier" water, so could this be why they are starting to fade? Once the par meter comes to west side, I will be able to see what my levels are at to really know if the lights could be the problem, but are 2W LED's too weak for sps coral?
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