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Hello all
I could really use some advice right now on my reef tank.this is a marineland 300 DD. it has about 300 pounds of live rockand MP 40 and then MP 60 on each side Wall and a haydor on the back The tank has about 2 inches of same bed that I vacuum every week when I do a 40 gallon water change. It has three eco-tech Radion gen2 for lights. The tank has 125 gallon sump and fuge. My fuge has calerpa with a 5600 k PC light that alternates with my radions. My fusion also has about 3 inches of sand bed in it with some rock rubble. My return pumps which I plan on changing in the near future is a mag 18 and a meg 12 the pumps lift the water about 8 feet high in my opinion not enough circulation.my skimmer is a etss 1000 with an iwaki pump. I use a hrs Gfo and carbon reactor. My fish are as follows one blonde naso about 8 to 10 inches one powder blue about 6 inches one hippo tang about 4 to5 inches. 1 regal angelabout 5 inches one flame angel about 3 inches One fox face about 5 inches five Layratail Anthia's One blue throat trigger about 3 inches 1Degardini tang 1 mandarin One yellow tang and a pair of clown fish.
My question is I've been having a hard time keeping corals all of my SPS is dying or dead my LPS Die off almost like the tissue floats a round the tank. This Tank has been up and running for over a year I started to have this issue and my 220 gallon but didn't pay much attention to it because I knew I was upgrading to the 300 after a long time the only things that survived were my ricordia my Maxima clam and derasa Greenstar polyps a leather and some polyps I do not see fish nipping at my Corals. The coral seem to do well for about three months and then die off.
450-480 calcium 1400 magnesium 9.0 alk
Ammonia 0
Nitrate under 10
Phosphates 0 - .03
Ph Anywhere from 7.93 to 8.15
Tanks heat is at 78 steady and is controlled by an apex
Please help I'm ready to give up at this point
I could really use some advice right now on my reef tank.this is a marineland 300 DD. it has about 300 pounds of live rockand MP 40 and then MP 60 on each side Wall and a haydor on the back The tank has about 2 inches of same bed that I vacuum every week when I do a 40 gallon water change. It has three eco-tech Radion gen2 for lights. The tank has 125 gallon sump and fuge. My fuge has calerpa with a 5600 k PC light that alternates with my radions. My fusion also has about 3 inches of sand bed in it with some rock rubble. My return pumps which I plan on changing in the near future is a mag 18 and a meg 12 the pumps lift the water about 8 feet high in my opinion not enough circulation.my skimmer is a etss 1000 with an iwaki pump. I use a hrs Gfo and carbon reactor. My fish are as follows one blonde naso about 8 to 10 inches one powder blue about 6 inches one hippo tang about 4 to5 inches. 1 regal angelabout 5 inches one flame angel about 3 inches One fox face about 5 inches five Layratail Anthia's One blue throat trigger about 3 inches 1Degardini tang 1 mandarin One yellow tang and a pair of clown fish.
My question is I've been having a hard time keeping corals all of my SPS is dying or dead my LPS Die off almost like the tissue floats a round the tank. This Tank has been up and running for over a year I started to have this issue and my 220 gallon but didn't pay much attention to it because I knew I was upgrading to the 300 after a long time the only things that survived were my ricordia my Maxima clam and derasa Greenstar polyps a leather and some polyps I do not see fish nipping at my Corals. The coral seem to do well for about three months and then die off.
450-480 calcium 1400 magnesium 9.0 alk
Ammonia 0
Nitrate under 10
Phosphates 0 - .03
Ph Anywhere from 7.93 to 8.15
Tanks heat is at 78 steady and is controlled by an apex
Please help I'm ready to give up at this point
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