Faded Blue Tips
- Thread starter kris
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check phos, some of my stuff colors up well as where other's dont. also might need to be moved up higher into light
Hi Ken. N ice to see you around. Tell us about other changes you may have made. Did you remove the rock we talked about? Did you get a more efficient RO system? (for those who don't know, Ken had a top notch RO/DI system, but his supply issue which has been difficult to over come)
Anything you did which may have reduced nutrients or change of lighting in general could effect your coral response to light. Shorter photoperiod may be the fix. Not 100% sure though.
On a Hanna, .05 isn't bad at all. My tank always looked best between .02 and .06 on a Hanna.
Anything you did which may have reduced nutrients or change of lighting in general could effect your coral response to light. Shorter photoperiod may be the fix. Not 100% sure though.
On a Hanna, .05 isn't bad at all. My tank always looked best between .02 and .06 on a Hanna.
Chris, thanks for stopping by. Happy New Year!
Source water is all cleaned up thanks to some good advice here and a another filter from Russ. The Aquamedic has been a PIA. Shoulda got the Litermeter. Alk's a little high 11.5dkh. The calcium channel died while I was away so that plummeted. I have it back up to 420. Instability because of the doser? Maybe. Low Iodide? Oh yeah I started carbon dosing again...
Source water is all cleaned up thanks to some good advice here and a another filter from Russ. The Aquamedic has been a PIA. Shoulda got the Litermeter. Alk's a little high 11.5dkh. The calcium channel died while I was away so that plummeted. I have it back up to 420. Instability because of the doser? Maybe. Low Iodide? Oh yeah I started carbon dosing again...
Renewed effectiveness of the RO/DI is possible. I'm sure Russ set you up better. But I'm thinking more along the lines of the Ca, Mg, Alk.
It is possible that the low Ca and high alk is causing some issues. I'd do a good sized water change and try to balance them out a little. FWIW, when I did carbon/aminos/food, I ran on the high side (Ca 450 to 500 and alk 11.3 to 11.8, MG 1350 to 1450)
It's a shame how unreliable those Aquamedic Dosers have become. I really think Jon (jhale) is the only one who has 2 pumps that consistently dose equal amounts.
Fred is very much convinced thet to much stability is a bad thing (murphy is going to get you) but I disagree with him in that aspect.
Happy New Year to you Ken. I'm sure a water change was the last thing you wanted to hear, but that is the first thing I do when I see parameters for Ca, Alk or Mg go out of whack.
It is possible that the low Ca and high alk is causing some issues. I'd do a good sized water change and try to balance them out a little. FWIW, when I did carbon/aminos/food, I ran on the high side (Ca 450 to 500 and alk 11.3 to 11.8, MG 1350 to 1450)
It's a shame how unreliable those Aquamedic Dosers have become. I really think Jon (jhale) is the only one who has 2 pumps that consistently dose equal amounts.
Fred is very much convinced thet to much stability is a bad thing (murphy is going to get you) but I disagree with him in that aspect.
Happy New Year to you Ken. I'm sure a water change was the last thing you wanted to hear, but that is the first thing I do when I see parameters for Ca, Alk or Mg go out of whack.
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