I have a 32 AIO tank for a few years now , I’m having issues keeping my corals happy and some of my hammer heads are dead and every parameters I have been testing are where they should be. I just don’t know what to do anymore
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@carpetsurfer
19d
How long has the flesh been recessed on the skeleton like that? What kits are you testing with and what are your numbers?
@WILMER
19d
They’re all hanna checker
@MajorDad74
19d
Your nitrates are too low and so are your phosphates. Never should be zero. Ever.
@WILMER
19d
Good to know thank you
@WILMER
19d
How often would you test for phosphate?
@carpetsurfer
12d
After you reach stability you can kinda judge that. Personally I do weekly small water changes, so I only test after something changes or something looks unhappy. Recently I had a trip and my nutrients climbed, I did a couple larger water changes and retested to make sure I was in a good range. You just have to see what works for you and your routine. Good luck!
@billy
19d
Things other than paramters I can think of Renting a PAR meter from a LFS is a good way to make sure your corals are getting the right amount of light. Adding copepods to increase biodiversity. Stability: Even if params are good. Do they swing a lot through lout the week?
@WILMER
19d
Yes for a long time I’ve been trying to dial it in. So yes there’s been a lot of swings
@billy
19d
Ok yeah keeping params stable with less perfect params will lead to better results than chasing perfect params
@WILMER
19d
That’s the part I’m struggling with keeping it stable
@billy
19d
If you can do weekly 10-20% water changes that’s the best option to stabilizing all parameters. I like Instant Ocean Reef Crystals
@WILMER
19d
So here’s the thing i had a set schedule doing a weekly water change but then my water was to clean. So I started leaving things alone to bring things up and started chasing numbers
@carpetsurfer
19d
Like Billy said, don't chase numbers. That being said, LPS like euphyllia/fimbriaphyllia don't want some measurable amount of nutrients - my tank right now is out of balance but I have about 15ppm nitrates and .1 po4 (on the dirty side). Also make sure your dKH is in the acceptable range as I've had tissue recession what that got too low. Good luck!
@carpetsurfer
19d
I do a weekly water change of 15% and slightly overfeed the fish to keep phosphate and nitrate measurable.
@MaizeandBlue
19d
A lot of reefers, myself included keep Mag at 1400+ and seem to be able to keep them very happy and some it’s a mystery. With so many beautiful options maybe pick something else.
@MaizeandBlue
18d
Different type of coral. I’ve talked to many, many reefers that struggle with torches so the don’t try anymore. Yet frogspawn and hammers are easier to keep.
@Ruester
18d
You’ve got a hidden problem. Either you’re not testing all the common parameters or you are and there’s hidden things we can’t pick up. You need to send off an icp test. Could be a number of different things in your water. Start there, won’t be wasting your time and guessing anymore.
@Ruester
18d
Those are very important it’s the foundation of your whole system. I have shitty water where I live so I’m going through them more than others. You’ll have to monitor them to see how much you can get out of them. Kind of a pain the first go around but then you know.
@WILMER
18d
Florida sucks for water, I need to get new ones thanks for the information
@Ruester
18d
You bet!
@Ruester
18d
Buy two icp kits. Do one with current tank water and the other with fresh rodi from your system.. FLUSH IT for about 1hr after changing filters. Change them all, then put the rodi water in the other and send them off. That way you’ll know if you need to add another stage to maybe catch something else that’s slipping through. But you probably won’t. Just cheap insurance and peace of mind.
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Maybe check flow around the hammers?
I have a MP40 but I have it at like 10 percent
Oh nice, MP40 should be plenty. Maybe try tweaking the direction or pulse a bit? I’m still
Yeah I have 2 AI Blades I just don’t understand. I know I have been struggling with nitrates and phosphate for a while but I finally got it stable