smiller5438
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Glad you figured it out
Every coral I put in my tank dies
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Ray
frrrrunkis
Well I wouldn't say way to high, I ran 400 watt halides and in the summer regularly ran 80-83 at peak hour and my tank was fine. Lights would shut off if it got higher then that.
frank180reef
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Imissed it, how warm did the tank get
frank180reef
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That wouldn't kill anything
jasonrusso
Non-member
Agree, my tank is 80-81 year round.
Just reading this thread for the first time, there is ALOT going one here. Temps swinging around, Low Alk, low calcium, low Salinity, high dosing, etc.
Take a step back and reset. Get a baseline of what is happening. Figure out the daily consumption of Alk and calcium (if nothing is growing, it should be zero). Get the Salinity straightened out.
BRS did a study on the black boxes and concluded that they are like lasers and don't have any light spread, so the light under them is way too intense. Get or borrow a par meter, I got a Seneye for $180, cheaper than burning corals, and you have a clue for placement and intensity.
I got the salinity up where it should be and everything is staying at a decent level. Hasn’t dropped at all. Temp controller is keeping the tank at a steady 78 degrees. Nothing is swinging up and down anymore. I guess now I wait and see what happens lol
Also I will try and grab a Par meter and check the tank with it.
Also I will try and grab a Par meter and check the tank with it.
frank180reef
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ALK calcium and mag?
9, 460 140? I forget off the top of my head what mag was but 1400 something. Honestly probably slightly high but that was the result of bringing my salinity up over the last couple days .
the fact that everything is steady seems better to me. My kh was dropping from 9 to 7 overnight before I adjusted the salinity. Now it hasnt dropped since Sunday I mean we’ll see what happens but that alone seems like an improvement
the fact that everything is steady seems better to me. My kh was dropping from 9 to 7 overnight before I adjusted the salinity. Now it hasnt dropped since Sunday I mean we’ll see what happens but that alone seems like an improvement
Quick update I didn’t lose anymore corals been testing regularly. Think the salinity and temp may have been my main issues
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highfive52
FISH and CHIPS
Are you hand dosing? You probably are swinging hard. Might be as simple as cheap doser to keep things in line. Got a doser you can have. Bump up alk to 10.
Greg Hiller
BRS Moderator
I didn't follow everything on this thread, but a few minor comments to some earlier posts.
>Your temperature is way too high 77-78<
IME 75-83 F is fine. Don't want super fast swings, but even that is rarely the problem.
Regarding the glass in the sump causing high Tin reading. I actually doubt that. I'd guess the ICP analysis was just wrong for tin, or the tin is coming from a source other than glass.
If you are worried your refractometer is not giving you a good reading you can make your own standard. Randy H-F tells how to do it here:
Also tons more on salinity also in his article here:
>Your temperature is way too high 77-78<
IME 75-83 F is fine. Don't want super fast swings, but even that is rarely the problem.
Regarding the glass in the sump causing high Tin reading. I actually doubt that. I'd guess the ICP analysis was just wrong for tin, or the tin is coming from a source other than glass.
If you are worried your refractometer is not giving you a good reading you can make your own standard. Randy H-F tells how to do it here:
Also tons more on salinity also in his article here:
