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iceman86 04-22-2017 12:03 AM

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ee2aqau7p...gZdnzSiZa?dl=0

I hope that helps

Ryanerickson 04-22-2017 12:18 AM

Have you double checked salinity with another refractometer? I've almost wiped out a tank slowly with a broken refractometer, Just a guess. looks like something is irritating everything as even the trumpet coral looks to be receding.

Ryanerickson 04-22-2017 12:19 AM

Sure hope you figure it out tanks beautiful.

MitchM 04-22-2017 12:44 AM

Your tank setup looks fine, but your tank has been through a lot of changes in the last 6 months including light changes, changing from dosing to a calcium reactor, alk fluctuations and the use of carbon dosing plus you have a mixture of lps and sps. You didn't mention if you were using activated carbon, so that may be a good idea to compensate for the allelopathy (chemical warfare) between your corals.
Bottom line I think your tank needs some stability, but start with a regular water change schedule.
Turn down the lights and increase water circulation. Water circulation is as important, if not more important than lighting.
imo:smile:

iceman86 04-22-2017 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryanerickson (Post 1012789)
Have you double checked salinity with another refractometer? I've almost wiped out a tank slowly with a broken refractometer, Just a guess. looks like something is irritating everything as even the trumpet coral looks to be receding.


I just recalibrated the refractometer and the tank is sitting at 1.024

Bugger 04-22-2017 02:37 AM

Iceman you said you neglected the RO filters my guess is chorine got into the tank.

vanreefer 04-22-2017 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bugger (Post 1012796)
Iceman you said you neglected the RO filters my guess is chorine got into the tank.

Just what I was thinking... How aggressively were u dosing AF? And what products?

iceman86 04-22-2017 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanreefer (Post 1012797)
Just what I was thinking... How aggressively were u dosing AF? And what products?

I was dosing aquaforest reef salt
aquaforest calcium
Aquaforest magnesium
Aquafores component strong
Aquaforest reef mineral salt
Aquaforest amino acids
Aquaforest bacteria

I followed the directions for all of them and never had an issue before.

vanreefer 04-22-2017 07:37 PM

Was using the same things at full ( recommended) doses... Had a similar issue which resulted in the loss of all my sps... i think the corals got stressed and stopped using all the micro elements which then built up to toxic levels. Tank is recovering now... I think I will start at 10% of recommended doses...
I would encourage u to do as large a water change as is possible... I did 4 50g changes... Water volume is ~220g

dcw1sfu 04-23-2017 01:18 AM

Are you carbon dosing at all. I almost wiped my tank with a nopox overdose and experienced losses in the same manner you describe.


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