Chase31's 50 starfire aquascape reef

[Chase31]

Does anyone think that my Sps failed because of the low salinity? I believe my anemone wasn't happy due to that aswell cuz now the mouth is almost closed

[29Bio]

The first anemone died because the tank is to young, I would never recommend adding a anemone to a tank that hasn't been running for at least 8 months. The spa might have died because you lights are to powerful, you have to slowly acclimate new corals to the power of leds.

[Chase31]

The first anemone used up all it's photosynthetic food. Sold it so it wouldn't die. So I have to acclimate any new corals to the lights?? Like every time? The salinity had nothing to do with it?

[29Bio]

Yes every time, what % are you running the lights at, they seem very low... If the lights are to powerful they will bleach the coral and the coral will die.

[Chase31]

At the time of the pics I had egg crate ontop at about 65 on the whites 100% on the blues. Raised them about 14 inches or so off the water now with no egg crate and there at 85 whites. How would I acclimate my new corals without having my anemone losing a ton of light? And how do I know how low % to drop them

[29Bio]

What I would do is put your whites at 40 and blues at 60 with them at 14 inches above water level, then slowly increase the intensity as needed. I can tell you right now that's why your sps died, it got burned by the LEDs.

[Chase31]

I'm not back home till sat so I will measure hight forsure. How will I know if I can ramp them up? My anemone and softies seam to love it

[Chase31]

So light is 10 inches above the tank and 24 inches above the sand. What % should I be running my lights at. And every time I add coral I should use the acclimation setting and how low should I go to acclimate them?

[Madreefer]

Dude you've had your Sols since July. I highly doubt that they killed your SPS. I don't acclimate any of my corals with lights. I'd place them near the bottom and slowly move them up over the weeks if your going to do anything. I'm thinking it's the other problems that killed them. If your away from your tank for long periods of time than maybe SPS is something to avoid until you can monitor them daily. Your settings are fine if you've been running Sols for that long already.

[Chase31]

So what % can I get away with? I was assuming it was my salinity that was screwing me.