Need a little help

[Cake_Boss]

I'm tank sitting and a few acros have started to go downhill, need a little help figuring this out.

Friday, one acro down.

Sat-Sun, everything looks fine

Today, one acro has started to recede.

Testing params now.

What's new with the tank? Skimmer has been unclogged, new LED lights, bio-pellets have been replenished.

No fish/invert deaths to report.

LPS and zoas are fluffy and looking great. Other sps have good PE.

 

[FinsUp]

new lights too bright?

 

[Cake_Boss]

That's my thoughts. That and increased tank clarity

 

[FinsUp]

or you dosed with cake

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Need a little help

How long have the pellets been on line?


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[Cake_Boss]

Alk 11.5 dKH
CA 490 ppm
No3 and po4 seem close to 0
Sg 1.025

 

[Cake_Boss]

The new pellets? ReefStock.
The old pellets, since the tank has been up, roughly a year.

or you dosed with cake

You wish, I did have the new cake blizzard though, didn't taste like the ether version

 

[FinsUp]

Michael says to move the acros down some.

 

[Cake_Boss]

The one is question is already at the sandbed. I repositioned it so it's getting slightly less light.

I'd like to turn the light intensity down, to say 50%? Any input on running the AI wireless controller would be nice

Oh, temp @ 80.1

 

[Cake_Boss]

Mapped out the light schedule for all settings, decreased max setting to 50%. Those under 50% were left untouched.
Hopefully this is a photoacclimation thing and not something else.

 

[that0neguy1126]

My guess would be on light shock from the LEDs.

 

[Smiley]

what is dosing the alk? from what ive been reading, when running bio-pellets, spikes of alk will cause rtn on some acros... if he replenished pellets and as well as made new alk solution, he may have auto-overdosed alk a little. hopefully it stabilizes and they stop rtn'ing. what was his alk before he replaced pellets?

 

[Walter White]

Did you put hand lotion in it?

 

[xxHLTxx]

Ive heard and never been told otherwise, that when switching to LEDs, especially newer ones with better par readings to not start at anything higher intensity than 30-40%... corals may be closed up some and if they stay that way for a few days then turn intensity up to 40-45 and 50 and so on until their happy... but i heard anything over 50% to start will melt and burn anything thats used to "high lighting" from a Halide or t5ho

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Need a little help

what is dosing the alk? from what ive been reading, when running bio-pellets, spikes of alk will cause rtn on some acros... if he replenished pellets and as well as made new alk solution, he may have auto-overdosed alk a little. hopefully it stabilizes and they stop rtn'ing. what was his alk before he replaced pellets?

No idea what the alk was prior. Dosing pumps are dosing alk and ca. No new alk solution. Good to know, I'll pass it along.

Did you put hand lotion in it?

Was I not supposed to?

Ive heard and never been told otherwise, that when switching to LEDs, especially newer ones with better par readings to not start at anything higher intensity than 30-40%... corals may be closed up some and if they stay that way for a few days then turn intensity up to 40-45 and 50 and so on until their happy... but i heard anything over 50% to start will melt and burn anything thats used to "high lighting" from a Halide or t5ho

These have been on for a little bit, I think they were started at around ~40%

 

[Smiley]

if the alk hasnt changed, then id bet its the lights like everyone else says...those led's are for more intense than the t12 he was running lol.

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Need a little help

I think the alk is a little high, I thought he was keeping it around 10. Actually, I think the ca is high too. Maybe it has something to do with he recent discovery of w/c....lol j/k buddy

 

[Bajamike]

I think its light brah...too much to soon

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Need a little help

Well, I'd like some help with figuring out an acclamation schedule. Previous lights were 3x250 HQI MH with 2x T5 supplemental

 

[Bajamike]

Well how far above the water are the lights?