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Hello,
So I have a 25g JBJ Biocube. It was doing pretty good until recently. Been having issues with Phosphates and Alkalinity. So I’ve been going to the LFS weekly and having them test everything. Asking what I should do or not do. I went in yesterday expecting my Alk to have dropped and it went back up! Came home and did a water change, changed the sock, added GFO and switched from flakes to pellets. I stopped feeding all extras a couple weeks ago until parameters are better like suggested by the LFS.
Now, corals that have been doing well even with the swings in parameters are all closed up and not happy. I just took the GFO out because idk what to do right now and I have no idea why this is happening.
Last few weeks of water tests below:
9/22/21
Salinity- 1.022
No3- 10
Po4- .28
Alk- 10.9
9/25/21
No3- 20
Po4- .22
9/29/21
No3- 5
Po4- 0.2
Ca- 470
Alk- 12.1
10/6/21
Salinity- 1.024
No3- 2.5
Po4- 0
Alk- 12.1
10/9/21
Salinity- 1.025
No3- 2.5
Po4- 0.57
Ca- 470
Alk- 10.2
Mg- 1350
10/13/21
Salinity- 1.025
No3- 25
Po4- .32
Ca- 450
Alk- 12.5
Mg- 1290
Someone please offer some suggestions before I cry lol… I’ve been doing everything the LFS has recommended for the last couple months to try and get my water stable and it’s been everything but that.
So I have a 25g JBJ Biocube. It was doing pretty good until recently. Been having issues with Phosphates and Alkalinity. So I’ve been going to the LFS weekly and having them test everything. Asking what I should do or not do. I went in yesterday expecting my Alk to have dropped and it went back up! Came home and did a water change, changed the sock, added GFO and switched from flakes to pellets. I stopped feeding all extras a couple weeks ago until parameters are better like suggested by the LFS.
Now, corals that have been doing well even with the swings in parameters are all closed up and not happy. I just took the GFO out because idk what to do right now and I have no idea why this is happening.
Last few weeks of water tests below:
9/22/21
Salinity- 1.022
No3- 10
Po4- .28
Alk- 10.9
9/25/21
No3- 20
Po4- .22
9/29/21
No3- 5
Po4- 0.2
Ca- 470
Alk- 12.1
10/6/21
Salinity- 1.024
No3- 2.5
Po4- 0
Alk- 12.1
10/9/21
Salinity- 1.025
No3- 2.5
Po4- 0.57
Ca- 470
Alk- 10.2
Mg- 1350
10/13/21
Salinity- 1.025
No3- 25
Po4- .32
Ca- 450
Alk- 12.5
Mg- 1290
Someone please offer some suggestions before I cry lol… I’ve been doing everything the LFS has recommended for the last couple months to try and get my water stable and it’s been everything but that.