I just got my first set of corals and a new light system. The AI. (See photos)
i don’t know if my corals are bleaching out and if my setting is too high. This morning the park was 140 over the big red (monti?) coral that I had for a while. The new alien eye has a white strip (I moved him into an area with lower par (around 50).
I also see a film on the top of the water and the algae seems to be kicking really hard.
Could this be from my light setting? I am doing the adjustment period to last 28 days for ramping up.
tank is 10 years old, but I got it a year a go. My bubble tip moved and is “bubble tipping” in new spot in the back of tank.
last scan disk 2/28/2023
Ph 7.9
Ammonia 1
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 2
Kh 139
Phosphate 4.3 *** sample had some food so it was assumed it might have been spoiled
Ca 480
Mg 1198
I haven been adding about 3 cups of RODI every day. I have been doing at lease 5gal salt water change every few days. I am going to change out the pads in the canister. Do I have to change out the charcoal? It seems the white areas are not showing up in the coral in the photos
i don’t know if my corals are bleaching out and if my setting is too high. This morning the park was 140 over the big red (monti?) coral that I had for a while. The new alien eye has a white strip (I moved him into an area with lower par (around 50).
I also see a film on the top of the water and the algae seems to be kicking really hard.
Could this be from my light setting? I am doing the adjustment period to last 28 days for ramping up.
tank is 10 years old, but I got it a year a go. My bubble tip moved and is “bubble tipping” in new spot in the back of tank.
last scan disk 2/28/2023
Ph 7.9
Ammonia 1
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 2
Kh 139
Phosphate 4.3 *** sample had some food so it was assumed it might have been spoiled
Ca 480
Mg 1198
I haven been adding about 3 cups of RODI every day. I have been doing at lease 5gal salt water change every few days. I am going to change out the pads in the canister. Do I have to change out the charcoal? It seems the white areas are not showing up in the coral in the photos
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