New Noo-Psyche K7 Mini settings

[minireefcameo]

I just got my @noopsyche K7 Mini set up last Saturday and I set it up on the preset sps/lps setting. I didn't get my Kraken hood until yesterday, so I've had it set up all week with greenhouse polycarbonate over the top. I have hammers, frogspawn, GSP, and mushrooms but I also have an anemone and I read they need lighting closer to SPS. None of my coral are looking terribly happy and my anemone is looking VERY sad. Should I turn down the lights? I'm going from the stock fluval light in my evo 13.5 and I'm concerned I've blasted too much too soon. My other parameters:
Phosphate: 0
Nitrate: 0
Alkalinity: 8.5
PH: 8.0
Calcium: 460
Magnesium: 1380

 

[JoJosReef]

Yeah, you're blasting them. Drop down to the LPS setting, or better yet, go with another setting altogether. Here's mine on an Evo with LPS, mushrooms, GSP, zoas and nems (RFAs and a BTA):

 

[JoJosReef]

Fyi, that light is MUCH stronger than stock Evo light.

 

[minireefcameo]

Yeah, you're blasting them. Drop down to the LPS setting, or better yet, go with another setting altogether. Here's mine on an Evo with LPS, mushrooms, GSP, zoas and nems (RFAs and a BTA):
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This is super helpful thank you

 

[Zach B]

Btw, your phosphate and nitrate reading zero will definitely upset those corals as well. Best of luck

 

[Zach B]

What test kits are you using currently?

 

[minireefcameo]

What test kits are you using currently?

I use hanna for Alkalinity, salifert for ph, magnesium and calcium, redsea for nitrate, API for phosphate. I also took my water to my local Reef store today and had him test everything against my tests and it was all the same.

 

[minireefcameo]

Btw, your phosphate and nitrate reading zero will definitely upset those corals as well. Best of luck

Yeah that's what my reef guy said too so I pulled my chaeto, he says that's probably pulling my phosphate and nitrates out.

 

[minireefcameo]

Btw, your phosphate and nitrate reading zero will definitely upset those corals as well. Best of luck

Yeah that's what my reef guy said too so I pulled my chaeto, he says that's probably pulling my phosphate and nitrates out

Yeah, you're blasting them. Drop down to the LPS setting, or better yet, go with another setting altogether. Here's mine on an Evo with LPS, mushrooms, GSP, zoas and nems (RFAs and a BTA):
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I'm not sure how to use this QR to see your settings. It doesn't scan to anything for me.

 

[Zach B]

Yeah that's what my reef guy said too so I pulled my chaeto, he says that's probably pulling my phosphate and nitrates out.

Sounds good Best of luck again!

 

[JoJosReef]

Yeah that's what my reef guy said too so I pulled my chaeto, he says that's probably pulling my phosphate and nitrates out

I'm not sure how to use this QR to see your settings. It doesn't scan to anything for me.

Second what others have said, nitrates and phosphates zeroed out will tick off your corals and also put you in a position of vulnerability for dinos.

Re: QR code, I haven't tried importing settings yet, but I know you can. I might play around with it tonight and let you know if I find out how.

 

[OrchidMiss]

Hey look, @tbrown3589 ,just the thread I needed.

 

[minireefcameo]

Second what others have said, nitrates and phosphates zeroed out will tick off your corals and also put you in a position of vulnerability for dinos.

Re: QR code, I haven't tried importing settings yet, but I know you can. I might play around with it tonight and let you know if I find out how.

Yeah I have dinos breaking out in there now so that explains why. Thank you so much

 

[JoJosReef]

Yeah I have dinos breaking out in there now so that explains why. Thank you so much

If you have a microscope (even the kid kind for $30), suck up some dinos to see if it is ostreo, proro or amphi. If Ostreo, run UV. If the others the most sure way would be to add some real ocean sand or maybe a bit of ocean mud, and bring nitrates up and a bit of phosphates. The biodiversity spike wins out

2 (possibly 3) time dino survivor.

 

[minireefcameo]

If you have a microscope (even the kid kind for $30), suck up some dinos to see if it is ostreo, proro or amphi. If Ostreo, run UV. If the others the most sure way would be to add some real ocean sand or maybe a bit of ocean mud, and bring nitrates up and a bit of phosphates. The biodiversity spike wins out

2 (possibly 3) time dino survivor.

Cool! I have a pretty decent microscope actually, I use it to check my goats for parasites. Unfortunately I'm a ways from the ocean but not so far that I can't make it out there. Hmmmm...

 

[vetteguy53081]

I just got my @noopsyche K7 Mini set up last Saturday and I set it up on the preset sps/lps setting. I didn't get my Kraken hood until yesterday, so I've had it set up all week with greenhouse polycarbonate over the top. I have hammers, frogspawn, GSP, and mushrooms but I also have an anemone and I read they need lighting closer to SPS. None of my coral are looking terribly happy and my anemone is looking VERY sad. Should I turn down the lights? I'm going from the stock fluval light in my evo 13.5 and I'm concerned I've blasted too much too soon. My other parameters:
Phosphate: 0
Nitrate: 0
Alkalinity: 8.5
PH: 8.0
Calcium: 460
Magnesium: 1380

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I ran them literally on blue only as i know they have deep depth penetraion, then ramped it up

 

[JoJosReef]

Cool! I have a pretty decent microscope actually, I use it to check my goats for parasites. Unfortunately I'm a ways from the ocean but not so far that I can't make it out there. Hmmmm...

Several sources for purchasing it as well. Factor in gas, and it might be the same as buying online! If you have ostreopsis, UV does the trick, running 24/7 for a few days. Hard to beat sand bed biodiversity though. I've had no troubles at all since I added sand from TBS in with my CaribSea sand that had dino problems and GHA matting on it.

 

[minireefcameo]

Re: QR code, I haven't tried importing settings yet, but I know you can. I might play around with it tonight and let you know if I find out how.

I turned everything way way down and I'll ramp up slowly. Is this too low? Everything is looking a little better already.

 

[JoJosReef]

I turned everything way way down and I'll ramp up slowly. Is this too low? Everything is looking a little better already.

Think so. I have mine currently on Blue; 50%, Violet: 50% and Whites: 18%. I am slowly marching the whites up to ~30%, leaving the blues and will ramp Violets up higher to be closer to AB+. Might actually have to drop the blues a bit since that one has the biggest contribution to PAR. Waiting on a holder for new Parwise meter.

 

[OrchidMiss]