I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations on why my LPS and zoas are showing very slow growth. I have a Fluval Evo with an AI prime light. I just got Seifert tests in the mail today to test all my levels.
I am currently dosing 2 part 1.25ml of B Ionic 2 part. This tank has been running for around 9 months. To make a long story short 2 months ago got water tested at LFS after adding coral and eventual demise. My salinity was at 1.021, my LPS were dwindling away slowly and my zoas and mushrooms were actual doing ok. I adjusted my salinity levels to 1.026 to get the ideal mag/calc/alk parameters out of IO Reef Mix.
Feeding: flakes Every 1-2 days, Mysis Shrimp cube 1x week, Reef Roids 2x week
Salinity:1.026
Nitrate: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
mag: 1350-1380
DKH: 10.2
Calc: 470-480
pH: ~8 (API5 in 1 test strip) \~8-8.4(Red Sea test, surprisingly difficult to read)
Stock: Hi Fin goby, Watchman Goby, Clown, Royal Gamma, Pistol Shrimp, Urchin, 8 Bumblebee snails, 2 other snails, hermit crab
Coral: Hammer, Frogspawn, 3 different zoas, Cinulara branch, GSP, RFA, 1Fully healthy BTA, 2 Shrunken dwindled almost to nothing BTA
Pics attached sorry for all the blue
I am currently dosing 2 part 1.25ml of B Ionic 2 part. This tank has been running for around 9 months. To make a long story short 2 months ago got water tested at LFS after adding coral and eventual demise. My salinity was at 1.021, my LPS were dwindling away slowly and my zoas and mushrooms were actual doing ok. I adjusted my salinity levels to 1.026 to get the ideal mag/calc/alk parameters out of IO Reef Mix.
Feeding: flakes Every 1-2 days, Mysis Shrimp cube 1x week, Reef Roids 2x week
Salinity:1.026
Nitrate: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
mag: 1350-1380
DKH: 10.2
Calc: 470-480
pH: ~8 (API5 in 1 test strip) \~8-8.4(Red Sea test, surprisingly difficult to read)
Stock: Hi Fin goby, Watchman Goby, Clown, Royal Gamma, Pistol Shrimp, Urchin, 8 Bumblebee snails, 2 other snails, hermit crab
Coral: Hammer, Frogspawn, 3 different zoas, Cinulara branch, GSP, RFA, 1Fully healthy BTA, 2 Shrunken dwindled almost to nothing BTA
Pics attached sorry for all the blue