I've been having a rough time with my 20g tank for a while now; all the macroalgae are growing great, and the fish are still healthy despite the ich/lympho/? they arrived with. However the corals and rfa I got a few months ago aren't doing too well, and the water has been perpetually cloudy regardless of how many water changes I do each week. It's looked like crap for over 2 months and I truly want to figure out what I'm doing wrong so I can get it looking like a proper saltwater tank again.
I dose the tank each day with chaetogro, neonitro and neophos. Parameters are normal according to the Api tests I do each week.
My guess is that there's an imbalance in nutrients, especially since I can't get a proper cuc in my area. Aside from beistleworms, hermits and a couple ceriths, I can't get any macro-safe cuc inverts unfortunately. Still, the macros should be able to handle any excess nutrients so I'm still dumbfounded as to what the issue is.
I use RO water for changes and Fluval marine salt, mixed for 6-8 hours each batch. Tank temp is kept 75 degrees, and I'm using a nicrew hyperreef led light. All 3 of my corals are in appropriate spots from what I can tell, all getting just enough light and flow. I have a candy cane, gsp, and rfa which are all closed up and only open occasionally. I had a pulsing xenia of all corals die on me less than a week into my tank; maybe my tank just isn't fit for corals?
After months of dealing with this I'm out of ideas; what else could be going on that I haven't Considered?
I dose the tank each day with chaetogro, neonitro and neophos. Parameters are normal according to the Api tests I do each week.
My guess is that there's an imbalance in nutrients, especially since I can't get a proper cuc in my area. Aside from beistleworms, hermits and a couple ceriths, I can't get any macro-safe cuc inverts unfortunately. Still, the macros should be able to handle any excess nutrients so I'm still dumbfounded as to what the issue is.
I use RO water for changes and Fluval marine salt, mixed for 6-8 hours each batch. Tank temp is kept 75 degrees, and I'm using a nicrew hyperreef led light. All 3 of my corals are in appropriate spots from what I can tell, all getting just enough light and flow. I have a candy cane, gsp, and rfa which are all closed up and only open occasionally. I had a pulsing xenia of all corals die on me less than a week into my tank; maybe my tank just isn't fit for corals?
After months of dealing with this I'm out of ideas; what else could be going on that I haven't Considered?
