Where to keep new SPS

[DDK]

Hello Everyone

how are you ? I am new to this forum and I have a saltwater aquarium from long time.

but I tried my best to keep the parameters set. I am attaching the parameters and tank image I still not able to understand I purchased new sps all they are showing are brown in colour from 10 days.

please help to your new buddy here and thank you in advance

Using orphek light icon v4.

deepak

 

[Dburr1014]

Are you dosing anything?
Is everything stable?
How old is the tank?
Light settings?

 

[DDK]

Are you dosing anything?
Is everything stable?
How old is the tank?
Light settings?

I am not dosing anything
Just bacteria every week and my light settings are as below and I am not at all happy with it.

regards
Deepak

 

[Moshiko13]

Hi, i think your salinity is lower than expected, also your phosphate also very high and your calcium

 

[Moshiko13]

My suggestion is to increase the salinity to 1.026

 

[Dburr1014]

I am not dosing anything
Just bacteria every week and my light settings are as below and I am not at all happy with it.

regards
Deepak

Bacteria dosing?
This is a form of carbon dosing.
Why are you dosing and what bacteria?
Do you know your par by any chance?

Brown means more zooxanthellae.
Coral is either protecting itself from the light or it has to many zooxanthellae from high phosphate to nitrate ratio.

I personally would stop dosing bacteria. Bacteria is up taking the po4 and the coral is eating the bacteria. You have a lot of bacteria from dosing it. Coral can uptake no3 but not po4. They get po4 from the bacteria.

 

[DDK]

Thank you all for taking so much pain

but I need your continues help
I will stop bacteria dozing
And increase the salinity but how to reduce PO3

regards Deepak

 

[Dburr1014]

Thank you all for taking so much pain

but I need your continues help
I will stop bacteria dozing
And increase the salinity but how to reduce PO3

regards Deepak

Po4 at 0.12 is not bad at all. I wouldn't worry about it unless it climbs to 0.2 or higher.

 

[DDK]

Then what error am I making

 

[Dburr1014]

Then what error am I making

I really think it's the bacteria dosing.
Stop that, see if color perks up. It may take a few weeks. Keep testing.

 

[hhaase]

Deepak;

do you have access to a PAR meter?

what size is your tank, and what lights do you have?

how close to the lights are your SPS frags?

 

[DDK]

Deepak;

do you have access to a PAR meter?

what size is your tank, and what lights do you have?

how close to the lights are your SPS frags?

No bro it’s very expensive in India. And hard to get.

Regards
DDK

 

[I never finish anythi]

Lower temp to 25

 

[Slicktop]

I always put new frags in the sand bed, let them get used to your lighting and then after a month or so place then where you want them to grow out. If they are not happy move them until your find their happy place.