Why are my zoas extended?

[bondno9]

It’s been like this for a few days now. My alkalinity is 8.4, pH is 7.80, nitrate is .09 and phosphate is .06. My frammer is also closed up and not extended like it normally is.

 

[NonstopSoda]

zoas reach and extend usually when they need higher light and or flow. as for the hammer, what are your other parameters? calcium and mag, your nitrates are also a bit low, I keep mine at 15-20 ppm

 

[bondno9]

zoas reach and extend usually when they need higher light and or flow. as for the hammer, what are your other parameters? calcium and mag, your nitrates are also a bit low, I keep mine at 15-20 ppm

I don’t test for calcium and magnesium. I should get a Hanna checker. I’m going to up the light. I did tweak the white light down a bit so I’m guessing maybe that’s what’s affecting it. As far as the frammer goes I did move it recently to a different location, so I moved it back to its old location yesterday. I’ll keep an eye on it for now.

What can I do to increase my nitrate? I have a pair of clowns, firefish, mandarin dragonete, royal gramma. I feed baby brine shrimp a 2-3x a day and frozen copepods. I also gut load my brine shrimp.

 

[NonstopSoda]

I don’t test for calcium and magnesium. I should get a Hanna checker. I’m going to up the light. I did tweak the white light down a bit so I’m guessing maybe that’s what’s affecting it. As far as the frammer goes I did move it recently to a different location, so I moved it back to its old location yesterday. I’ll keep an eye on it for now.

What can I do to increase my nitrate? I have a pair of clowns, firefish, mandarin dragonete, royal gramma. I feed baby brine shrimp a 2-3x a day and frozen copepods. I also gut load my brine shrimp.

i always suggest brightwells neonitro because when my nitrates bottomed out it boosted it back up to my target within a few days.