Bleaching Corals
Hi All,
Had my tank for nearly a year now, had a couple of corals that are doing very wel and others that seem to slowly bleach over time. I noticed the patern, softies doing well, some LPS no so well, slowly bleach and takes me a while to see because it happens over time, also there not opening as much.
heres some background.
LIGHTS
Started with a AI Prime over my tank which is a CADE hl600, swapped out for a cheaper ocean revive t247
Blue channel running around 30%,
White channel around 17%
Dosing
NOPOX @ 5ml per day
0 Nitrates, small film appears on my glass over the course of a week which i like to keeps o i know there are some nitrates in the tank.
seachem fuel (ammino acids)
dose 2 time s a week
WC
25 litres water change per week on average
TEMP
Temp around 24-26 mark apart from summer, when it rises i don't have a chiller yet
Tests
Calcium 430
Nitrate 0
Alk 7
ph 7.8
I dont really test for anything else,
Im thinking its because my ph and alk are too low, ive read that nopox can reduce PH, i dont intend to stop as i find it the easiest way to manage nitrates. Im thinking i should dose kalkwasser in an auto top off, has anyone had success doing this?
Any other suggestions
Had my tank for nearly a year now, had a couple of corals that are doing very wel and others that seem to slowly bleach over time. I noticed the patern, softies doing well, some LPS no so well, slowly bleach and takes me a while to see because it happens over time, also there not opening as much.
heres some background.
LIGHTS
Started with a AI Prime over my tank which is a CADE hl600, swapped out for a cheaper ocean revive t247
Blue channel running around 30%,
White channel around 17%
Dosing
NOPOX @ 5ml per day
0 Nitrates, small film appears on my glass over the course of a week which i like to keeps o i know there are some nitrates in the tank.
seachem fuel (ammino acids)
dose 2 time s a week
WC
25 litres water change per week on average
TEMP
Temp around 24-26 mark apart from summer, when it rises i don't have a chiller yet
Tests
Calcium 430
Nitrate 0
Alk 7
ph 7.8
I dont really test for anything else,
Im thinking its because my ph and alk are too low, ive read that nopox can reduce PH, i dont intend to stop as i find it the easiest way to manage nitrates. Im thinking i should dose kalkwasser in an auto top off, has anyone had success doing this?
Any other suggestions