Needed to check my parameters. Chemistry looks wonderful. Corals look horrible! Not sure of what is happening. Trace elements perhaps? I think I am going to do 5% water changes for the next 5-7 days to see if I have improvement. Any suggestions are welcome!

Needed to check my parameters. Chemistry looks wonderful. Corals look horrible! Not sure of what is happening. Trace elements perhaps? I think I am going to do 5% water changes for the next 5-7 days to see if I have improvement. Any suggestions are welcome!

It's been about 2 months since I've tested parameters and done a partial water change. Shame on me! However, my tank has obviously matured and stabilized very nicely. Dosing seems appropriate and my nitrate and phosphate levels are good. Just a slight elevation in phosphate because I have been a couple of months since changing GFO.

I have not checked anything other than pH and salinity for weeks! I am not losing sleep as all biological indicators are giving me a thumbs up! My corals seem to be growing better using the maximum color profile on the ecotec light at 40% than they do on the maximum coral growth profile. I do need to find the time to change my carbon and GFO though.

My Sea Hare died today......

Wow....almost like magic my colors are re-emerging as a result of adding trace Elements I, K, and Fe. They must have been needed. I will test levels next weekend. Started dosing NOPOX again but this time only 2.2ml/day. The Sea Hare continues to graze on what little algae is left. The new plate coral is awesome! It loves to eat. I am afraid it is too big for my tank however. It is moving slightly up the side. I would need to remove a piece of my live rock to give it more room. I do not desire to do this.