Any advice on what I can do to get my tank in order? Corals aren't surviving how I would hope. I'm not sure what I should do. Corals are healthy when I put them in, then lose health and die over the course of a month or so.
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
135 gallons
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
Approximately 120 gallons
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
2 Part additives with Tropic Marin Trace Elements
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.)
No
5. Are you using Ozone
No
6. Are you using UV
No
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume)
Red Sea RSK 300, rated for 150 gallons or more given my bioload
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
PO4 ~0.06
NO3 ~8-12ppm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
Ca 460 ppm
Alk 7 dk/h
Mg 1325 ppm
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
Skimmer and filter rollermat
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
2 XR15w and Supplemental Actinic Reef Brites
12. What corals do you keep
Zoas, LPS and SPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
Dark tissue on SPS, pale colors on zoas
14. How long has the tank been running
1 year
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
Straightforward results
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
No
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
Approximately 50 lbs, 1 year old
18. Any present problems
Dying corals, white tips on SPS. Very short turf algae on the rocks, and growing in the sand
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
Tissue loss on base and tips. Some very short thick algae on the rocks
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
Neptune Trident for Ca/Alk/Mg, Nyos for NO3, Red Sea for PO4. All relatively new test cases
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
ZEOvit changed every 60 days
ZEObak 4 drops Monday and Thursday
ZEOfood 8 drops Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
ZEOstart 0.8ml every day
Brightwell Coral Amino approximately 1 time per week
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
Temp: 78 degrees
Salinity: 35ppt
23. Which salt brand do you use
Tropic Marin Reef Pro
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
135 gallons
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
Approximately 120 gallons
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
2 Part additives with Tropic Marin Trace Elements
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.)
No
5. Are you using Ozone
No
6. Are you using UV
No
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume)
Red Sea RSK 300, rated for 150 gallons or more given my bioload
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
PO4 ~0.06
NO3 ~8-12ppm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
Ca 460 ppm
Alk 7 dk/h
Mg 1325 ppm
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
Skimmer and filter rollermat
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
2 XR15w and Supplemental Actinic Reef Brites
12. What corals do you keep
Zoas, LPS and SPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
Dark tissue on SPS, pale colors on zoas
14. How long has the tank been running
1 year
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
Straightforward results
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
No
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
Approximately 50 lbs, 1 year old
18. Any present problems
Dying corals, white tips on SPS. Very short turf algae on the rocks, and growing in the sand
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
Tissue loss on base and tips. Some very short thick algae on the rocks
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
Neptune Trident for Ca/Alk/Mg, Nyos for NO3, Red Sea for PO4. All relatively new test cases
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
ZEOvit changed every 60 days
ZEObak 4 drops Monday and Thursday
ZEOfood 8 drops Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
ZEOstart 0.8ml every day
Brightwell Coral Amino approximately 1 time per week
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
Temp: 78 degrees
Salinity: 35ppt
23. Which salt brand do you use
Tropic Marin Reef Pro
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