New to zeovit

[Mike Y]

Ok just tested this morning no3 is at 6.5 and po4 is at .01 all corals are open however all my Acros are pale and brownish I am still following the dosing schedule above I am wondering now since my levels are down if I should start using zeofood and what can I do for colors

[NZ-Nick]

Early days
Tanks still very young

I would not use z food at this point in time.

I would try coral boost at 1/2 recommend dosage
once a week and see how the corals respond.
Increase weekly dosage if all responds good

xtra - is another
same As above

Starting slowly is better on a young tanks and prevents any issues or overdosing it the tank not really.

generally keeping up with the basics coral will colour up over TIME.

no additive on the market will give you instant colour

basics
ak,ca,mg-k
water changes
zstart - bake- sponge- cv -
carbon

[G.Alexander]

Mike, can you please share some coral pictures to give us a better idea about them ?

G.Alexander

[jacky]

no3 is 6.5 and po4 is 0.01 The nitrates seem to be ok, it will decrease over time, the phosphate 0.01 is fine (let's stay on the basal dosing schedule).

Basically, with phosphate 0.01, the appearance of the coral should gradually become lighter. You describe the pale and brown parts of the coral
1. Please also check the potassium level, K+~380g
2. What brand/method of activated carbon is used?
3. Please check the reactor flow

the brown part, it may be the imbalance of the spectrum, too blue light, can you describe the spectrum and time of the settings?

Post some pictures and let's see what the coral looks like

Your salt is using a brand, it looks like it should be good quality, I looked up what the salt says about it, I don't know if it is ok.

Description below: The salt mix is enriched with amino acids and Vitamin C. The addition of Vitamin C encourages growth and has positive effects on the overall health of all aquarium inhabitants.

https://aquaforest.eu/en/product/reef-salt/

[Mike Y]

K+ is at 400
i’m using Aquaforest carbon in a mesh bag in the sump.
reactor flow is still set the same at 210 us gallons in hour.
for lights I am using AB+ spectrum lights coming on at 10am ramping up for an hour and off at 9pm also ramping down for an hour from 8 to 9. So total for a full photoperiod Is 9 hours and the intensity at 81% and it’s still in acclamation mode three days left.
I will post some photos later once the lights are on

[Mike Y]

[jacky]

Corals look healthy because the system's biology is still young

Since you are only using dry rock it will take extra time for the biological functions of the system to really kick in, as the rock dries out, be patient and continue with your base product schedule, if you have feedings you should add them very slowly. Additionally, the feeding of the fish (if any) must be very careful during this stage because the biology at this stage is less stable.

[G.Alexander]

Tank is now 8 weeks old and cycled without live rock so the situation at the moment is fine, color and growth should improve over the time the stronger the biology will become which does take additional time. To speed up this process a little bit adding some good quality live rock in the sump for example might be helpful. Everything else is looking good.

G.Alexander

[Mike Y]

I did add 5 media blocks from my old tank

[jacky]

In the sump, add some fresh, high-quality live rock to speed up the process. Your corals will already appear golden/brown like they were during the initial cycle. This really takes a long time before the biology progresses.

[Mike Y]

Is it normal I just noticed my hammer coral today turning light in color

[G.Alexander]

It is some kind of normal wen nutrients decrease however was this a slow process or has this happen within 24 hours. Any changes before ?

G.Alexander

[Mike Y]

I can’t really tell I just noticed that one hammer and one of my leather coral. But I think it happened within a day or 2

[Mike Y]

The only thing that changed was my PH went from 8.1 to 8.28 after opening some windows.

[Mike Y]

One more thing to add my PO4 is at 0.00