CrabbyCrabs Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I'm new to the site. Was recommended by Cuttlefish and Coral. Have a Red Sea nano max. Up for little over a year. Having issues with melting zoas, dosing c is not helping. But have a few sps that are growing slowly. Alk keeps dropping low. Have 2 Wyoming white clowns that are paired that I started with, a mean tailspot blenny, watchman goby, possum wrasse that eats everything and a ton of snails and crabs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Lookin' good! Welcome to the club. Hopefully you'll get some helpful answers to your challenges. It's a good community with a lot of collective knowledge to share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Welcome! Nice tank. I joined about 4 months ago and have received some great advice and encouragement in the forums. It's a great community! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlaloc Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Welcome! What kind of water changes are you doing?Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremevans Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Welcome! Stable alkalinity is something that is really beneficial to coral. Are you dosing 2 part solutions or just calcium in some form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 9 hours ago, CrabbyCrabs said: Having issues with melting zoas, dosing c is not helping. But have a few sps that are growing slowly. Alk keeps dropping low. Are you manually dosing or using dosing pumps? What exactly are you dosing? What are your water parameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabbyCrabs Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Manual dosing vitamin c, it's by weight from the huge vitamin c thread on one of the reef sites. Split into 2 doses. I've been adding 2ml of red Sea all buffer twice a day for almost a week. Using no3po4x at .5 ml daily. Microbacter7 one drop daily. Last I checked alk it was 5.9 dkh, that was before dosing. Will check again tonight. Use reef crystals from a local store at 1.025 salinity. Fresh salt from them is about 7.2-7.6 dkh. My tank parameters as follows from last week. Nitrite 0, nitrate about 12, ammonia 0, po4 about .12, cal 440, mag 1480, alk 5.9. I'm using Dan's reef v7 adjusted down a bit for light schedule on two ai primeHD lights with a 50 acclimation for 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabbyCrabs Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 I do weekly 5 gallon or so water changes. I am just adding alk buffer. Cal was 500 plus until I started dosing alk and mag was 1600 till dosing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabbyCrabs Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) And I leave two nearby windows open 24/7 for some fresh air to clear built up co2 and have blackout shades on one window to prevent excess sunlight in tank room. Also have a few sticks of ecoBAKez media in a filter sock in sump, you can see it in one pic. I use fine 100 micron socks changed about 3x a week Edited October 15, 2018 by CrabbyCrabs Added more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Welcome to PNWMAS! My advice on a tank that small would be to not dose anything and get religious about water changes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Welcome! Glad you found us and hope you get some helpful insight into your tank challenges. Several accomplished small/AIO tank keepers here who know there stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Welcome to our forum, I could say something else but it looks like it's all covered above☝️ looks like your parameters are swinging and not very stable, I would try to make them more consistent and this should help with your zoas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabbyCrabs Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Does reef crystals mixed to 1.025 normally have a dkh of around 7.3? That's what mine is usually at. Seems low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremevans Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I thought Reef Crystals mixed up a lot higher than that. Any chance the test kit is off? Have you taken a sample in to the store to see if you can get the same reading they do? This site says 13 dkh. There is a good thread somewhere on Reef2Reef where people compare parameters of salt mix over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I think reef Crystal's mixs up at around 8 from some of the reading I have done. I do know that the last bag if instant ocean was mixing up at 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 My Red Sea Coral Pro salt mixes up at alk of 9.7 dK and calcium at 420 ppm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabbyCrabs Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 I don't trust any stores on the east side where I am, they are kinda shoddy. Next time I head to the west side I'll take some to Cuttlefish and corals. I have all red Sea kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash21 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Welcome aboard. You’ll find tons of information and awesome people here. I myself consider myself a nano expert in my opinion 😂. (after all I did win the nano build off) CNC And Paradise Corals are my favorite places to hit up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabbyCrabs Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 I've been to cnc, all things aquaria, upscales, CB's, saltwater obsessions, and woodys seahorse. My water comes from obsessions and it's finally coming in at 1.025 after many weeks of being 1.030 or slightly less and me having to mix rodi to get it down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabbyCrabs Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 Did 5 gallon water change, measured big 3 couple hours later. Mg 1520, dkH 7.3, Ca 450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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