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Only green acros turning brown post water change/adding Matrix


czreef

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Hey,

I did my regular water change yesterday and added Seachem Matrix media to the filtration yesterday too. Today all 3 green acros I have are brown with little to no polyp extension, no STN yet that I can see. Other corals stylos, digis, stag, pavona, monti all look fine.....so far, I have some LPS etc everything else seems happy too. It happened overnight. 

 

Water Parameters:

Ammonia- 0

Nitrite- 0

Nitrate- 5<

Ph- 8.2

Alk -10

Calcium- 500

 Phos- 0

Mag- 1400

Spec grav- 1.025

Temp- 78

 

It's a 20g tank btw.

 

I've been looking around online- seems adding the Matrix may have stripped the nutrients out of the water column too fast...maybe?  

If I did shock them some how, what are the chances of turning things around and getting them to color up again?

Thoughts, suggestions appreciated. 

 

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