Trailermann Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 What is wrong here? All my water parameters have been mostly stable with two exceptions. My nitrate hangs close to 10 except after water changes bring it down to 5. My phosphate peaks at .09 and then drops to zero after using Phosguard. I have kept the frag in low light near the bottom. First photo is when I brought my newly purchased Red Montipora Cap home. Second image is now, one month later. The lighting and cameras were different for each photo, partially explaining the variance in color. Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated since I can't "read" the coral's health symptoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 It looks like light shock to me. Possibly a hot spot from your LEDS. Move it down 6 inches and see how it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailermann Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 It might have been shocked earlier by a hot spot, but it has been down low for about 10 days now. The plug was just moved up to the top for the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 One thing you do not want to do is "drop phosphate to zero". Stable, high phosphate levels are much better than going from 0.1 to zero every time you put in fresh phosgard. You may want to use half as much phosgard and swap it out twice as often. It could be a million other things too, but from your description that's what I would fix first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I agree with slamming the tank with GFO or phosguard. It's really effective... often times too effective. Keep it low in the tank with decent flow and just let it do it's thing. I absolutely nuked my tank with ammonia accidentally. EVERY coral was bone white. I would have cried if i wasn't soo pissed at a careless move. Anyways, after 3? months 90% of them bounced back and look great, especially the montis. Just keep it stable. It will likely come back. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailermann Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Good advice on GFO. I will be watching and managing the phosphate level much more carefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Phos and alk is about all I test these days. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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