birds nest and digitata problem

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karnivor

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I have a birds nest and a digitata that seem to be turning white and i assume it not normal and i'm not sure why...
Can anyone help?
 
gemmy

gemmy

Active Member
Pics would be helpful. Also, what are your parameters? Please include alkalinity and calcium.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
Post everything about your tank...from age, size, lighting....water parameters.....
and a picture would help a lot too
 
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karnivor

Guest
ok its a 7 yr + established tank I got it this summer from a coworker its 77 gallons with fluval 404 filter, coralife 65 skimmer 2 aqua life power heads( one on either side of the tank, its got 2 65watt 10,000k and 2 65watt actinic PC lights. Lots of live rock, crushed coral substraight, many corals doing well with clown fish, chromis, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, mandrin goby, hermit crabs, turbo snails and emerald crabs (that i haven't seen since i put them in two weeks ago...)
Calcium - 420
Alkalinity - 12dkh or 214.8 ppm
phosphate - 0 ppm
nitrate - 0 ppm
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
I hate to say this.....but pc lighting is not sufficient for sps.....IMO that is your #1 problem....
 
bang guy

bang guy

Moderator
Yeah, the lighting is insufficient but also the water flow is severly undersized and the water clarity is low. Cloudy water means that not much of lighting you do have will actually strike the corals.
 
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karnivor

Guest
ok good to know. As for my flow, it is good the power heads put out 400gph each and cross in the middle there are no dead spots in my tank, the reason the water is cloudy on the pic is that it was in a different tank temporarily untill i found the cause, i saw my chromis picking at it and moved it till i heard back from the forum.
and its funny cause my birds nest is looking better then it was last week, its was almost all white at the base and if you look now the color is comming back the reason i asked is cause the digi just started it too so thought it was something else eating it....
Oh well thanks all
 
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